The first issue of The Sun, a four-page tabloid, was

in downtown Baltimore in the mid-1830s. A five-story

Baltimore and South streets, was built in 1851. The
called, was destroyed in the Great Baltimore Fire of

printed at 21 Light Street

structure, at the corner of
"Iron Building", as it was
1904.

In 1906, operations were moved to Charles and Baltimore streets, where The Sun w
as written, published and distributed for nearly 50 years. In 1950, the operatio
n was moved to a larger, modern plant at Calvert and Centre streets. In 1979, gr
ound was broken for a new addition to the Calvert Street plant to house modern p
ressroom facilities. The new facility commenced operations in 1981.
In April 1988, at a cost of $180 million, the company purchased 60 acres (24 ha)
of land at Port Covington and built "Sun Park". The new building houses a satel
lite printing and packaging facility, as well as the distribution operation.[15]
The Sun's printing facility at Sun Park has highly sophisticated computerized p
resses and automated insertion equipment in the packaging area. To keep pace wit
h the speed of the presses and Automated Guided Vehicles; "intelligent" electron
ic forklifts deliver the newsprint to the presses.
In 1885, The Sun constructed a building for its Washington Bureau at 1317 F Stre
et, NW.[16] The building is on the National Register.