Charles Emmett Cassell, architect of the Brexton, was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. He is the son of Charles E. and Sarah Walker Cassell.

The Baltimore City Council's decision to extend Park Avenue north of Richmond (now Read Street north to Biddle Street), created some oddly-shaped lots, but probably none more so than the triangle created by Park Avenue's intersection with Tyson Alley (now Brexton Street) and Tyson Street. Developer Samuel G. Wyman had his favorite architect Charles Cassell design a 'residential hotel' on the site.

Alice Montague, mother to Wallis Simpson, is born.

Teackle Wallis Warfield, the father of Wallis Simpson, is born in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the son of Henry MacTier Warfield and his wife Anna Emory.

Charles Emmett Cassell was a Founding Member of the AIA, Baltimore Chapter.

Construction of Hotel Brexton began by Charles E. Cassell, architect and owner Samuel Wyman. The original hotel featured a distinctive slate tile roof and red brick and mortar.

The Sun prints an article stating "A Very Handsome Improvement..." announcing the building of the Brexton Hotel.

Samuel Wyman dies, ownership passes to the Mary Byrd Wyman Memorial Association.

Reverend Dr. C. Ernest Smith married Alice Montague and Teackle Wallis Warfield in a simple afternoon ceremony with no members of either family in attendance in Baltimore. They lived in Teackle's apartment at 28 Hopkins Place while he worked at the Continental Trust. Solomon D. Warfield, Teackle's brother, was a successful banker and President of the Continental Trust Company.

Bessie Wallis Warfield was born in Square Cottage at Monterey Inn in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania with the help of Dr. Lewis Allen. "The Duchess believed that, through her parents, she had inherited two conflicting strains - the Warfield toughness and practical ability, the Montague gentleness and artistic sensibility. Thus, within her, the ambitious mingled with the easygoing, the respectable with the Bohemian, the serious with the light-hearted, the chaste with the sensual, the calculating with the spontaneous, the masculine with the feminine."

This photograph was taken of Bessie Wallis on the rug for her dying father.

Teackle Wallis Warfield dies of Tuberculosis (age 27) at his mother's home on Preston Street.

Alice and Wallis move to East Preston Street with her mother-in-law, Anna Emory Warfield, and brother-in-law Solomon D. Warfield.

Because of a tense relationship with her mother-in law and an awkward relationship with Uncle Sol who had fallen in love with her, she and her mother moved nearby to a quiet family hotel with "Aunt Bessie" Merryman.

Charles Emmett Cassell dies.

A renovation added a front canopy.

On a Saturday evening at the Melton Mowbray, Lady Furness introduced Wallis to Edward Prince of Wales. They talked about the differences between British and American ways of life.

Margaret Moffet Law, owner of the Brexton, was in Maryland and teaching at Bryn Mawr in Baltimore. Her work was expressive and spontaneous. She began working on site using a palette knife.

George V died and Edward Prince of Wales ascended the thrown as Edward VIII. The next day he broke royal protocol by watching the proclamation of his accession from a window of St. James' Palace, in the company of the still-married Wallis Simpson. The King's behavior and his relationship with Wallis made him unpopular with the Conservative-led British government, as well as distressing his mother and brother.

Thursday morning, King Edward VIII signed the Instrument of Abdication, witnessed by his four brothers at Fort Belvedere which became law by Friday afternoon. King Edward became Duke of Windsor. That night, he made his famous radio broadcast announcing his decision. He explained that he found it "impossible to do my duty as King and Emperor without the help and support of the woman I love."

Wallis married Edward at the Chateau de Cande, the date would have been King George V's 72nd birthday. No member of the British Royal Family attended. At this time he was Duke of Windsor but she was not yet Duchess.

The Brexton Hotel undergoes another renovation.

Brexton Hotel building closes due to changes in city building codes.

Sunday morning, 2:00 AM, Edward, Duke of Windsor dies of cancer of the larynx.

The Brexton Hotel is purchased by Rose Pettus Hayes for $55,000.

Jay Brodie writes to Mayor William Schaffer about assisting with renovations. He estimates costs to be $20k per unit, or $520k total in construction costs for a "face lift," including a new elevator, plumbing, electrical, heating, kitchens, and baths. The outstanding mortgage is $25k and the rent was $170 per unit.

Deputy House Commissioner Evans, Jerry Doctrow (Section head, rehabilitation services), Barbara Hoff (Director, CHAP) and Rose Hayes meet to discuss tax and loan programs for rehabilitation.

The exterior paint is removed to reveal the original brick facade.

Rose Pettus Hayes dies on October 25, 1986.

The Duchess of Windsor dies on April 24, 1986. Her funeral was held at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, attended by her two surviving sisters-in-law: the Queen Mother and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. The Queen, Prince Philip, and the Prince and Princess of Wales attended both the funeral ceremony and the burial. She was buried next to Edward in the Royal Burial Ground near Windsor Castle, as "Wallis, Duchess of Windsor".

Rose Hayes, Brexton proprietor, dies and the building is vacated.

The Brexton Renaissance is established by Roger Wood, but not before the building had fallen into a state of complete disrepair.