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Baltimore city’s designated landmark list

Commission for HistoriCal and arCHiteCtural Preservation

dePartment of Planning

July 2012

table of Contents

Landmark designation Process

exterior Landmark List

interior Landmark List

sPeciaL List

Locator maPs

connections to our Past

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benefits of designation 2

Landmark Protection and review Procedures 2

index by name 87

i Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation

EditorsKathleen G. Kotarba, Eddie Leon, and Lauren Schiszik

Contributors - ContentKaren Stuhler Daley & Sarah Zadrozny contributedgreatlytothispublication

Sean Brown Kathleen O’Connor Jessica Dalrymple Morgan Pierce Kaitlin Macre King Adriane SantacroceAlexandriaLiu AngelaShaefferCatriona Miller Jason SylvestreMatthewCharlesMiller StephanieVender

cHaP commission

Mr. Donald Kann, Chair Mr. Robert EmbryMs.EvaHiggins,ViceChair Mr.LarryGibsonThe Honorable Bill Henry Mr. David GleasonMr. Michael Braverman Dr. Helena HicksMr. James “Buzz” Cusack Mr. Tom LiebelMs. Donna Cypress Ms. Anath Ranon

cHaP staff

Ms.KathleenG.Kotarba,ExecutiveDirectorMr. Walter Edward Leon, City Planner IIIMr. Eric L. Holcomb, City Planner IIIMs. Stacy P. Montgomery, City Planner IIMs. Lauren E. Schiszik, City Planner IIMr.JeffJerome,Curator,EdgarAllanPoeHouseandMuseum

dePartment of PLanning

Mr. Thomas Stosur, Director

acknowLedgements: Mayor&CityCouncil,andtheownersofBaltimoreCity’sLandmarks.Youarethestewards of this City’s incredible heritage.

Graphic Design and LayoutEddie Leon and Lauren Schiszik

Contributors - PhotographyMia Ballard Eddie Leon Breck Chapman Lauren Schiszik Karen Daley Sarah ZadroznyAndrea Houseman

1Baltimore City’s Designated Landmarks

ConneCtions witH our Past

Thebuildingsandsitesthatacommunitypreserveshelptodefinethephysicalidentityandcharacterforwhicha community is known. Our preserved Landmarks reveal our common values, the past that has shaped us and whowearetoday.BaltimoreCity’slandmarkdesignationprocesswasimplementedbytheearlycreationofalocalhistoricpreservationordinancein1964.Today,Baltimoreisingoodcompanywith1,200othercommunitiesthatformallypreservetheirlocally-significantlandmarksinasimilarfashion.Since1971,thebuildingsandsiteswhichhavebeendesignatedasLandmarksbyCityordinanceincludetreasuredlinkstothepastandthefinestarchitecture that graces our streets. In 2009, the Landmarks programwas expanded, with a public interiordesignationcategory.ItistheresponsibilityoftheCommissionforHistorical&ArchitecturalPreservation(CHAP)tocoordinatethedesignationprocess,whichcanprotectthesevaluableassets.ThedesignationofnewBaltimoreCityLandmarksisanongoingserviceoftheCityofBaltimore.

landmark designation ProCess

Landmarks are created through a process which typically begins with research conducted by CHAP and the propertyowner.Anyinterestedparty-preferablythepropertyowner-mayrecommendanadditiontothelist.UnderArticleI,Section40oftheBaltimoreCityCode(CHAPOrdinance),alegalprocessisestablishedtoformallycreatelandmarks.TheprocessincludesrecommendationofdesignationbyCHAPandthePlanningCommissionandtheformalpassageofadesignationordinancebytheCityCouncil.Thispublicationisorganizedinaccordancewiththechronologyofdesignationordinances.Dueprocessisfollowedwhendesignationisconsidered,includingtheconveningofthreepublichearings,duringwhichpublictestimonyaboutdesignationisconsidered.

TheBaltimoreCityLandmarkListidentifiesindividualhistoricallysignificantstructuresthatmayormaynotbewithinalocalhistoricdistrict,whichinBaltimoreisreferredtoasaCHAPDistrict.Inmakingrecommendationsfornewdesignations,theCommissionforHistoricalandArchitecturalPreservation(CHAP)considersthefollowingcriteria. The quality of significance in Baltimore history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture ispresent indistricts, sites,buildings,public interiors, structures,andobjects thatpossess integrityof location,design,setting,materials,workmanship,feeling,andassociation,and:

1. Thatareassociatedwitheventsthathavemadeasignificantcontributiontothebroadpatternsof Baltimorehistory;or 2. ThatareassociatedwiththelivesofpersonssignificantinBaltimore’spast;or 3. Thatembodythedistinctivecharacteristicsofatype,period,ormethodofconstruction,or thatrepresenttheworkofamaster,orthatpossesshighartisticvalues,orthatrepresenta significantanddistinguishableentitywhosecomponentsmaylackindividualdistinction;or 4. ThathaveyieldedormaybelikelytoyieldinformationimportantinBaltimoreprehistoryor history.

TheabovecriteriamirrortheNationalRegisterCriteriaforEvaluation,whichweredevelopedbytheNationalParkService todeterminehistoricsignificance inAmericanhistoryandculture.CHAP’scriteriadetermineshistoricsignificanceinBaltimorehistoryandculture.

2 Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation

landmark ProteCtion and review ProCedures

Afterdesignation,landmarksreceivethesameprotectionprovidedtobuildingslocatedindesignatedBaltimoreCity (CHAP) historic districts. There are over 56,000properties located in 24BaltimoreCity historic districts.(CheckoutCHAP’swebsite to learn ifyourproperty is listed in localhistoricdistrict.)Reviewofallwork thataffectstheexteriorofalandmarkwouldthenoccuraspartoftheBaltimoreCitypermitprocess.Suchworktobereviewed includes,but isnot limitedto,cleaning,painting, removaloralterationofarchitectural features,excavation,constructionofanykind,anddemolition.TheBaltimoreCityHistoricPreservationProceduresandDesign Guidelines, available on the CHAP webpage, outline the standards to be followed. The board members andstaffofCHAPconducttherequiredreviewinatimelymanner,withdueconsiderationofownerhardshipwherepertinent.

benefits of designation

Honor ItisagreathonortobelistedasaBaltimoreCityLandmark.TheselandmarksareamongBaltimore’smost significant buildings and properties. They are valuable assets to our City and greatly contribute to the City’s architectural character, rich history, economic vitality, and quality of life.

Protection ManyofBaltimoreCity’sLandmarksarealso listedonFederalorStateregisters, suchas theNational RegisterofHistoricPlaces,asacontributingbuildingtoahistoricdistrictorindividually.Itisagreathonor tobelistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces,andlistingoffersfinancial incentivesandsome levelofprotectionfromgovernmentaction.However,designationasaBaltimoreCity landmarkoffers thegreatestlevelofprotectionforthebuilding.Insomecases,importanthistoricBaltimoreproperties areonlyprotectedbecausetheyare landmarks.Thisemphasizes the importanceof localdesignation.

Expert review of proposed exterior changes as part of the Baltimore City permit review process This reviewbyCHAP staffmember is completed as part of theBaltimoreCity permit reviewprocess and ensures that all changes are compatible with design guidelines. This helps property owners retain or even increase the value of their property, as well as retain historically or architecturally significant features. Incompatible changes can harm both the historical signficance and economic value of a structure.

Tax Incentives BaltimoreCityoffersapropertytaxincentiveprogramthatwillsavethousandsofdollarsforownersof landmarkdesignatedpropertiesandpropertieslocatedinBaltimoreCityandNationalRegisterHistoric Districts. The program is a ten-year comprehensive tax credit program that helps the City in its mission to preserve Baltimore’s historic neighborhoods by encouraging property owners in these districts to completesubstantiverehabilitationprojects.Thecreditisgrantedontheincreasedassessmentdirectly resultingfromqualifyingimprovements.Theassessmentsubjecttothetaxcreditiscomputedonceand usedfortheentirelifeofthecredit.Thecreditforprojectswithconstructioncostslessthan$3.5million is100%,andforprojectswithconstructioncostsmorethan$3.5millionis80%inthefirstfivetaxable yearsanddeclinesby tenpercentagepoints thereafter.This taxcreditapplies to interiorandexterior renovationsthatmeetCHAP’sGuidelines.Theyaretransferabletoanewownerfortheremaininglifeof thecredit.Apropertyownermustapplyforthetaxcreditsbeforebeginningtherehabilitationproject.

MoreinformationisavailableonCHAP’swebsiteoratouroffices.


exterior landmark list(arrangedinchronologicalorderoflegislation)

1 City Hall 100 n. HoLLiday street1867-1875, george a. frederickordinance 71-974 01/11/71

This elaborate marble structure with its lofty cast-irondomecovers a full cityblock. ItwasbegunonApril 11,1867 and dedicated on April 28, 1875. The dedicationceremonies were extensively covered in the BaltimoreSun and the account celebrated an extremely rare occurrence in the history of the spending of public money -Baltimore'sCityHallwas completed for aquarterof amilliondollarslessthantheappropriation."Thestructureis an ornament to the City and a monument to the honest administration of public affairs. The total cost of the imposing pile, including theground and itsmagnificent furniture throughout has been$2,271,135.65out of anappropriationof$2,500,000 leavinga surplusof$228,864.36."DesignedbyGeorgeA.Frederick,Baltimore'sCityHallisanexcellentexampleofthepublicbuildingstylepopularafter theCivilWar.Althoughsmaller in size, it is comparable inqualityandstyle to the old State Department building in Washington, D.C. and the Philadelphia CityHall.BuiltofwhitemarblefromBaltimoreCounty,itscast-irondomebyWendellBollmanwasmanufactured in thisCityby the samefirmthatdid theCapitoldomeinWashington.CityHallisalsolistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

2 otterbein CHurCH 112 w. conway street1785-1786, Jacob smaLL, sr.ordinance 71-974 01/11/71

Designedby JacobSmall, Sr., this isBaltimore'sonly18th-centuryGeorgianstylechurchbuildingstillinusetoday.Itwasbuiltbetween1785-1786foracongregationofGermanswho,undertheleadershipofPastorPhilipWilhelmOtterbein,hadseparatedfromtheLutheranChurch.In1789,inthisbuilding,theChurchoftheUnitedBrethrenwasorganized andPastorOtterbeinwas electedbishop.Now thechurch is part of the United Methodist denomination, followinga merger in the 1960s. The building is architecturally unique. Itsoctagonal cupola is reminiscent of the work of the English architect, Christopher Wren. Much of the original glass remains in the arched windows. The nails throughout the building were handmade and the bells,castinGermanyandinstalledin1789,arestill inuse.PastorOtterbein's grave is in the churchyard, marked by a monumenterected100yearsafterhisdeath.OtterbeinChurchisalsolistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


3 mCkim free sCHool 1120 e. baLtimore street1833, wiLLiam Howard & wiLLiam smaLLordinance 71-974 01/11/71

TheMcKimSchoolwasaninnovationineducationwhen it was built in 1833. Long a dream ofJohn McKim, a successful Quaker merchant, it became a reality through his bequest of $600annually for its support to be administered by theSocietyofFriends.Theschoolflourishedasacharitableinstitutionuntilthespreadandgradualimprovement of public education at the turn ofthe century. It then became a free kindergarten, thefirst inthecity,serving largelythe immigrantchildren of the neighborhood. The building, designedbyWilliamHowardandWilliamF.Small,

reflectsthepopularinterestinGreeceduringthe1820s,anditservedasamodelforotherschoolarchitectureintheCity.ItisthemostarchaeologicallyaccuratebuildinginBaltimore,beingacopyoftheTheseumandnorthwingofthePropylaeainAthens.TheMcKimFreeSchoolislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.

4 first unitarian CHurCH 2-12 w. frankLin street1817-1819, maximiLien godefroyordinance 71-974 01/11/71

The First Unitarian Church is considered themasterpiece of Maximilien Godefroy, a FrencharchitectwhoemigratedtoBaltimoreintheearly1800s.ItisnationallyfamousforthequalityofitsClassical Revival design. The restrained rectangular structure of stuccoed brick and stone is enhanced

by a well-proportionedportico crowned by apediment on which is the figure of the AngelofTruth.Thisterracottasculpture is the work of AntonioCapellano,likewisethesculptoroftheBattleMonument.Toweringabovethecentralportionofthechurchisadome,55feetindiameter.Thededicationofthechurchwasheldin1818andatthattime,Dr.WilliamElleryChanningdeliveredasermonwhichis still considered the keystone of Unitarian principles. Among the church's famousmembers was Rembrandt Peale. Jared Sparks, one of the early ministers, later became President of Harvard University. There is a small museum of historical material within thebuilding.TheFirstUnitarianChurchisaNationalHistoricLandmark.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


5 ebeneZer a.m.e. CHurCH 18, 20, 30 w. montgomery street1865, b.f. bennett, buiLderordinance 71-974 01/11/71

EbenezerA.M.E. church is a Baltimore landmark chieflybecauseofits importance in African American history. This is the oldest standing church built by an African American congregation, most AfricanAmericanchurcheshavingbeenpurchasedfromwhitecongregations.Itstandsonthesiteofanearlierchurchbuildingerectedin1848bythesamecongregation,whichhadbeenformedpossiblyasearlyas1816.Several outstanding clergymen served the church, including Bishop Daniel A. Payne, who was a founder of Wilberforce University, the oldest African American university in the country. The present church was erected in 1865. The architect is not known, and the exteriorof the building has been altered. The interior, however, is notable for its massive ceiling beams of Georgia pine and its side balconies, supported by narrow columns. Ebenezer A.M.E. Church contributes to theFederalHillNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreBaltimoreSouthmaponpagex.

6 tHe muniCiPal museum of baltimore (Peale museum) 225 n. HoLLiday street1814-1830, robert cary Long, sr.ordinance 71-974 01/11/71

Erected by the artist Rembrandt Peale as his "BaltimoreMuseum and Gallery of Fine Arts" in 1814, the PealeMuseum, as it is popularly known, is the oldest museum building in the United States and the second structure in modern history to be specifically designed and built as amuseum for the public. The firstwas theOld AshmoleanMuseumerectedin1682atOxfordUniversity.RobertCaryLong,Sr.wasthearchitect forPeale'sGallery.Foundedasan"elegantRendezvousfortaste,curiosityandleisure," itwasaninstitutiondevotedtoscienceaswellas art.Peale'sdemonstrationofgas illuminationledtothefoundingoftheGasLightCompanyofBaltimorein1817.WhenPealesoldthebuildingtotheCity in1830, itbecameBaltimore'sfirstCityHall.In1876,the#1NegroGrammarSchoolopenedthere.Theschoolwas later expanded to include a high school curriculum and teacher-training courses.Restoredandopenedtothepublicin1931as"theMuseumoftheLifeandHistoryofBaltimore,"itoncedisplayedalargecollectionofprints,paintings,photographs,etc. concerningBaltimorehistoryaswell as importantpaintingsbymembersof thePealeFamily.ThePealeMuseumwasoperatedaspartofthe privately incorporated City Life Museum which merged with the Maryland HistoricalSociety.Asofthedateofthisprinting,contentsoftheMuseumhavebeentransferredtotheMarylandHistoricalSocietyandtheMuseumisclosed.ThePealeMuseumisaNationalHistoricLandmarkandisalsolistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


7 Carroll mansion ComPlex800 e. Lombard street1811, arcHitect unknownordinance 71-974 01/11/71

Restored and opened to the public in 1967, theCarrollMansionisBaltimore'sfinestremainingtownhouse of the early 19th century. Charles Carroll ofCarrollton,lastsurvivingsigneroftheDeclarationofIndependence, bought the house from Christopher Deshonin1822inthenameofhisdaughter,Mary,andher husband, Richard Caton. Mr. Caton, a merchant-banker,useditasbothadwellingandanoffice.The"counting-house" on the ground floor still has theoriginal safe with steel door paneled to match the wooden moulding of the room. The elder patriarch, themostfamousandwealthyMarylanderofhistime,madehiswinterhomehereduringthelastdecadeofhislife.Manydistinguishedvisitorspaidtheirrespectstohimhere,asrecordedinpublishedtravelaccounts.Carrolldiedinthisbuildingin1832.ThehousewasdeededintrusttohisdaughterMaryCatonandherdaughter,Emily.Until1914,whenthebuildingwaspurchasedbytheCityofBaltimoreontheoccasionoftheStarSpangledBannerCentennial,theCarrollMansionwasusedforvariousbusinesses.AsCityproperty,ithousedBaltimore'sfirstVocationalSchoolandlaterBaltimore'sfirstrecreationcenter. The Carroll Mansion was operated as part of the privately incorporated City Life Museums which merged with theMarylandHistorical Society. Since2002, it hasbeenhome toCarrollMuseums, aneducational andpreservationnon-profit.TheCarrollMansionislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.See page 60 for the expanded boundaries of the Carroll Mansion Complex.

8 lovely lane metHodist CHurCH (first metHodist) 2200 st. PauL street1882-1887, stanford wHiteordinance 71-974 01/11/71

This building is one of the most significant and forcefullydesignedlandmarksinBaltimore.Theworkoftheworld-famousarchitect, Stanford White, Lovely Lane Church was built of Port Deposit granite in the Romanesque style. The massive bell-tower is reminiscent of the 12th century Santa Maria in PomposaChurch,nearRavenna, Italy.Dr. JohnF.Goucher, founder andpresidentofGoucherCollege,was thepastor at thetime thechurchwaserected.Althoughthisbuildingisthefifthhomeofitscongregation,itisreveredasthe"MotherChurchofAmericanMethodism" because of Christmas Eve, 1784, in the originalLovelyLaneMeetinghouse,theMethodistsgatheredtoorganizetheirscatteredchurchesintoasinglenationalbody.Amuseumof Methodism is maintained by the Methodist Historical Society in the present building. Lovely Lane Methodist Church is listed ontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.


9 lloyd street synagogue 11 LLoyd street1845, robert cary Long, Jr.ordinance 71-974 01/11/71

Designed in the Greek Revival style by Robert CaryLong,Jr.anddedicatedin1845,thisisthefirst synagogue erected in Maryland and thethird oldest in the country, preceded only by theTouroSynagogue(1763)inNewport,RhodeIsland and Beth Elohim (1841) in Charleston,South Carolina. As the population shifted, thecongregation dwindled and the building wasput to other uses. It had a Lithuanian Roman Catholiccongregationfrom1889to1905.Whenit was about to be demolished in 1960, the

Jewish Historical Society purchased it and restored the synagogue as a museum. Many of the historical features of the building remain, including the wooden pews, women’s balcony, the cast iron fence and the blue and white cuspidors. Ritual baths as well as ovens for baking Passover bread survive in the basement. Lloyd Street Synagogue islistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.

10 betHel a.m.e. CHurCH 1300 druid HiLL avenue1868, Hutton & murdocH ordinance 71-974 01/11/71

ThecongregationofBethelA.M.E.ChurchhasbeenasignificantAfrican American institution in Baltimore from the 19thcentury to the present. The Bethel A.M.E. Church has every characteristicofa landmark:architecturalquality,prominenceand historical interest. It is a fine example of 19th-centuryNorman Gothic architecture, designed by Nathaniel Henry HuttonandJohnMurdoch,whohadalsodesignedseveralother

well-known Baltimore churches.This building, with its tall spire, is faced with white Maryland marble, hammered to give it a rusticatedlook. It is located on a prominent site and serves as a focal point on the horizon along Lanvale Street when viewed from the east. Bethel A.M.E. Church contributes to the Old West Baltimore NationalRegister Historic District. Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.


11 eutaw PlaCe baPtist CHurCH (City temPle of baltimore baPtist)327 doLPHin street 1869, tHomas u. waLterordinance 71-974 01/11/71

This church is the only building in Baltimore designed byThomas U. Walter, the architect of the dome and wings of theUnitedStatesCapitolandfirstpresidentoftheAmericanInstitute of Architects. It is a notable example of the neo-gothic style of architecture and has been included in the Historic American Buildings Survey and mentioned in anumber of architectural books. The church building, at the southernendofEutawPlace,formsafittingclosuretothelongvistaoftheparkanditselegantstructure.Thecongregationwas established by a group of l33 members of the Seventh BaptistChurchinordertoservethethengrowingsuburbanneighborhood.ThisactivegroupranaChineseSundaySchooland trained missionaries to China. During its first twenty-fiveyears,thechurchmemberswereinfluentialinfoundingfournewchurchesthroughouttheCity.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreNorthmaponpage96.

12 eastern female HigH sCHool 249 aisQuitH street1860, r. snowden andrewsordinance 71-974 01/11/71

The Eastern FemaleHigh Schoolwasoneofthefirsthighschoolsinthecountrytobebuiltfor the purpose of giving a comprehensive educationtogirls.Havingbeenestablishedinl844atanotherlocation,thenewbuildingwaslocated at the corner of Aisquith and Orleans Streets.Itwascompletedin1870andopenedwith an enrollment of 350 pupils. The totalcost of the erection of the new school was$97,805.70. The architect was R. SnowdenAndrews,aprominentBaltimorearchitectoftheVictorianera.Architecturally,thebuildingisoftheItalianateorItalianVillastyle.Itisbuiltofredbrickwithstoneandwhitewoodtrim.Oneoutstandingfeature is the elaborate bracketing of the three towers at the roofline. Themain section,which is recessedbetweentwoofthetowers,hasawoodenporchextendingacrossthefront.ThebuildingisafineexampleofthestyleofarchitecturefavoredatthetimeoftheCivilWar.EasternFemaleHighSchoolislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.


13 belvedere Hotel 1 e. cHase street1903, Parker & tHomasordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

TheBelvedereHotel,openedin1903,tookitsnamefromthenearby site where John Eager Howard’s home once stood. The majestichotelwithitsmansardroofwasdesignedintheFrenchRenaissance style by Douglas H. Thomas, Jr. and J. Harleston Parker,andwas formanyyearsaprestigioussocialcenterofBaltimore. TheBelvederewas visitedbymanynotables, andwastheheadquartersfortheDemocraticNationalConventionthatnominatedWoodrowWilsonin1912.TheBelvedereHotelislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreNorthmaponpage96.

14 battle monument caLvert street, nortH of fayette street1815-25, maximiLien godefroyordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

The Battle Monument is the first significant war memorial built in theUnited States. It commemorates those who gave their lives defending the

City against the British attack in 1814.In addition, it stands on the site of thefirst Baltimore Courthouse where theDeclarationof Independencewaspubliclyreadtothecitizens.IthasbeenadoptedastheofficialemblemandsealoftheCityofBaltimore. Architecturally, themonumentis interesting because of the unusualuse of Egyptian and Classical design. TheMonument, including the classical female figure, “Lady Baltimore”,was restored byCHAP in 1997. The Battle Monument islistedon theNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces. For location, see the CentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


15 st. Paul’s P.e. CHurCH 233 n. cHarLes street1854-56, ricHard uPJoHnordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church stands on the only property which has remained continuouslyunderthesameownershipsince the original survey of BaltimoreTown. In1729, theVestryof St. Paul’sParish erected a small brick church on Lot 19,thehighestpointinthenewtown,thusproviding thefirstpublicplaceofworship and establishing the Mother church of all Episcopal congregationsin the city. The present basilica-style structure is the fourth church building onthesite.Itwasdesignedin1854byUpjohn and combines 12th-centuryItalianelementsontheexteriorwithRomanesqueelementsontheinterior.Manyprominentcitizenshavebeenmembersofthischurch.St.Paul’sP.E.ChurchislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

16 st. Paul’s P.e. CHurCH reCtory 24 w. saratoga street1789-91, arcHitect unknownordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

The Rectory of Old St. Paul’s Church is one of the oldest houses in the City whose date can be authenticated. Logic, proportion,and elegant understatement characterize its design and render it an outstanding example of the Georgian Period. The home was built forDr.WilliamWest,anativeofVirginiaandformer neighbor of George Washington. Dr. West died before the building was complete and the Reverend J. G. J. Bend became the firstinthelineoflocallyinfluentialclergywhooccupiedit.In1808,theHouseofBishopsmet

intheRectory.FrancisScottkeywasafrequentvisitorasweredelaMare,RobertFrost,AmyLowell,JohnErskine,CarlSandburg,EdnaSt.VincentMillayandVachelLindsay.St.Paul’sP.E.ChurchRectoryislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


17 Cylburn House4515 greensPring avenue1863-1888, george a. frederickordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

Cylburn,designedbyGeorgeA.Frederickfor Jesse Tyson, was built during the years1863-1888ofgneiss fromtheBareHills,BaltimoreCounty. In1942, theCitypurchased the mansion and surrounding propertyforuseasapark.Thefineinteriorof the house has been carefully preserved. Cylburn is now the headquarters of the CylburnWildflowerPreserveandGardenCenter, of theDivisionofHorticultureofthe Bureau of Parks, and of the Maryland Ornithological Society. A nature museum, theFessendenHerbarium,andamountedbirdcollectionaredisplayed.Naturestudytrailshavebeendeveloped,anarboretumhasbeenconstructedandtheformalgardensarebeingrestored.CylburnHouseis listedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheNorthwestBaltimoremaponpage91.

18 davidge Hall522 w. Lombard street1812, robert cary Long, sr.ordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

ThefirstbuildingontheUniversityofMaryland’sBaltimoreCampus,DavidgeHallistheoldeststructureinthenationincontinuoususe formedicaleducation. It isnamedforDr. John Beale Davidge, anatomist and surgeon, who received a charter to establish the College of Medicine of Marylandinl807.ThePantheon-stylebuildingisuniqueinitssuperpositionoftwocircularamphitheatersunderthewooden dome, Anatomical Hall and Chemical Hall. Since thedissectionofhumanbodieswasoffensivetothepublic,dissecting rooms were tucked between the sloping seats of the amphitheatersand the outer rectangular walls, and concealed spiral staircases were erected for thedeliveryofbodies.Thebuildingpresentlyhousesclassrooms,officesandtheUniversity’smedicalmuseum. Davidge Hall is a National Historic Landmark. Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


19 mt. Clare station & roundHouse 901 w. Pratt street 1830-1891, e. francis baLdwinordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

Thisisacomplexofthreebuildings:theMt.ClareStation,the Roundhouse, and the Annex. Mt. Clare Station(1830),wasthefirstpassengerandfreightstationinthecountry.Excursiontripsinhorsecarsoverthe13milesoftracktoEllicott’sMillswereapopularpastimeuntilthenation’sfirstregularlyscheduledpassengerservicewasestablishedhereinMay,1830.SamuelF.B.Morse’sfirst telegraphmessage was transmitted throughMt.ClaretoBaltimoreonMay24,1844.TheRoundhouse

(1884)andtheAnnex(1891)werebothdesignedbyE.FrancisBaldwin.TheRoundhouse,with itsunusual22-sidedcircular construction, still containsthe original tracks and wooden turntable. Here Peter Cooper constructed his famoussteamlocomotive,theTomThumb.Areplicaisondisplayaswellasother rail equipment, making up the largest historic rail exhibit in the world. The Annex, originally the employee’s library, houses smaller exhibits. The entirecomplexisaNationalHistoricLandmark.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.

20 evergreen House 4545 n. cHarLes streetc. 1850, niernsee & neiLson (attributed); 1885, cHarLes L. carson; 1922-1941, Laurence HaLL fowLer ordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

Built by the Broadbent family, this imposing mansion, dominated by a large four column Corinthian portico, is an unusually fine exampleof the “countryhouse” versionof themid-19th-century Classical Revival style. The house was purchased in 1878 by T. Harrison Garrett andremained in the family until 1942. The originalstructure with its alterations and extensionspresentsasplendidexampleofthelivingstylewhichappealedtocaptainsofAmericanfinanceandindustryfromthe period following the Civil War to the Great Depression. A Renaissance archway and large wing were added in1885byarchitectCharlesL.Carson.ThetheatrewasconstructedanddecoratedbyLeonBakstin1921;andLaurenceHallFowlerwas responsible forseveraladditonsandalterationsbetween1922and1941, includingredesigned the rear of the mansion for a library. The house is presently the home of Johns Hopkins University’s rare bookcollectionand,togetherwiththeparkandgardens,ismaintainedbytheEvergreenFoundation.EvergreenHouseislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.


21 old Post offiCe building 111 n. caLvert street1932, James a. wetmoreordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

Baltimore has a long history of postal service,beginningwithWilliamT.Synder,Jr.’sfirstMarylandpostalrouteof1683.ThisPostOfficeBuildingisthetenth in the City. Congress passed the necessary threemilliondollarappropriationinMay,1928andit was signed by President Coolidge. The building contract was awarded to the N. P. Severine Company of Chicago and construction took place between1930and1932.ThecompletedstructureismadeofIndianalimestoneandencompassesanentireblock,includingsixfloors,basement, two sub-basements and over three hundred rooms. Since the recent completionofanewerPostOffice,muchof the spacehasbeentakenoverbytheCityofBaltimoretoserveas“CourthouseEast.”TheOldPostOfficeBuildingislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

22 Homewood House JoHns HoPkins university3400 n. cHarLes street(address not exact)1801-03, robert and wiLLiam edwardsordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

Homewood was built by Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the Signer of theDeclarationofIndependence,forhis son, Charles Carroll, Jr. Donated to the Hopkins University in 1902along with the surrounding land, this dwelling, restored in 1989 as a

museum, is a strikingly well-balanced brick Georgian house. It is designed according to the familiar Maryland plansofacentralportion,flankedbytwowings;however,thisbuilding isunusual inthat ithasonlyapartialsecondstory.Thecentralsectionisnotedforitsgracefulfanlightsandtheunusuallyfineinteriorcarvingsofblackwalnut.Theplasterdecorativemotifs,done intheAdamsstyle,arealsooutstanding. HomewoodHouse isaNationalHistoricLandmark.Forlocation,seetheNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.


23 Certain struCtures in druid Hill Park druid HiLL Park1801; 1864; 1888 george a. frederick, JoHn H.b Latrobe and otHersordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

DruidHillPark,dedicatedonOctober19,1860, rankswith Central Park inNewYork and Fairmount Park inPhiladelphia as one of the oldest major public parks in the country. The landscaping and park structures were designed as an ensemble. Most of the original buildings arestill intact.Amongthemore importantare the15buildings included in this designation, including thearched gateway at Madison Avenue and Druid Hill Lake Drive,designedbyJohnH.B.Latrobe;theBoatHouse;threestationsontheparkrailway;theChineseStation,Council Grove Station, and Orem’s Way Station, alldesignedbyGeorgeA.Frederickanderectedin1864;theConservatory,orPalmHouse,of1888;theOctagonalShelterfortheParkCommissioner’shorses;theChessandCheckersPavilion; and theMansionHousewhichwas originally built in 1801 by Col. Nicholas Rogersand remodeled for park use. The remaining structures include five unnamed pavilions, the Latrobe Pavilion,and the Maryland House. Druid Hill Park is listed on theNational Register of Historic Places as an historicdistrict.Forlocation,seetheNorthwestBaltimoremaponpage91.


24 baltimore arts tower (bromo seltZer tower) 21 s. eutaw street1911, JosePH evans sPerryordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

The Emerson-Bromo Seltzer Tower is unique because it was inspiredbythePalazzoVecchio inFlorence, Italy. ItsheightoffifteenstoriesmadeitthetallestbuildinginBaltimoreuntilthe1930s.ItwasbuiltforthefounderoftheEmersonDrugCompany,

Capt. Isaac E. Emerson, who also built the Emerson Hotel, the Emersonian Apartments and the BrooklandFarmDairy.Thetowerwas topped with a large replica of the Bromo Seltzer bottlewhich was illuminated at night and became a notable landmark forshipsenteringtheBaltimoreharbor.Thisbottlewasremovedinthe1930s,buttheclock,thelargest four-dial gravity clock intheworld,remains.TheTowernowhousesartiststudios.TheBaltimoreArtsTower is listedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.For location,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

25 merCantile safe dePosit and trust building 202 e. redwood street1885, wyatt & sPerryordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

The Mercantile Safe Deposit and TrustCompanywas founded in1884,and theirbuildingwasdesignedbyJ.B.NoelWyattandJosephEvansSperry.Openedin1885,the interiorwas remodeled after damageintheFireof1904,andwasrecentlybeenrehabilitated for use as nightclub. The exterior design, sculptural detail in stone, is outstanding for the period, and remains in almost original condition. TheMercantileSafe Deposit and Trust Building is listed on theNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation, see the Central Baltimore Southmaponpage97.


26 star sPangled banner flag House 844 e. Pratt street1793, arcHitect unknownordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

Built in 1793, the Flag House has nationalsignificance because of its associationwith thecreation, representation, interpretation, andsymbolismofouroriginalflag.Here,Mrs.MaryYoungPickersgill,nieceofCol.BenjaminFlower,Commissary for George Washington, sewed the fifteenstar,fifteenstripeflagwhichflewoverFt.McHenryduringtheBattleofBaltimorein1814.Mrs. Pickersgill’s house was recognized by an act of Congress in June1954 and accorded theprivilegeofflyingtheAmericanflagtwenty-fourhoursaday,thusmakingBaltimoretheonlycity

tohavetwoofthefivenationalsitessohonored.TheFlagHouseisaNationalHistoricLandmark.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

27 Peabody institute1-21 e. mount vernon PLace1857-1878, edmund g. Lindordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

The Peabody Institute was foundedby George Peabody, an internationalfinancier and philanthropist. The libraryopened in 1878 as Baltimore’s first freepublic library. Plans for the original Peabody Institute complex were madeby the Baltimore architect Edmund G.Lind. The marble exterior is classically designed;theinteriorofthelibraryisoneof theCity’smost interestingspecimensof 19th-century architecture. The mainreading room rises to skylights sixty-onefeetabovethefloor,andsixtiersofornate cast iron balconies complete the auraofgrandeur.TheConcertHall,designedalsobyLindin1860,hasathree-storyspiralcast-ironstaircase.Thestructure ispartof theMountVernonPlaceNationalHistoricLandmarkDistrict.For location,seetheCentralBaltimoreNorthmaponpage96.


28 old town friends’ meeting House 1201 e. fayette street1781, george mattHewsordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

The Old Town Friends’Meeting House isone of Baltimore’s few remaining 18th-century structures. Indeed, it is the oldest religiousbuilding intheCity. In1781,thePatapscoFriendsMeeting,formerlylocatedon Harford Road two miles north of the Inner Harbor, moved to the Old Town site. InOctober1792ithadattainedthestatusof a Monthly Meeting. From as early as1660,membersoftheReligiousSocietyofFriends,commonlycalledQuakers,exerteda strong influencesocially,politically,andeconomically in Maryland. Such men as Johns Hopkins, Moses Sheppard, John McKim,PhillipE.Thomas,theEllicottsandtheTysonsattendedthismeeting.TheOldTownFriends’MeetingHouseislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.

29 motHer seton House 600 n. Paca streetc. 1800, arcHitect unknownordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

The Mother Seton House was the home of Elizabeth Ann Seton(1774-1821),theonlyAmerican-bornwomanbeatifiedby the Roman Catholic Church. She founded the religious order of the Daughters of Charity while living in this house. The two-and-a-half story red brick house on the grounds of St. Mary’s Seminary is typical of other small homes built in the early 1800s for thepredominately French communitynearby. After Mother Seton’s departure from Baltimore,the building was used by the Sisters as a work house. In the 1960s,itwasrestoredtoitsoriginalappearanceandisnowoperated as a museum. The Mother Seton House is listed on theNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


30 tHe wasHington monument and mount vernon PlaCe cHarLes street at mount vernon PLace 1815-1829, robert miLLsordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

MountVernonPlaceisconsideredtobeoneofthiscountry’sfinestformalcitysquares,reminiscentofthePlaceVendomeinParis.Constructedonland donated by Col. John Eager Howard, the Washington Monument and its parks have become a vital center of City life. The monument was thefirstformaltributeerectedtoGeorgeWashington.Thedesignofthesimpleclassiccolumnwaschoseninacompetitionandthecostdefrayed

by a public lottery. EnricoCausici created the statue at the summit - Washington resigning his Army commission. The four squares radiatingfrom the monument were given to the City by the heirs of Howard and are embellished byfountainsandfinestatuary.TheentiresquareisaNationalHistoricLandmark.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreNorthmaponpage96.

31 westminster Presbyterian CHurCH 509-513 w. fayette street1787-1852, godefroy; dixon, baLbirnie, & dixonordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

Originally called the Western Burying Ground, the land for this cemetery and church was purchased by the Presbyterians in 1787from Col. John Eager Howard. It contains the graves of many of this City’searliestandmostdistinguishedcitizens.Amongtheseare thefirstmayor, JamesCalhoun,andGeneralSamuelSmith,defenderoftheCityduringtheWarof1812.OfnationalimportanceisthetombofEdgar Allan Poe, which was erected by the school childrenofBaltimore.In 1820, Maximilien Godefroydesigned the gates in the Egyptianstyle. Designed by Dixon, Balbirnie & Dixon, the Church was built in 1852tofulfill therequirementsofaCity ordinance which required every cemetery to contain a building. For

lack of space, it was erected on piers over some of the graves. Both the church andcemeteryarelistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


32 basiliCa of tHe assumPtion 401 catHedraL street1806-1863, benJamin H. Latrobeordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

The Basilica of the Assumption,consecratedin1821,isthefirstRomanCatholic Cathedral built in the United States. It was designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe in the classical style, and it isconstructedofporphyriticgranite.In 1789, an Episcopal See had beenestablished inBaltimoreandReverendJohn Carroll elected the first bishop.Bishop Carroll ordered the building of the Cathedral and was consecrated Archbishop there in 1808. He is oneof seven prelates (including JamesCardinal Gibbons) buried in the cryptbeneath the archiepiscopal throne. Ten Provincial and three Plenary Councils have been held in the Basilica, and thirty bishops have been consecrated there. Because of its unique role in the history of the Church, the Cathedral waselevatedtothedignityofaminorBasilicabyPopeXIin1937.TheBasilicaoftheAssumptionisaNationalHistoricLandmark.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

33 H.l. menCken House 1524 HoLLins streetc. 1883, arcHitect unknownordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

Thisstructureissignificantchieflybecauseoftheassociationwiththewriter,HenryMencken.Hisfamilymovedintothehousein1883whenit was new, and the author spent most of his adult life here where he didmostofhiswriting.Architecturally,itissignificantontwocounts.First,thestructureisarelativelyunalteredexampleofthetypicalbrickfront,marbletrim,three-storyrowhouseofthelate19thcenturyforwhichBaltimore is famous. Secondly, it is part of anunbroken rowfacingUnionSquare,oneofthefew19th-centuryresidentialsquaresstill retaining its original character. The H.L. Mencken House is aNationalHistoric Landmark. For location, see the Central BaltimoreWestmaponpage95.


34 sHot tower 801 e. fayette street1828, Jacob woLfeordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

Known originally as the Phoenix Shot Tower, this building was erected in 1828 and its cornerstone laid by Charles Carrollof Carrollton. It is the last of four such towers in Baltimoreand one of the few remaining in the country. Shot was made bydroppingmoltenleadfromaplatformatthetopthrougha sieve-like device and into a vat of cold water. The tower remainedinuseuntil1892.Afteritwasabandoned,agroupofcitizensraised$25,000andpresentedittotheCity.TheShotTower isaNationalHistoric Landmark. For location, see theCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

35 engine House no. 6 416 n. gay street1853, reasin & wetHeraLdordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

The Independent Fire Company house pre-dates theBaltimore City Fire Department, itself. It was the thirdbuilding erected by this volunteer fire-fighters group tohouseitsequipment,and,in1858,whentheCityestablisheda paid Fire Department, the building was purchased for$8,000.Itistheonlyenginehouseremainingfromthatera,unchanged,andnowhousesafiremuseum.Itisreminiscentofthedayswhenvolunteerfirecompaniesreachedthepeakof their rivalriesandhelpedtogiveBaltimore itsnotoriousname, “Mobtown”. Architecturally, the building is of the ItalianGothicstyle.Its103footcampanile,withitsclockandseries of pointed arches, has long been a familiar landmark toBaltimoreans. ItwasdesignedbyWilliamH. Reasin andSamuel B.Wetherald. Engine House No. 6 is listed on theNational Register of Historic Places. For location, see theCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


36 st. vinCent de Paul CHurCH 120 n. front street1841, rev. J.b. giLdeaordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

St.VincentdePaulChurchischieflynoteworthyas a visual landmark on the downtown skyline. Its unusual white Georgian tower punctuates the vista down Lexington Street from Charles andfurnishesaninterestingcontrastwiththemodern office buildings now rising aroundit. It is also unique because the first priest-in-charge, Fr. Jean-Baptiste Gildea, was itsdesigner. Architectural research indicates that a local carpenter-draftsman, perhapsJohn Hall, may have been the builder. The churchwascompletedin1814,becomingthe

fifthCatholic congregation in the city. In 1879, itwas consecrated by CardinalGibbons. Formany years, theparishwasknownforitsPrinters’Mass,celebratedaftermidnightfortheconvenienceofemployeesoftheCity’snewspapers.St.VincentdePaulChurchislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

37 old CatHedral sCHool 7-9 w. muLberry street1833-35, 1892, arcHitect unknownordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

The Old Cathedral School is a red brick building with an unusual bow front. The original structure on the western side of the lot was built around 1833 by Eaton R.Partridge, aBaltimorebusinessman. JohnB.Morris purchased the house in 1840 and itremainedintheMorrisfamilypossessionuntil1892when theRomanCatholicArchdiocesepurchased it for a school, adding classrooms, an auditorium, a chapel and living quarters for the sisters. The new portion had aRomanesqueportico,incontrasttotheearlierGreekRevivalporch;otherwise,theadditioncarefullymatchedmaterial, scaleand fenestrationof theoldhouse. TheOldCathedral School contributes to theCathedralHillNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


38 edgar allan Poe House 203 amity streetc. 1825, arcHitect unknownordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

Thehouseat203AmityStreetisnoteworthyforitsassociationwithBaltimore’smostinternationallyfamousauthorandpoet,Edgar Allan Poe. Although Poe lived here with his cousins, the Clemms, only three years, 1832-1835, the entire course ofhiscareerwasalteredasheturnedhisattentionfromwritingpoetry to prose. The house is a simple, brick working-class dwelling, originally one half of a double house. It was built around1825.WhenBaltimore’sHousingAuthoritybeganitsfirstslumclearanceproject,in1938,thePoeHousewassparedand has since been restored and is maintained by CHAP. The PoeHouse isaNationalHistoricLandmark.For location,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.

39 tHomas-JenCks- gladding House 1 w. mount vernon PLace1849-51, niernsee & neiLsonordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

This isoneof thefinestmid-19th-centurytownhouses in the country. It was built for Dr. John Hanson Thomas, the great-grandson of John Hanson, President of the Continental Congress, and was theheight of elegance and convenience. Such renowned guests as the Prince of Wales (laterKingEdwardVII)andGeneralKossuthvisitedit.In1892,Mr.andMrs.FrancisM.Jencks purchased the home and remodeled itextensivelyunderthedirectionofCharlesA.Platt.ThegracefulcircularstaircasewaswidenedandtheovalTiffanyskylightinstalledinthecoffereddome.Thebowwindowinthediningroomwasaddedand theentirehousewasdecorated in the ItalianRenaissance style. Following thedeathsofMr. andMrs.Jencks,thehousewasusedasheadquartersforvariouscivicorganizationsandfellintoastateofneglectanddisrepair.Mr.HarryLeoGladdingpurchasedthebuildingin1963andpainstakinglyrestoredittoitsformerelegance. It was later purchased by Willard Hackerman and donated to the Walters Art Gallery, which restored it tohouseitsAsianArtCollection.ThehouseispartoftheNationalHistoricLandmarkareaofMt.VernonPlace.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreNorthmaponpage96.


40 Clifton mansion cLifton Park2701 st. Lo drive (address not exact)1801-1803, arcHitect unknown; 1851, niernsee & neiLsonordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

Clifton was built about 1801-1803 asa country home by Henry Thompson, a prominent Baltimore merchant. Itdominated a large working farm and had stone walls over a foot thick, many fireplaces with marble mantels, anddecorative plaster work ceilings. JohnsHopkins purchased themansion in 1840andremodeleditin1851intheItalianatestyle, adding formal rooms and an imposingstairwayandtowerfromwhichonemaystillfindamagnificentviewofthecityanditsharbor.In1895CliftonwassoldtotheCityasapublicpark.CliftonMansionislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlacesasacontributingstructureofCliftonPark.Forlocation,seetheNortheastBaltimoremaponpage93.

41 roland Park sHoPPing Center4800 roLand avenue1896, wyatt & noLtingordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

TheRolandParkShoppingCenterisconsideredtobethefirstshoppingcenterbuiltintheUnitedStates.Itisanintegral component of Roland Park, one of the earliest planned, garden suburbs developed in this country. Under the supervision of Edward H. Bouton, Roland Park was planned by two landscape architects, George E. Kessler, and laterFrederickLawOlmsted,Jr.Theyplannedthecommunitytotakeadvantageofthehillytopography.Becauseof the distance from Roland Park to downtown, it became evident that a shopping area would be a necessity to thecommunity.TheshoppingcenterwasdesignedbyJ.B.NoelWyattandWilliamG.NoltingintheTudor,half-

timberstyle,oneofthefashionablearchitectural forms of the late 19th century. This picturesquebuilding with its decorative gablesand dormers, tall chimneys and diamond-paned casement windows, is subject to the same restrictivecovenants that regulate all the buildings in Roland Park. Roland Park Shopping Center contributes totheRolandParkNationalRegisterHistoric District. For location, seethe Northwest Baltimore map onpage91.


42 st. mary’s seminary CHaPel 600 n. Paca street1806, maximiLien godefroyordinance 75-1001 10/14/75

The St. Mary’s Seminary Chapel was the first ecclesiastical structure ofa neo-Gothic design to be erected in the country. Designed in 1806 byMaximilien Godefroy, it was built of brick with trim of Acquia Creek sandstone. In the interior much of Godefroy’s work remains, particularlythe arcades with pointed arches and the columns with intricately designed plaster acanthus leaves. These leaves and other interior details show the classicalinfluenceinGodefroy’sdesign.TheChapelwasbuiltwhiletheSeminarywasundertheleadershipofFrenchpriestsfromSt.Sulpice,whohadbeenselectedin1791byReverendJohnCarrolltoformthefirstseminaryforthetrainingofpriestsintheUnitedStates.St.Mary’sSeminaryChapelisaNationalHistoricLandmark.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

43 b’nai israel synagogue 27-35 LLoyd street1876, Henry bergeordinance 77-331 06/10/77

The synagogue was built for the Chizuk Amuno Congregation (Defenders of Faith), founded in1871,bymemberswhosecededfromtheBaltimoreHebrew Congregation because of their desire toretaintraditionalJewishworship.Thecongregationoccupied the structure until 1895 when it wassold to the B’nai Israel Congregation, (Sons ofIsrael),organizedin1873.Itbecameknownasthe“RussischeShule”,RussianSynagogue,todistinguishit from theearlierGerman congregation thathadmoveduptown.Thebuildingisasubdued,VictorianGothic structure, synthesizing Romanesque and Moorish details. Located adjacent to the Lloyd Street Synagogue - the first inMaryland and thethird in the United States - B’nai Israel Synagogue is stillusedfordailyprayer,study,andassembly,thetraditionalfunctionsofasynagogue.It is listedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.


44 first baPtist CHurCH 525 n. caroLine streetc. 1880, wiLson & wiLsonordinance 77-331 06/10/77

The First Baptist Church was the first churchestablished inMaryland for BlackBaptists. In1834,WilliamCrane,aleathermerchantfromRichmond, Virginia, came to Baltimore. Hehad long been interested in missionary work among African Americans, and encouraged his friend from Virginia,Moses Clayton, to workin Baltimore. Clayton, a freedman, foundeda Sunday School soon after his arrival. In1836 hewas ordained a pastor and foundedtheFirstColoredPeople’sBaptistChurch ina

schoolhouseonthecornerofYoungandThomsenStreetsnearBelairMarket.TheChurchbecameamemberof theMaryland BaptistUnion Association in 1841. The Reverend Lewis Hicks, a pastor from 1865 to 1869,succeeded in increasing the membership to one hundred and replacing the old schoolhouse with a new church atthesamelocation.Thepresentstructure,equallyinspiredbyClassicalandFederalarchitecture,wasbuiltonalotatthecornerofCarolineandMcElderryStreetsthatwasacquiredin1875.ThearchitectsJ.AppletonWilsonand William T. Wilson also designed the Divine Mission Apostolic Church, the McKim House, part of Belvedere Terrace,andmanyotherhousesthroughouttheMt.Vernonarea.Thechurchwasextensivelyrenovatedin1928.Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.

45 sHaron baPtist CHurCH 1373 n. stricker street1870-1871, JoHn w. Hoggordinance 77-331 06/10/77

SharonBaptistChurchbeganin1882asaSundaySchoolMissionoftheMacedoniaBaptistChurch.ItwasknownastheWhatcoatMission, so named because it met in an abandoned horse stable onWhatcoat Street. In 1900 the growing congregation becametheSharonBaptistChurch.Aftera seriesofmoves, thepresentstructure,builtin1870andacquiredfromtheWhatcoatMethodistEpiscopal Church, was bought in 1914. Since 1885, under thesuccessive leadership of three outstanding pastors, Sharon has been instrumental in the advancement of blacks in Baltimore.During the pastorate ofWilliamM. Alexander (1885-1919) theprecedentwasset.ThefirstschoolforAfricanAmericanchildrenonBaltimore’sWestSidewasfoundedbySharon.ItisnowSchool#112atCalhounandLaurensStreets, theWilliamM.AlexanderSchool. Reverend Alexander started and was the first editor ofwhatisnowthe“Afro-American”newspaper.ThebuildingisafineexampleofthelocaladaptationofGothicRevivalbuildingforms,executed in brick, from themid-19th century. Sharon Baptist Church contributes to theOldWest BaltimoreNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.


46 taylor’s CHaPel & burial ground 6001 HiLLen road1853, arcHitect unknownordinance 77-331 06/10/77

There has been a place of worship on the site of Taylor’s Chapel since Joseph TaylorbuiltaQuakermeetinghousetherein1770.TheTaylorfamily,whoownedalargeplantationcalledMt.Pleasant,convertedtoMethodisminthelate18thcentury.Thepresentchapelwasconstructedin1853,andbecame the center of Methodism for the surrounding countryside. The smallGreekRevivalbuilding,sittingonaslighthillaboveHerringRunontheMt.PleasantGolfCourse,isofsimpleframeconstructionandcoveredwith stucco. The simple fresco work on the interior may have been done by ConstantinoBrumidi,an Italian immigrantwho painted the frescoes in the Capital

dome.BrumidiwasaguestoftheTaylor’satthetimeofthechapel’sconstruction.In1925theCityofBaltimorepurchasedthechapelandburialground,butthesitehasremainedunderthedirectionofaBoardofTrusteesfromSt.John’sMethodistChurch of Hamilton. The Loch Raven Community Organization undertook thepreservation of Taylor’s Chapel as their Bicentennial project. Taylor’s Chapel islistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheNortheastBaltimoremaponpage93.

47 Zion lutHeran CHurCH & ParisH House140-146 n. gay street1807-08, roHrback & macHenHeimer1912, tHeodore weLLs PietscHordinance 77-331 06/10/77

TheZionLutheranChurch,built1807-08,isthesecondoldest house of worship in the City. The original occupants of the building were the Lutheran Germans of Baltimore, organized in 1755. In 1758, this younggroup purchased the grounds on which all of Zion’s buildings stand today. The architects, George Rohrback and Johann Machenheimer were two members of the congregationandalsoworkedonSt.Mary’sSeminarywithMaximilienGodefroy.ThedesignofthefacadedrewmuchcriticismduetothemixeduseoftheRomanesqueandGothicarchitecturaldetails.Originallythechurchwas crowned with a small tower and had one front and side entrance each with round arches in the Romanesque style.ThewindowsonthefrontofthebuildingwereintheGothic,pointed-archstyle.Afterafirein1840,whichleftonlythewallsintact,thewindowsoneachsideofthefrontentrancewereconvertedintodoors.Thecontrastingstylesweremaintainedinthereconstruction.ThechurchcontainsaprogressionofArtNouveauandVictorianstainedglasswindowswhichwasconsideredtobeamongthefinest inBaltimore.OtheroutstandingartworkincludesexquisiteTiffanystudiolightsinthedomesandsidelightsoftheadjoiningparishhouse,andtilesfromHenryMercer’sMoravianTileWorks.Theparishhouseandtower,addedtothechurchin1912,weredesignedbyTheodoreWellsPietsch,thearchitectofBaltimore’sSaintsPhillipandJamesChurchinCharlesVillage.ThelateradditionsareconsideredtobepremiereexamplesofArtsandCraftsdesign.ZionLutheranChurchislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


48 furness House 19-21 soutH street1917-1918, edward H. gLiddenordinance 77-331 06/10/77

This Colonial Revival office structure isdesigned in the Adam style to house the Baltimore headquarters of Furness,Withy and Company, Ltd., London-based steamship agents for the Holland-American line. From this South Street office, thefirm directed their trade between theirBaltimore facilities at Pier 6, Locust Pointand Dutch, German and South American ports. Arriving in Baltimore in 1909, theFurness organization moved into thebuilding in 1918, which was designedby E.H. Glidden, the architect of the WashingtonApartmentsonMountVernonPlace.FurnessHouse,withitsconsciouslyEnglishdesign,istheproductofthesamebrandofearly-20th-centurynationalismwhichinspiredthedesignoftheNorthGermanLloydLine’sHansaHouse,andtheCantonCompany’sCantonHouse. In1922, thebuildingwasacquiredbyScarlett,Ramsey,andCompany,steamshipagents,whopreserveditsoriginalarchitecturalcharacter.TheFurnessHousecontributestotheBusinessandGovernmentNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

49 gouCHer House 2313 st. PauL street1892, stanford wHiteordinance 77-331 06/10/77

In1890,Dr. JohnF.Goucher,presidentof theWomen’sCollegeofBaltimore(nowGoucherCollege)andpastoroftheFirstMethodistChurch(LovelyLane),commissioneda townhouse from Stanford White to complement the adjacent St. Paul Street Church designed by the architect. WhitewasapartnerinthefirmofMcKim,Mead&White,themajorarbitersoftasteinlate19th-centuryAmerica.Completed in 1892, the Renaissance style structurefeatures a Pompeian brick exterior with severe detailing. Dr.Goucheroccupiedthehouseuntil1922,whenitwasdeeded to the neighboring college. A rear wing was then addedtohouseadormitoryandadministrationfacilities.Usedfrom1950-1952asanalumnaehouseafterGoucherCollege had moved to the suburbs, the Goucher House presentlyaccommodatesprivateoffices.GoucherHousecontributestotheOldGoucherCollegeNationalRegisterHistoric District. For location, see the North Baltimoremaponpage92.


50 united states Customs House 40 s. gay street1903-1907, HornbLower & marsHaLL ordinance 77-331 06/10/77

The United States Customs House is considered one of thenation’sfinestexamplesofBeaux-Artsarchitecture.Its monumental and Classical design symbolized the commercialgloryofAmericaandthePortofBaltimore.Baltimore’s original customs office was chartered in1786, three years before the creation of the UnitedStates Customs. The present building replaced the quarters of the United States Customs that had existed from 1820-1900 on the same site in the Merchant’sExchange, a building designed by Maximilien Godefroy and Benjamin H. Latrobe in 1816. In 1865 PresidentAbraham Lincoln’s bier lay in state under the dome of the Merchant’s Exchange. This building was designed by Joseph C. Hornblower and John Rush Marshall, architects from Washington, D.C. The Call Room, where sea captainsfromaroundtheworldclearedtheircargoeswithcustomsofficials,isdecoratedwithmuralsbyFrancisDavisMillet.TheydepictafleetofshipsenteringBaltimore’sharborandanaccuratevisualhistoryoftheevolutionofnavigation.ConsideredtobeamongMillet’sfinest,andamajorsignificanceinthehistoryofAmericanmuralpainting, themurals have recently been restored to their original splendor. The Customs House, whichwasconverted into Federal offices in 1953,wasdesignatedas a “United StatesCustomsHistorical Landmark”onJanuary 18, 1972. TheUnited StatesCustomsHouse is listedon theNational Register ofHistoric Places. Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

51 Pennsylvania station 1525 n. cHarLes street1911, kennetH w. murcHisonordinance 77-331 06/10/77

Designed in the Beaux-Arts Classicism style, the station symbolizes the culminationofthefirstperiodofrailroaddevelopmentinthis country. It occupies a visually prominent positiononanaturalembankmentat theapproximate geographic center of the city.Thesiteisthatoftwoearlierstations.Whenthepresentstationwasconstructed,Baltimore ranked seventh busiest railscenter in the country, as it does today. In 1929 the name of the present facilitywas changed from Union to Pennsylvania

Station.Baltimore’sPennsylvaniaStationisoneofthefewbuildingstohavethecompleteinstallationofRookwoodCeramictilesintact.RookwoodwastheforemostArtPotterymanufacturerintheUnitedStatesattheturnofthecentury.Theterra-cottaclock,glassandcoppermarquee,andinteriorstainedglassdomeshavebeenrefurbishedaspartofAmtrak’scommitmenttoimprovestationfacilitiesandservices.PennsylvaniaStationislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreNorthmaponpage96.


52 asCot House (raZed 1981)104 w. 39tH street1912, Laurence HaLL fowLerordinance 77-331 06/10/77

TheAscotHouse,originally theShiffHouse,wasthefirstresidencedesignedbyLaurenceHall Fowler, one of Baltimore’s outstandingandmostprolificarchitectsoftheearly20thcentury.Fowlerwasamasterofsynthesizingdiverse architectural styles. His designs range from the stark purity of Classical architecture, as in the War Memorial, to the electric asymmetrical massing of the Ascot House. The house further depicts Fowler’sknowledgeofcontemporaryEnglishdomestic architecture, embellished here,withGeorgianandJacobethandetails.Aftera prolonged court battle, the Ascot Housewasdemolishedin1981foraparkinglot.Fortheformerlocation,seetheNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.

53 babe rutH House 216 emory streetc.1875, arcHitect unknownordinance 77-331 06/10/77

Therenovationof theBabeRuthBirthplaceandShrineandMuseumwasoneofthemostbroad-basedpreservationeffortsundertakeninBaltimore.MayorTheodoreR.McKeldininitiatedtheprojectin1967,andin1969theCityhadboughtthehouseandthethreedecaying,neighboringproperties.Between 1968 and 1974, the Mayor’s Committee for the Preservationof Babe Ruth’s Birthplace, and the Babe Ruth Birthplace Foundation,Incorporated,laboredontherenovation.ThehousewasofficiallyopenedtothepubliconJuly29,1974.Ruthwasbornat216EmoryStreet,thehomeofhismaternalgrandparentsin1895.Thecomplexoffourbuildingscontainsperiod furnishingsandanextensivecollectionofBabeRuthmemorabilia.TheBabeRuthHousecontributestotheRidgely’sDelightNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


54 war memorial 101 n. gay street1925, Laurence HaLL fowLerordinance 77-331 06/10/77

In 1920 the City of Baltimore donated ablock of land for the purpose of erecting amemorial to the citizens of Maryland whodedicated their lives and services to America during World War I. The site was included in Baltimore’s 1910 Olmstead plan to centralizethe City’s more significant buildings into adowntown Civic Center Plaza on the land betweenSaintPaulStreetandtheJonesFalls.The austere, Neoclassical design of the building is complemented by two sculptures of “Sea

horses”whichflanktheportico-entrance.Theyaresymbolicrepresentationsof“themightofAmericacrossingthe sea to come to the aid of the Allies”. Covering the west end of the interior balcony wall is a classical style mural byBaltimore-artist, R.McGillMackall, depicting, “A Sacrifice topatriotism”. Thehigh-ceiling interior issoftenedandembellishedthroughtheuseofdark-redmarbleinthevestibule,BelgianblockandmarbleinthemainroomandItalianTravertinemarblefloorsthroughoutthebuilding.TheWarMemorialbuildingcontributestotheBusinessandGovernmentNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

55 alexander brown and sons 135 e. baLtimore street1901, Parker & tHomas1905-1907, beecHer, friz & greggordinance 82-829 11/17/82

The present banking house was one of the fewbuildingstosurvivetheBaltimoreFireof1904.Thefirmisnamedforitsfounder,anIrishlinen merchant who immigrated to America at the turn-of-the-19th century. Realizingthe increasing demand for commercial underwriting,hebegantheinvestmenthousein1800.Itwastheoldestbankinghouseinthecountry and one that grew from local origins to have international influence. In the late1990s,itmergedwithDeutcheBank.Brick,stoneandcopperwereusedforexteriorconstruction.Thebuilding’sstyle is a synthesis of two revival styles, the Georgian and Renaissance. A central stained-glass dome and marble columnsdominatethe interior.Bronzeandcoppertilesembellishthefloor.Thestructurewasthefirst in thecountrytobeheatedwithelectricity.AsthefirsttobedesignedbythelocalfirmofParker&Thomas,thebuildingforecastotherdistinguisheddesignsbythefirmincludingtheBelvedereHotel,theSavingsBankofBaltimore,andtheHansaHaus.TheAlexanderBrownandSonsbuildingislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


56 baltimore City CourtHouse 100 n. caLvert street1899, wyatt & noLtingordinance 829 11/17/82

Constructed on the site of the City’s second courthouse, the present building is typical of the Beaux-Arts Classicism then in vogue. The Woodstock granite and Beaver Dam marble walls withstood thefireof1904.Themonolithiccolumns,lion sculptures, balustrades and ornate bronze doors create an image of grandeur, appropriate for the purpose of the building. The courthouse and old post officeechooneanother’sscaleandformawell-proportionedsettingfortheBattleMonument,byMaximilienGodefroy.J.B.NoelWyattandWilliamG.NoltingrankamongthemostinfluentialandprolificofBaltimorearchitects.TheirworksincludetheRolandParkShoppingCenter,PattersonParkHighSchooland theGarrettandKeyserbuildings.BaltimoreCityCourthouse is listedon theNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

57 Carroll Hunting lodge 5914 greensPring avenuec. 1790, arcHitect unknownordinance 82-829 11/17/82

This stone house, commonly known as the “CarrollHunting Lodge”, is oneof theoldestinMountWashington/Cheswoldearea,datingfrom about 1790. It stands on what wasonce a vast tract owned by Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Carroll was one of the four Maryland signersoftheDeclarationofIndependence,amember of the General Assembly, a United States Senator, and a very wealthy land owner. From1803to1809,thepropertywasownedby Bernard Sourzac, one of several Frenchimmigrants fromHaitiwho settled inMountWashingtonintheearly1800s.Yearslater, in

themid-19thcentury,thepropertyformedpartofalightindustrialcomplexofsnuffandtobaccomillsalongtheWesternRun.Thegreatfloodof1868causedmuchdamagetothemillproperty,andthis imposingstructureistheonesurvivingbuilding.ItisanexcellentexampleofMaryland18th-centuryvernaculararchitectureinitssymmetryandsimplicity;theroughnessandheavinessofitsconstructionsuggestshowremotethisareawas,atthattime,fromBaltimore.Forlocation,seetheNorthwestBaltimoremaponpage91.


58 Continental building 201 e. baLtimore street1901, danieL H. burnHamordinance 82-829 11/17/82

The Continental Building is the only building in Baltimore thatwas designed by Daniel H. Burnham, a noted Chicago architect of Commercial Style buildings and early skyscrapers. Burnham designed manyimportantofficebuildingsinChicagoandelsewhere,includingtheFlat IronBuilding inNewYorkandUnionStatoninWashington,D.C.HewasanimportantfigureintheColumbiaExpositionof1893and was responsible for the civic improvement plan for Chicago in 1909,a landmark inthedevelopmentofmoderncityplanning.TheContinentalBuildingwasthetallestbuildinginBaltimorewhenitwasconstructedin1901fortheContinentalTrust.ItfeaturesCommercialStyle architecture with some classical Renaissance Revival details. It wasalsooneofthefewbuildingstosurvivetheBaltimoreFireof1904.The interior was incinerated, but no major structural damage was done to the exterior walls, and the building was quickly rehabilitated afterthefire.Themajoralterationtothebuildingsince1904wastheremovalofmostofthecorniceanddecorativefrieze.Also,thebuildinghousedtheprivatedetectiveagencyinwhichnotedauthorDashiellHammettworked.TheContinentalBuildingislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

59 Crimea House, CHaPel and stables Leakin Park1901 eagLe drive (address not exact)1857, niernsee & neiLsonordinance 82-829 11/17/82

Crimea, in the Windsor Mill Road area of Leakin Park, was the summer estate of the Winans family. The estate was built by Thomas de Kay Winans, whose family was commissioned by Czar Nicholas I to construct the Moscow-St. Petersburg rail system. Crimea’s namesake is a Russian peninsula. Thomas Winans was the son of Ross Winans, a locally prominent rail magnate and State legislator. The family constructed

and navigated the derisively named “Cigar Boat”, a forerunner of the modern submarine. The Crimea mansion was constructed of local stone and embellished with a cupola and large eave pendants. Porches line the side and rear of the house. ThemansionisnowunderthejurisdictionoftheDepartmentofRecreationandParks,andistheheadquartersforOutwardBound’sBaltimoreprogram.Astableand chapel are among the original structures remaining in the park. The redwood stainedchapelistheonlyecclesiasticalstructureonthegroundsofCrimeaandone of the few examples of Carpenter Gothic architecture in the city. It was restoredin1988-1989andcanberentedforweddings.Likethemansion,itwasbuiltofstoneandembellishedwithover-sizedeavependants.Forlocation,seetheWestBaltimoremaponpage94.


60 etting Cemetery 1500 bLock of w. nortH avenuec. 1799ordinance 82-829 11/17/82

TheEttingCemeteryistheoldestexistingHebrewburialgroundinBaltimore.It is theprivate cemeteryof the Etting family, thefirst prominent Jewishfamily in colonialMaryland.Approximately twenty-five graves areon thesite.Theearliestdates from1799,andthe latest isdated1881.SolomanEttingmovedtoBaltimorefromYork,Pennsylvaniaandgainedprominenceinshipping and other commercial ventures. He was instrumental in abolishing restrictionsprohibitingJewsfromholdingpublicofficeinMaryland,andwas

oneofthefirstJewishmembersoftheCityCouncil.Hewasafounderof the B & O Railroad and a director of the Union Bank. Members oftheGratzandCohenfamiliesmarriedintotheEttingfamilyandareburiedherealso.ZalmanRehinewhoissaidtobethefirstrabbito immigrate to America is also buried here. Due to intermarriage, theEttingfamilydisappearedfromtheBaltimoreJewishcommunity.Today the property is maintained by the Baltimore Free HebrewBurialSociety.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.

61 gallagHer mansion 431 notre dame Lanec. 1855, arcHitect unknownordinance 82-829 11/17/82

The Gallagher Mansion was built in c. 1855for Dr. Benjamin W. Woods, who served with Zachary Taylor in the Second Seminole War. The original building was Italianate in design, butwasalteredwiththeadditionofamansardroof and porch. In 1873, Patrick Gallagherpurchased the house. It remained in his family for almost 100 years. One of the few intact19th-century country houses remaining inBaltimore,theGallagherMansionrecallsatimewhen Govanstown was a thriving suburban village surrounded by country estates. Today, the mansion house is an importantlandmarkoftheneighborhood’sidentityandin1995itwasdevelopedintohousingforseniorcitizens.GallagherMansionislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.


62 greenmount Cemetery CHaPel and gates 1501 greenmount avenue1851-1856, niernsee & nieLsonordinance 82-829 11/17/82

The Chapel is one of the most dramatic examples ofGothicRevivalarchitecture inBaltimore.Theoctagonalstructure, built of Connecticut brownstone, has a 102foot spire that is visible from miles around the Cemetery. Theflyingbuttresses,stainedglasswindows,andornatelysculpturedsurface,createaromanticadditiontoGreenMount Cemetery, the first cemetery in Baltimore. The

cemeterywas dedicated in 1839. The architects, John RudolphNiernseeand J. Crawford Neilson also designed Camden Station, Calvert Station(demolished 1950), the Thomas-Jencks-Gladding House, Crimea House,andalterationstoCliftonMansion.GreenmountCemeteryislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreNorthmaponpage96.

63 James lawrenCe kernan HosPital 2200 n. forest Park avenue1860-1867, arcHitect unknownordinance 82-829 11/17/82

By theearly19thcentury the landnowheldby thehospital was owned by John Wethered, whose family owned Ashland Mills on the Gwynns Falls and thetown of Wetheredsville, now Dickeyville. The mansion is thought to have been built by Thomas Canby, a Baltimore spice merchant, who owned the sixtyacre estate from 1860-1867 and named it “RadnorPark”. Around 1930, the main building’s Victoriancharacter was altered with the removal of its cupola andmansardroof,andtheadditionofaclassicalporticoandone-storywing.In1910theestatewasboughtandconveyedtotheHospitalforCrippledChildrenbythephilanthropistJamesKernan,whoalsowilledtheinstitutionmostofhisfortunemadefromoperatingburlesqueandlegitimatetheatres.Kernan’sgesturestemmedfromanappealmadetohimbythehospitaldirectressfortheloanofapianofromoneofhistheatresforthepatients’recreation.TheJamesLawrenceKernanHospitalislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheNorthwestBaltimoremaponpage91.


64 leadenHall baPtist CHurCH 1021 LeadenHaLL street1872, JosePH b. tHomasordinance 82-829 11/17/82

LeadenhallBaptistChurchwasorganizedin1872byAfricanAmericanBaptistsoftheSharp-Leadenhallarea,withthehelpoftheMarylandBaptistUnionAssociation.Itisthesecondoldestchurchbuildingin Baltimore continuously occupied by the sameAfrican American congregation, and ministeredtotheneedsofoneof theearliestsettlementsoffree African Americans in the City. The neighboring areas of Sharp-Leadenhall and Otterbein are richin African American history, but many of the buildingswhichhousedthepeopleandinstitutionsintimately associated with the advancementofAfricanAmericanssince theCivilWarhavebeendemolished.LeadenhallBaptistChurch isoneof theraresurvivors. The church was designed and built by Joseph B. Thomas and Son, who owned and operated a planning millonLeadenhallStreetnearMontgomery.Thomas,aBaptist,manufactured“moldings,pews,pulpits,altarrails,Gothicwindows,etc.”fromthe1860sthroughtheendofthe19thcentury.TheThomasfamilycommissionsincludedtheCityCouncilchambersofBaltimoreCityHall(GeorgeA.Frederick,1867-1875),andtheinteriorsofGraceMethodistEpiscopalChurch(nowMetropolitanUnitedMethodist,FrankE.Davis,1874)andFirstEnglishLutheranChurch(nowNewShilohBaptist,FrankE.Davis,1874).LeadenhallBaptistChurchislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheSouthBaltimoremaponpage99.

65 mount Clare mansion carroLL Park1500 wasHington bouLevard (address not exact)c.1754, cHarLes carroLL (attributed); 1908, wyatt & noLtingordinance 82-829 11/17/82

This Georgian Mansion is considered to be the oldest building in the City. It was the summer home of Charles Carroll,

Barrister,whowroteMaryland’sDeclarationofRightsandtheStateconstitution.HisdistantcousinwasCharlesCarrollofCarrollton.Thehouse,designedinafive-partPalladianplan,sitsonawoodedriseandissurroundedbygardens.Thoughunoccupiedbyabout1840,thepropertywasheldbytheBarrister’sfamilyuntil1840,whentheCitysucceededasowners.In1910,theCityconstructedmodernversionsoftheformergable-roofedwings,whichhadapparentlybeendestroyedby1860forunknownreasons.ThenewwingsweredesignedbyJ.B.NoelWyattandWilliamG.Noltingin1908.Since1917themansionhasbeenunderthecustodyoftheNationalSocietyofColonialDamesofAmerica.MountClareMansionisaNationalHistoricLandmark.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.


66 mount royal station and sHed 1400 catHedraL street1896, baLdwin & Penningtonordinance 82-829 11/17/82

TheBaltimoreandOhioMt.RoyalStationandshedwere built in 1896 and operated as a passengerstationuntil1961whentherailroadceasedpassengerservice into the station.The stationand contiguousshedwereconstructedsoonaftertheHowardStreetTunnel and are situated at the tunnel’s northern portal. The three structures were built to allow the B & O to compete for the growing passenger service in the northeast corridor. The Italian Renaissance stylebuildingwhichisdominatedbya150-footclock-tower, has become a prominent visual landmark at the juncture of two neighborhoods. In 1966 theMarylandInstituteCollegeofArtboughtthepropertyand employed Cochran, Stephenson and Donkervoet, todesign the celebratedadaptation. It has receivednational recognitionas abrilliant solution to recyclingarailroadstation.OtherbuildingsdesignedbyE.FrancisBaldwinandJosiasPenningtonincludetheB&OMt.ClareShops(demolished1976),theB&ORailroadBuilding,theMarylandClub,andOldCityCollege.TheMountRoyalStationisaNationalHistoricLanmark.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreNorthmaponpage96.

67 new Psalmist baPtist CHurCH & Parsonage 100 w. frankLin street 1847, robert cary Long, Jr. 1857, r. snowden andrewsordinance 82-829 11/17/82

TheNewPsalmist Baptist Church and Parsonagewas originally the Franklin Street PresbyterianChurch,whichwasorganizedin1844bymembersfrom the First PresbyterianChurchwho felt thata new congregation was warranted because ofthe rapidly growing City. Designed by Robert Cary Long, Jr. in the Tudor-Gothic style, it was one of the firstmajorbuildingsinBaltimoretobreakfromtheNeoclassical mode. The church is one of a small

group of American churches with a double tower and a center gable. The tracery in the stained glass windows is entirelycastinironthatwaslocallyproduced.TenyearsaftertheChurchwasconstructed,aparsonage,designedby R. Snowden Andrews, was constructed on the lot directly north of the Church, facing Cathedral Street. The gabled,Victorian-GothicstructurewasdesignedtocomplementtheChurch.ThechurchisnowtheBreadofLifeCathedral,andislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


68 Patterson Park observatory Patterson Park27 s. Patterson Park avenue (address not exact)1891, cHarLes H. Latrobeordinance 82-829 11/17/82

Thefourstory,sixty-foot-highobservatoryinPattersonParkwas described by its designer, Charles H. Latrobe, as “a most substantialandornamentalbuilding,commandingaveryfineview, especially over the harbor”. Latrobe was the General Superintendent and Engineer under the Old Park Commission. Carefullyrestoredin1965,theBoardofEstimates,promptedby Mayor Theodore R. McKeldin, appropriated more than twice the amount for refurbishing than it had originally cost. Granite steps form the base of the octagonal iron structure, which has a central spiral stair enclosed by glass and wood. The threeencirclingbalconiesare cantileveredon ironandthe wood is painted yellow and orange in accordance with theoriginalcolorscheme.Multi-light,coloredglasswindowsand transoms complete the festive structure. An EastBaltimorelandmark,itiscommonlyknownasthe“Pagoda.”Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.

69 saint franCes aCademy 501 e. cHase street1870, george a. frederickordinance 82-829 11/17/82

The Oblate Sisters of Providence were organizedin1829inBaltimore.Theorderwas formed by a group of San Domingo refugeesat510GeorgeStreet.TheywerethefirstAfricanAmericanorderofRomanCatholic nuns in the United States, and theyfoundedthefirstschoolforAfricanAmerican children in Maryland. In 1870,propertywaspurchasedat501E.Chase Street for a new convent. George Frederick, the architect of City Hall,designed the four story building which is styled in a restrained version of Second Empire. The cornerstone was laid by Archbishop Spalding on November 27,1870.TheOblateSistershavea full and richhistory ineducation forBaltimore’sblackcommunity.TodaytheSt.FrancesAcademyrestorationisakeystoneintherevitalizationoftheJohnstonSquarecommunity.SaintFrancesAcademycontributestotheOldEastBaltimoreNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreNorthmaponpage96.


70 saint leo’s CHurCH 225 s. exeter street1880-81, e. francis baLdwinordinance 82-829 11/17/82

SaintLeo’sChurchisthefirstchurchinBaltimore(andprobablyinMaryland)foundedandbuiltspecifically for Italian immigrants. Thus itis associated with the massive immigrationmovement of Southern and Eastern Europeans toAmericainthelate19thcentury.SaintLeo’shas been the center of religious, cultural and sociallifeforthepeopleofLittleItalysinceitsfoundingin1880.Foroveronehundredyearsithas symbolized the strength and vitality of the surrounding ethnic community. The building wasconstructedin1880-81andwasdesigned

byE.FrancisBaldwin.BaldwinwasaprincipalinthefirmofBaldwinandPennington,animportantlocalfirmthatdesignedmanyBaltimorebuildingsincludingtheMarylandClub,FidelityBuildingandMountRoyalStation.SaintLeo’sisaHighVictorianEclecticblendofItalianateandRomanesqueelements.Thebuildingfeaturesanarcadedentranceporch,stainedglasswindowsanda large towerwhichdominates theskylineofLittle Italy.St. Leo’sChurchislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.

71 saint Peter Claver CHurCH 1542 n. fremont avenue1905, george L. Lovattordinance 82-829 11/17/82

Saint Peter Claver Roman Catholic Church, with the largestAfricanAmericanCatholiccongregationinthecity,hasalong-standingtraditionofCivilRightsactivism.Baltimorewasthefirstmissiongroundfor the Society of St. Joseph, which sent four priestsfromEnglandin1871.TheJosephiteorderwas founded in Baltimore in 1873 and in 1888bought the present St. Peter Claver property from the Whatcoat Methodist Episcopal Church. Since 1893theorderhasbeendedicatedspecificallytotheaidandadministrationofAfricanAmericans.St.PeterClaverwasa17th-centurySpaniardknownasthe“ApostleoftheSlaves”inSouthAmerica.In1902thepresentredbrick Italianatechurchwasaddedtothedistinguishedcomplexofbuildings.St.PeterClaverHall,damagedbyfirein1967,wastheimpressiveQueenAnnestyledbuildingofFullerMemorialBaptistChurch,builtin1884anddesignedbyArchitectWilliamH.Marriott.Inthe1960s,whiletheparishofFatherPhilipBerrigan,St.PeterClaverChurchbegananintensiveprogramofcommunityorganization.SaintPeterClaverChurchcontributestotheOldWestBaltimoreNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.


72 sHarP street united metHodist CHurCH 508 doLPHin street1898, aLPHonsus bieLerordinance 82-829 11/17/82

Named in honor of its original location, Sharp StreetMemorialUnited Methodist Church descends from the first AfricanAmericancongregationinBaltimore.In1797,AfricanAmericansgatheredat112-116SharpStreet,wheretheMarylandSocietyfortheAbolitionofSlaveryhadopenedBaltimore’sfirstdayschoolfor African Americans. The Society later abandoned this project and sold the lot and building in 1802 to the African Americancongregation, which then built a church on the property. Thechurchplayedanimportantroleinthelocalabolitionistmovementandfrom1867-1872,theCentenaryBiblicalInstitute(nowMorganState University) held classes there. Following themigration ofitscongregationtonorthwestBaltimore,thechurcherectedthepresent, stone Gothic building designed by Alphonsus Bieler in 1898. In1921,ArthurM.Segoin,anAfricanAmericanarchitect,designedtheadjacentCommunityHouse,thefirstofitskindinBaltimore.SharpStreetUnitedMethodistChurchislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.

73 fort mCHenry 1401 consteLLation PLazac. 1798, arcHitect unknownordinance 86-851 12/12/86

FortMcHenryoccupiesapre-eminentpositionamongthehistoric shrines and monuments of our country by reason of its special meaning in American history. It was a glimpse oftheAmericanflagwavingdefiantlyovertherampartsofFortMcHenrythat inspiredFrancisScottKeytocomposeour national anthem. Here, where the flag flies day andnight,theStarsandStripesattainaspecialsignificanceforAmericans. Here on these historic ramparts the visitor can senseandappreciatethatsurgeofinspiration,bornamidthewelter of bursting bombs and blazing rockets,whichcompelledFrancisScottKeytocreateaclassicexpressionofAmericanidealsandpatriotism.HereissymbolizedthetriumphofAmericanarmsandvaloroverBritishinvadersduringthedecisiveBattleofBaltimore,duringtheWarof1812.FortMcHenryisaNationalMonumentandHistoricShrine.Forlocation,seetheSouthBaltimoremaponpage99.


74 g. krug & sons 415-417 w. saratoga streetc. 1810, arcHitect unknownordinance 86-851 12/12/86

“There is hardly a building in Baltimore that doesn’t containsomething we made, even if it is only a nail.” So boasted Theodore Krug, heir to the oldest continuously working ironshop in the country. For nearly 200 years artisans here havehammered out practical and ornamental ironwork that stillgraces such local landmarks as Otterbein Methodist Church,the Basilica of the Assumption,WashingtonMonument, ZionChurch, Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Baltimore Zoo. Themodestbeginningsoftheshopdatebackto1810,whenfarmerstraveling to and from the market stopped to have their horses shod and their wagons repaired by blacksmith Andrew Merker, who, in turn, sold to Gustav A. Krug, a young Bavarian immigrant and ancestor of all the subsequent Krug family owners. This distinguishedfirm’s long recordoffineblacksmithing includestherestorationworkforColonialWilliamsburgandfortheVieuxCarre(FrenchQuarter)inNewOrleans.TheG.KrugandSonsbuildingislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

75 HutZler’s PalaCe building 210-218 n. Howard street1888, baLdwin & Penningtonordinance 86-851 12/12/86

TheHutzler’sPalaceBuildingisanexceptionalexampleofRomanesqueeclectic design, and no finer example of this late-19th-century styleexists in Baltimore. Completed in 1888 to the designs of E. FrancisBaldwin and Josias Pennington, one of the city’s most important architecturalfirmsoftheperiod,thesouthbaywasaddedin1924asacompatibleexpansionoftheretailsalesspace,andthegroundfloorwasredesignedtotheArtModernedetailingaspartofthe1931expansionoftheHutzler’scomplex.ThegroundfloorvisuallyandphysicallyunitesthePalaceBuildingandtheadjacentHutzler’sTowerBuilding.In1858Abram Hutzler, too young to do business in his own name, used his father’s name and credit to open a small retail shop on Howard Street, which he called M. Hutzler and Son. His father Moses, a German immigrant, was never connected with the management of the store, but brothers Charles and David joined and formed the partnership of Hutzler Brothers. The store was located at the corner of Clay and N. Howard Streets on part of the site of this structure. Hutzler’s rapidly grewinimportancetothecommercialcommunityofBaltimore,andin1874tookoveranexistingthreestorystructuretwodoorssouthoftheClay Street store, opening a “One Price Store” when bargaining was the rule.The1888PalaceBuildingreplacesbothoftheseearlierbuildings.Hutzler’sPalaceBuilding is listedon theNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


76 mount wasHington oCtagon (u.s.f. & g.) building 5803-6003 smitH avenue1855, dixon, baLbirnie & dixonordinance 86-851 12/12/86

The Octagon mode was a building form that was popular in the mid-19th century, inspired by the writings onOrsonSquireFowler,aphrenologistandprolificauthorof books on health and marital happiness. Although Fowler advocated the octagon shape primarily fordomesticstructures,itwasoftenadaptedtootheruses.The Mt.WashingtonOctagon,oneofBaltimore’s lastremaining examples of the style, was built under the directionof theReverendEliasHeinerof theGermanReformedChurchandwasuseduntil1861astheMt.Washington FemaleAcademy.After theCivilWar the

college failed and the building was bought by the Sisters of Mercy, who opened Mount St. Agnes College. The collegewasexpandedovertheyearstoinclude129acresandseveralmorebuildings.In1971,MountSt.AgnesmergedwithLoyolaCollegeandmovedfromtheMt.Washingtonsite.U.S.F.&G.purchasedthepropertyintheearly2000sandupgradedthecampus,includingrestorationoftheOctagon.ThepropertyisnowaconferencecenterforJohnsHopkinsUniversity.Forlocation,seetheNorthwestBaltimoremaponpage91.

77 mount auburn Cemetery 2614 annaPoLis road 1872ordinance 86-851 12/12/86

Mount Auburn Cemetery is the oldest African American cemetery in Baltimore City. The 130-year-old cemeterywas originally known as the “City of the Dead for Colored People.” Former slaves who had found freedom throughthe Underground Railroad were among those buried there byBaltimore’sBlackfamilies.Foryearsitwastheonlyburialground for Baltimore African Americans. Founded in 1872by Rev. James Pack and the Memorial United Methodist Church (Sharp Street Church),MountAuburnwasaprotesttothesegregationin white Methodist churches at the time. Inaddition to the runaway slaves, the cemeterycontains William Ashbie Hawkins, one of the first African American bishops in the AfricanMethodistChurch;JosephGanns,thefirstBlacklightweight boxing champion of the world and civilrightsactivists,lawyers,doctors,teachers,and the loved ones of thousands of African Americanfamilies.MountAuburnCemeteryislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheSouthBaltimoremaponpage99.


78 booker t. wasHington Jr. HigH sCHool 1300 mccuLLoH avenue1895, aLfred masonordinance 86-851 12/12/86

ThisschoolbuildingisoneofthefinestRomanesqueRevivalstylestructuresinBaltimoreCity.Itisbuiltofred brick and features elaborate ornamentation ofcarved Seneca stone. The corner tower is an unusual featureforaBaltimoreCityschoolhouse.Thebuildingwas originally designed by Alfred Mason for Western HighSchoolandwascompletedin1896.Ithasbeenextensivelyaddedtoandremodeledsincethattime,but significant exterior architectural features havebeen retained. The building has been re-named

BookerT.WashingtonJuniorHigh-MiddleSchool.ManyimportantAfricanAmericancivicleadersattendedschoolhere.ThebuildingwasrecentlyrenovatedandstillfunctionsasaBaltimoreCitypublicschoolservingtheneedsofBaltimore’syouth.BookerT.WashingtonJr.HighSchoolcontributestotheOldWestBaltimoreNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.

79 walters batH House & engine House #10906 wasHington bouLevard1901-1902, george arcHerordinance 86-851 12/12/86

WaltersBathNo.2wasbuiltfortheCityofBaltimoreduring1901-1902byHenryWalters(1848-1931).Mr.Walters,aBaltimoreartcollectorandphilanthropist,contributed four bath houses to the city even though he was living in New York City after 1894. LocatedatWashington Boulevard (then known as ColumbiaAvenue)andCallenderAlley,thissecondbathhousewas built to serve congested neighborhoods in southwestBaltimoreintheParkinStreetarea.Itistheonlysurvivingbathhouse inBaltimore.Bathingestablishments inBaltimorebeganasfarbackas1800,whenWilliamFinnwaskeeperofthebathsonthewestsideofJonesFalls.Asaprivateenterprise,theservicetheyprovided was considered to be a luxury. Even though the bathtub began to be installed in homes during the secondhalfofthe19thcentury,only10%ofthedwellingsofBaltimore’sdenselypopulatedsectionshadthembythe1890s.Thus,theWaltersBathswerethefirstsuchstructuresdesignedinBaltimore,notforrecreation,buttoprovideanopportunityforcleanlinesstoallpersonsbyofferingthemashower,sprayortubbath,notswimmingtank.ThedesignofWaltersBathNo.2wasisaverysimplifiedformofRenaissanceRevivalpopularizedattheturn of the century by architects such as McKim, Mead and White. In the Bath Commissioner’s report, the design iscalled‘FreeColonial.’TheBathisasmallbrickbuildingof40’x70’6”laidinFlemishbondwithglazedheadersand Maryland limestone trimming. It was designed by George Archer, a local architect. The Walters Bath House &EngineHouse#10islistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.See page 60 for the expanded boundaries of the Walter Bath House & Engine House #10.


80 warden’s House 400 e. madison street1855-1859, dixon & dixonordinance 86-851 12/12/86

The Warden’s House is the only surviving exterior portion of the Tudor Gothic-inspired City Jail that stood in the 400blockofE.MadisonStreetuntil1958.TheJail was the most ambitious municipalbuildingprojectofantebellumBaltimore.The locationof theCity Jail has been atthissitesince1799.TheWarden’sHouseremains as one of Baltimore’s mostpicturesque, non-ecclesiastical Gothicstructures. It was designed by brothers Thomas and James Dixon. Thomas Dixon wasthearchitectofnumerousstructuresinMt.Washington,aswellasfortheMountVernonPlaceMethodistEpiscopalandtheLafayetteSquarePresbyterian(nowSt.John’sA.M.E.)Churches.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

81 robert long House 810 and 812 s. ann street1765, arcHitect unknownordinance 86-851 12/12/86

Robert Long didn’t settle in Fells Point by accident, butby design. As a merchant, it was natural for him to select this bustling seaport. The Point was acquired by a Quaker shipbuilder,WilliamFell,in1731,andwithinafewyearsthiscolonial settlement had become a center of RevolutionaryWar commerce. Long himself may have helped to impress flour and provisions for the starving American Army. Butthe war brought some misfortune to Robert Long, who was forced to sell his warehouse by provincial court order; helaterboughtitbackatatidyprofit.The28-footsquare,2½storyhousewaslaidoutinaQuakerfloorplan.Thicklyglazedgray-green brick headers laid checkerboard-fashion in a FlemishbondpatternmarkedthefacadeastheonlysurvivingexampleofthistypeofbrickworkinBaltimoreCity. Infact,

theRobertLongHouseistheoldestexistingurbanresidenceinBaltimoreCity.PreservationSocietyvolunteerspainstakingly removed two centuries worth of paint, wallpaper, and ceiling layers from each room, gradually revealingtheoriginaldesign.Foundationpaintlayerswerechemicallyanalyzedtodeterminetheoriginalcolorofeach room. Much of the wide board paneling remained, as did the original staircase. Behind the walls are hand-split laths, packed with sturdy plaster made of burned oyster shells, using clumps of cow hair as a binder. The originalRobertLongHousehad2½stories,butbyraisingtheroof,thishadbeenincreasedtothreeasthehousechangedowners.Ithassincebeenrestoredtoitsoriginalconfiguration.TheRobertLongHousecontributestotheFellsPointNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.


82 greenway Cottages 818, 822, 826 w. 40tH street1874, cHarLes e. casseLLordinance 86-851 12/12/86

TheGreenwayCottagesarethefinestlocalexamplesofHighVictorianGothiccottagearchitecture,astylepopularized by John Ruskin, an English architectural critic and theoretician. The cottage style,fashionable in Baltimore from about 1865 to thelate1880s,ismostcharacteristicallypolychromaticwith textural variations in stone and brick. Thesolid detailing is integral rather than applied, and the gable woodwork is used as framing rather than ornament. The windows are often rectangular.Complex rooflines,interrupted by gable and dormers and crowned by high, brick chimneys, contribute to the heavy over-all appearance of the style. The Greenway Cottages contribute tothe Roland Park NationalRegister Historic District. For location, see theNorth Baltimore map onpage92.

83 1124 riverside avenue 1124 riverside avenuec.1800, arcHitect unknownordinance 86-851 12/12/86

This small pair of brick houses represents the earliest and simplest formoftraditionalBaltimorebrickrowhouses.Thetworesidencesat1124&1126RiversideAvenuearetheonlyextantoneandone-halfstoryhighbrickhousesoftheirerainBaltimoreCity.Thehousesfeature little ornamentation representing early vernacular design.A single door opening and window were originally located on the firstfloorof eachhouse surmountedby a gable roofwith centralgabledormerwindows.FromthesesimplebeginningstheBaltimorerowhouse evolved into larger and more elaborate structures throughout Baltimore. The two dwellings have been convertedinto a single house. The building contributes to the Federal HillSouthNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheSouthBaltimoremaponpage99.


84 Provident bank building 240 n. Howard street1903, JosePH evans sPerry and york & sawyerordinance 86-851 12/12/86

TheProvidentBankBuilding(originallyProvidentSavingsBank)isprobablythefinestexampleoftheSecondRenaissanceRevivalstyle in Baltimore. Designed to resemble Italian Renaissancepalaces, this massive structure bears a remarkable similarity to Dahlgren Hall at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, designedbyErnestFlagg in1899andcompleted in1903, theyearconstructionbeganonthebankbuilding.ProvidentSavingsBankwascharteredin1886toencourage“thriftandprovidence”among wage earners whose small deposits had not been sought afterbytheexistingbanks.Sixbranchofficeswasestablishedat407E.BaltimoreStreetinApril,1887.InJuly1888,thecentralofficewasmovedtothecornerofHowardandFranklinStreets,

intoanewbuildingbuiltespeciallyforProvident.Asthebankgrewlarger,itwasrecognizedthatthecentralofficewould soon be too small and a search was undertaken for a suitable corner lot in the downtown area. The search endedin1901withthepurchaseoftheoldSaratoga(Gibbons)HotellotonthesouthwestcornerofHowardandSaratogaStreets.Thepresentstructure,begunin1903andcompletedin1904,wasdesignedbyJosephEvansSperry,oneofBaltimore’smostimportantandprolificarchitects,whohasplannedsuccessfulbranchbuildingsforProvident,andbyYork&SawyerofNewYork,architectsofanumberofmajorbankbuildings,includingtheRiggsBankofWashington.Thecentralofficewaslocatedinthisbuildinguntilrecently,whenProvidentpurchasedtheOldFederalReserveBankBuilding.In1949and1953theinteriorofthisbuildingwasalteredtoprovideadditionalspace.TheProvidentBankofMarylandislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

85 soutHern Hotel (raZed 2000) 7-11 LigHt street1917, otto g. simonsonordinance 86-851 12/12/86

TheSouthernHotelwasthe last largehotelstructure intheFinancialDistrict(notincludingtheLordBaltimoreHotelatCharlesCenter).Theexterior walls featured excellent ornamentation, while the interiorlobby and first floor retained the early-20th-century grandeur of abig city hotel. Architecturally, the building contributed to the early-20th-century character of the Financial District. Historically, this sitehousedimportantearlyhotelsincludingtheFountainInn,whoseguestsincludedGeorgeWashington,membersoftheContinentalCongressandFrancisScottKey.TheCarrolltonHotelwasbuiltonthissitein1870andwasdestroyed in theBaltimore Fire. The SouthernHotel hashousedmanyprominentguestsincludingPresidentsTheodoreRoosevelt,Taft,Harding and Babe Ruth. The roof-top garden was a popular dancing spot duringthefirsthalfofthe20thcentury.Inthe1960s,theSouthernHotelwassoldtoanengineeringschool.Afteraseriesoffaileddevelopmentplans,thebuildingwasrazedin2000.Fortheformerlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


86 maCHt building 11-13 e. fayette street1908, a.L. forrestordinance 86-851 12/12/86

The Macht Building is one of the most architecturally unique smaller commercial structures in downtown Baltimore. The Macht Real EstateandBankingbusinesswasfoundedbyEphraimMacht,thefirstJewishrealestate broker in Baltimore. The business is one of the oldest real estateand constructionbusinesses still practicing in Baltimore andhas been intheMachtBuildingsince1908.MachtRealEstateandWelshConstructionCompanycontributedgreatlytourbandevelopmentinBaltimoreduringthe20thcenturybybuildingovereightthousandhomes.TheMachtBuildingisoneof thefirstbuildingsA.L.Forrestdesigned inBaltimoreand isoneofthefewsuchwellpreserved,exuberantlydetailed, leftintheFinancialDistrict.TheMachtBuilding’smostdistinctivearchitecturalbuildingfeatureis its mansard roof which is one of only three built on a commercial building in the city after the fire of 1904.Other elaborate details of theBuildinginclude enriched Ionic entablatures, Greek fretwork, an elaborate arched portal,cartouches,enrichedconsoles,terminiandlionsheads.Itsconditionisexcellentandthebuildinghashadnosignificantexteriorchangessince

itwasbuiltin1908.TheMachtBuildingcontributestotheBusinessandGovernmentNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

87 old federal reserve bank 114-120 e. Lexington street1926, tayLor & fisHerordinance 86-851 12/12/86

The Baltimore Federal Reserve Branch Bank is significant for its architecturein the context of Baltimore’s commercial, especially banking, structures.Designedin1926byR.E.LeeTaylorandD.K.EsteFisheroftheBaltimoreofficeofParker,Thomas,andRiceandexpandedin1956bythesamearchitects,thebuilding embodies the Second Renaissance Revival style popular in the early 20th century. Its distinctive design, because no other commercial building indowntownBaltimore,exceptforperhapsProvidentBank,isbaseduponanearlyItalianRenaissanceFlorentinePalazzo.Itisalsodistinctivebecausethetopnine

storiesaremodernisticinstyle,whileatthesametimethey harmonizewith the existing design. The result isa significant, educating juxtaposition of architecturalstyles, which very few other commercial structures possess in the city. Moreover, there is nobetterexampleinthecityofearly-20th-centurybankdesign,especiallyasappliedtoasmall bank. The exterior possesses monumentality and dignity, and the interior possesses thegrandeurandmagnificenceofscalecombinedwiththerichdetailingthatbankerspreferred. Only three other banks have a main banking room of comparable scale, detail, andintegrity.Finally,thebankisanexampleofasmallurbanbankingbuilding:abuildingtypewhichflourishedintheearly20thcenturyinAmericaandespeciallyinBaltimore.TheOldFederalReserveBank is listedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


88 CHamber of CommerCe building 17 commerce street (400 water street)1904, cHarLes e. casseLLordinance 86-851 12/12/86

The significance of the Chamber of CommerceBuilding derives from its architectural character and its role in Baltimore commercial history. Asa structure designed in the Renaissance Revival manner, the building displays certain distinctivefeatures, primarily decorative, that werecommonly employed during the rebuilding of the Financial District after the Baltimore Fire. Thesefeaturesincluderustication,quoining,dentils,eggand dart molding, modillion cornices and pilasters. Thebuilding isdistinctivefrommanyotherbuildings intheareathrough itsuseof reddishbrick, ratherthanstone, and the horizontal quality of the building. The building is also associated with the commercial history of Baltimore.Itwasconstructedasagraintradingcenterwithatradingroomontheupperfloorandofficesfortradersandexportersbelow.TheChamberofCommerceBuildingis listedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

89 old saint Paul’s Cemetery 733 w. redwood streetc. 1800ordinance 86-851 12/12/86

In the year 1800, the Vestry of St. Paul’s EpiscopalChurchpurchased twocontiguousparcelsof land inRidgely’s Delight, bordered by Cider Alley and Cove (nowFremont)Street,andbytheprojectingextensionsof German (now Redwood) and Lombard Streets toestablish St. Paul’s Cemetery. Many of Baltimore’smost prominent early citizens were buried in thiscemeteryincludingJohnEagerHoward,RevolutionaryWar hero, and Samuel Chase, one of Maryland’s four

signersoftheDeclarationofIndependence.FrancisScottKeyandTenchTilghman,GeneralWashington’saide-de-camp,wereburiedhereuntil1860.Thecemeteryalsoyieldsimportantinformationaboutburialcustoms,deathrate,infantmortality,funeraryartandlocalhistory,particularlyintheearly19thcentury.Bythelate1830s,St.Paul’sconservativeattitudestowardsdeathandburialsbecameoutdatedwhichbeganapushoutsidethechurchforamorerural,non-sectariananddemocraticcemetery.Asaresult,GreenmountCemeterywasestablishedinJuly1839,whichhadadevastatingeffectonthefutureofOldSt.Paul’sCemetery.Thecemeteryhasimprovedconsiderablysinceitsdeclineinthelate19thandearly20thcenturiesandhasbecomeashowplacewhichservesasanexcellentexampleofpreservationofanurbancemetery.TheOldSaintPaul’sCemetery is listedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.


90 wooden Houses 612-614 s. woLfe streetc. 1800 or earLier, arcHitect unknown ordinance 87-1157 12/07/87

Thesesmallhousesarerepresentativesoftheearliestand simplest form of rowhouses extant in Baltimore.The Wolfe Street houses are wood houses, only one and a half stories high with very steeply pitched gable roofs and simple shed dormers. This form of house was generally built before the time of the AmericanRevolution.AthirdhouseofthistypeisextantonWolfeStreet just to the north of these houses but it has been altered with a new roof and siding. The Wooden Houses contributetotheFellsPointNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict. For location, see the East Baltimoremap onpage97.

91 PasCault row 651-665 w. Lexington streetc. 1816, wiLLiam f. smaLL (attributed)ordinance 87-1157 12/07/87

Pascault Row represents an important phase in the evolution of the rowhouseillustratingthetransitionfromFederalstyleinto the early Greek Revival period. The eight,3½storybrickdwellingsareofratherheroic proportions for early rowhousesand feature gracefully placed architectural elements. These buildings are associated with many prominent early BaltimoreansincludingLouisPascault,aninfluentialearlymerchant who built the eight houses on part of his estate, known as “Chatsworth”, and General Columbus O’Donnell, the husband

of Pascault’s daughter Eleanora and son of John O’Donnell, founder of the Canton Company. The University of Marylandacquiredthebuildingsandrenovatedthemasstudenthousing.PascaultRowislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.


92 baltimore museum of art 10 art museum drive1815, benJamin H. Latrobe; 1927 & 1936, JoHn russeLL PoPe; 1950 - 1957, wrenn, Lewis & Jencksordinance 87-1157 12/07/87

TheBaltimoreMuseumofArtisthemajorworkinBaltimoreof John Russell Pope, architect of the National Galleryin Washington. Pope was the most prominent American architectofNeoclassicalbuildings in theearly20thcentury.The museum was built on six acres of ground donated by theneighboring JohnsHopkinsUniversityandfinancedbya$1,000,000municipalbuildingloan.Themajorfeatureoftheoriginal building is a terraced stairway leading to a pedimented

porticosupportedbysixIoniccolumns,alloflimestone.In1936,PopedesignedtheJacobsWing,theAntiochCourt,andtheauditorium.Inthe1950s,theMay,Woodward,andConeWingswereaddedbyRobertE.Lewis,andFrancisH.JencksoftheBaltimorearchitecturalfirmofWrenn,Lewis,andJencks.TheMuseum’scollectionisconsideredtobeoneofthefinestinthecountry.Anewwingofthemuseumwasrecentlyconstructed,aswellastheadditionoftheWurtzbergerSculpture Garden. Oakland Spring House is one of three remaining structures in Baltimore designed by BenjaminH. Latrobe, architect of theUnited StatesCapitol.ThepristineNeo-ClassicalSpringHouseoriginallystoodonthegroundsof Oakland, Harper’s estate which is now part of Roland Park. Harper, a United States Senator from Maryland and son-in-law of Charles Carroll of Carrollton,

wasafriendofLatrobe.In1931,whenitsoriginalsitewasslatedforresidentialdevelopment,theSpringHousewasmovedtothegroundsoftheBaltimoreMuseumofArt,whereitisusedforgardenequipmentstorage.Forlocation,seetheNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.

93 HutZler’s tower building 222 n. Howard street1932, James r. edmunds, Jr.ordinance 87-1157 12/07/87

Hutzler’s Tower is one of the most important Art Deco buildings in Baltimore.TheModerneskyscraper isarchitecturallyunique toourarea. This is an excellent example of one of Art Deco’s fundamental theoriesofdesign--anattempttoplaythegeometricelementsagainsteachother.Therecessedentryfeaturesabeautifulpairofrevolvingbrass and glass doors. Important Art Deco symbols, the caduceus, fins,andsunrisemotifsarelocatedonthefrontexterior.Theinteriorisnoteworthyandexemplifiesstoredesignoftheera.TheHutzler’sTower Building contributes to the character of the Howard Street commercial corridor and is associated with the lives and business of theHutzlerfamily.Thebuildingisthefirstelectricallywelded,multi-story structure in the city, was designed to enable the enlargement to ten stories, which occurred in 1941. Hutzler’s Tower BuildingcontributestotheMarketCenterNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


94 gilman Hall JoHns HoPkins university3400 n. cHarLes street (address not exact)1914, Parker & tHomasordinance 87-1157 12/07/87

Gilman Hall meets a number of standards for designation as a Baltimore City Landmark.Architecturally it is one of the best examples ofcollegiateGeorgianRevivalinBaltimore,aswell as being the cornerstone for the original Homewood campus plan and the work of a firm (Parker& Thomas) thatwas very activein Baltimore during the 1900s and 1910s.In 1904, J. Harleston Parker andDouglasH.Thomas received the commission to design the

newHomewoodCampus.GilmanHalltakesitsstructuralmotiffromHomewoodHouse,theGeorgianstructurelocated on the campus grounds. As Julia B. Morgan, Johns Hopkins University archivist stated in the “History ofHomewoodCampus: AWalking Tour”GilmanHall’sGeorgian Revival Style, based onHomewoodHouse,“influenced thearchitectureof thewhole campus.”GilmanHall’s towerbells are alsoworthyof note as theproductoftheMcShaneBellFoundryCompany,oneoftheoldestoperatingbellfoundriesinthecountry.GilmanHallhassocialandculturalsignificanceasamajorbuildingoftheJohnsHopkinsUniversity,aninstitutionwhichplaysanimportantroleinthehistoryofAmericaneducation.Hopkinswasthefirstuniversityinthecountrytodevote itself to graduate research. As such it seems especially noteworthy that the main architect of Gilman Hall, DouglasH.Thomas,wasaHopkinsgraduate.Forlocation,seetheNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.

95 d’alesandro House 245 aLbemarLe streetc. 1830, arcHitect unknown ordinance 87-1157 12/07/87

ThomasLudwigJohnD’Alesandro,Jr.,betterknownas“Tommy”topresidentsfromFranklinD.RoosevelttoJohnF.Kennedy,wasbornonAugust1,1903.In1938TommywaselectedtotheU.S.Congress,representingtheThirdDistrict,whereheservedfiveconsecutiveterms.D’AlesandrowasthenelectedMayorofBaltimorein1947.DuringTommyD’Alesandro’stwelveyearsasMayorhesucceededinmakinggreatadvancesinhealth,housing,schools,recreation,policing, fire protection, street lighting, paving, traffic control, water andsewer facilities, andmanyother service areasof theCity. SomeofMayorD’Alesandro’smanyaccomplishmentsincludetheconstructionoftheJonesFallsExpressway,theCivicCenter,FriendshipInternationalAirport,MemorialStadium, and the return of a Big League baseball team to Baltimore. Hecommittedhimselftoservingthepublicthroughthelocal,stateandfederallevel of government.Hewas a prominent political figurewho shaped thehistoryandheritageofBaltimoreanditsItaliancommunity.Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.


96 st. JosePH’s Passionist monastery 3800 frederick avenue1881-1887, Patrick c. keeLyordinance 91-727 06/13/91

In March 1865, Archbishop Spalding invited thePassionist Order of the Roman Catholic Church to foundtheirfourthAmericanmonasteryinBaltimoreand two years later ground was broken here in Irvington, originally part of Baltimore County. TheFathershired architect PatrickC. Keelyof Brooklyn,NewYork,todesigntheirbuilding.BorninKilkenny,Ireland,KeelyemigratedtotheU.S.in1841andwasalreadywellestablished inNewYorkbythetimeofhiscommission.Itisestimatedthathedesignedover600churchesthroughouttheEastCoast inhis lifetime.ThebuildinghedesignedforSt. Joseph’swasbuiltofgranitequarriedfromtheSt.Mary’sIndustrialSchoolnearbyandwasdedicatedin1868.Shortlyafterwardanewchurchwasplannedtoreplacetheexistingwoodenone.KeelyproducedaRenaissanceRevivalstylebuildingofSt. Mary’s granite which was connected to the corner tower of the monastery to form an “L”. The cornerstone waslaidin1881.In1883,whiletheroofingworkwasbeingcompleted,themonasterywasaccidentallysetafireandwascompletelygutted.Thewoodentopofthetowerwasalsodestroyed.AnewmonasterywasdesignedbyKeelywassimilartotheold,butlarger.Itwasbuiltofthesamegranite,between1884and1886andcostabout$60,000.Andhungwiththreebells.Inthesameyeartwostatues,ofSt.JoachimandSt.Anne,wereplacedinthenichesofthechurchfacadetoflankthestatueofSt.Joseph,themonastery’spatronsaint.Theywerecarvedby Professor Geelen of the Stoltzenberg Company of Roermond, Holland. Throughout its history the monastery hasbeenactiveincommunityeducation,andconstructedseveralschoolbuildingsandaconventwhicharejustacrossthestreet,totheeastofthecomplex,butnotincludedinthelandmarkdesignation.Forlocation,seetheWestBaltimoremaponpage94.

97 orCHard street CHurCH 510 orcHard street1882, frank davisordinance 93-223 6/22/93

Constructed in1882, this church isactually the thirdon thesitedatingback to1837; it is amonument to theeffortsofa former slave named Truman Pratt. Sometime between1837and1840Prattwas instrumental in acquiring the landandconstructingthefirstOrchardStreetChurch.ThepresentchurchwasdesignedbyFrankDavisandconsidered tobeagrand architectural addition to Baltimore with its eclecticmix of Renaissance details. The church contributes to our knowledgeof importantAfricanAmerican institutionsof the19thcenturyandmayhavealsoservedasahidingplaceforthe Underground Railroad. The Orchard Street Church is listed on theNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces. For location, seetheCentralBaltimoreNorthmaponpage96.


98 douglas memorial Community CHurCH1325 madison avenue1857-1859, tHomas baLbirnieordinance 95-661 12/4/95

Builtbetween1857and1859bytheMadisonAvenue Methodist Episcopal Church, this church is the oldest public building in the Bolton Hill and Marble Hill area. The architect, Thomas Balbirnie designed this building just after his partnership withbrothers Thomas and James Dixon ended. Vacatedin1927after70yearsofusebyitsMethodist congregation, which includedmany prominent Baltimore families, thebuilding was purchased in 1938 by theDouglas Memorial Community Church. Once again,manyinfluentialandprominentfamilieshavebeenandcontinuetobemembersofthischurchincludingformerMayorKurtL.Schmoke.ThechurchwasnamedinhonorofitsfirstpastorReverendFrederickDouglas.FormanyyearsReverendMarionBascomservedaspastorandaprominentleaderinBaltimore’sAfricanAmericancommunity.ThechurchisanexampleofGreekRevivalarchitecture. It istwo-storieshighwithamain-porticocomposedoffourCorinthiancolumnssupportingapedimentedgable.TheDouglasMemorialCommunityChurchislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.

99 buena vista 1705 n. Longwood streetc. 1870, arcHitect unknownordinance 98-256 5/6/98

Built in the 1870s, Buena Vista is the onlyknown example of an Italianate-style truck farm house as well as one of only a handful of truck farm estates left in Baltimore City.Built by George Long, a butcher and gardener, BuenaVistawasnamedfor itsextraordinaryview of Baltimore. Longwood Street wasnamedafterGeorgeLong.Asasmallworkingfarm, Buena Vista held a small orchard, avegetable garden, chicken coop, a stable, a slaughterhouse, an icehouse, an ice pond and

“rareandexotic”flowers.GeorgeLongmadealivingrunningthefarmandameatstallatLexingtonMarket.Forlocation,seetheWestBaltimoremaponpage94.


100 george Howard House 8 e. madison avenuec. 1841, arcHitect unknownordinance 98-257 5/6/98

The George Howard House located in Baltimore’sMountVernonHistoricDistrictstandsasararesetbackfreestandinghouse.Builtaround1841byGovernorGeorgeHowardandPrudence Ridgely Howard the building represents a rare exampleofGreekRevivalornamentation.Mostspecifically,thefrontentrancehasthreeflutedcolumns,atransomandside lights. The frontportico is toppedwithabalustrade.More astonishing is the setback of the house which allows an area for the large front garden which includes several original species of plants. The house represents the beginningeraofMountVernonBelvedere’sdevelopment,

an era of city houses built for the wealthy on the edge of town. The George HowardHousecontributestotheMountVernonNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreNorthmaponpage96.

101 CHarles tHeater 1711-1717 n. cHarLes street1892, arcHitect unknownordinance 98-272 5/14/98

The Charles Theater complex embodies the history andchangingtimesofBaltimoreCity.Thebuildingwas originally built as a trolley car garage and adaptedseveraltimestootheruses.Theareathatnow houses the Charles Theater was built as a cable carbarnin1892bytheCityPassengerRailway. In1903 the City Passenger Railway was sold to theUnited Railways and Electric Company, which built theextensionbetween1911-1914.Herethefacilitywas used as a bus garage by the United Railways and Electric Company which converted the area fromacabletrolleysystemtoelectriccars.In1939,thegaragewasrehabbedintotheTimesTheater,Baltimore’sfirstnewsreeltheaterandFamousBallroom.TheFamousBallroomwasusedformanyeventsduringthe1940sto1960s.By1964,theFamousBallroombecamehometotheLeftBankJazzSocietywhichproduced48showsperyear.AllthepremiergiantsinjazzplayedattheFamousBallroom.Today,theCharlesTheaterisBaltimore’spremierearthousetheater.TheCharlesTheaterislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreNorthmaponpage96.


102 saint katHerine of alexandria Protestant ePisCoPal CHurCH 2001 division street1882, cHarLes e. casseLLordinance 98-349 6/24/98

Built in1882byCharlesCassellasSaintGeorge’sEpiscopal Church, this Gothic Revival church, illustrates the refined and creative churcharchitectureofthe1880s.Builtasaneighborhoodparish church for the newly-built houses, the church captures the country feel of the neighborhood in the1880s.ThroughoutCassell’scareer, he managed to design over a dozen Episcopal churches throughout Baltimore and

Maryland.Today,thestyleofthebuildingreflectsthe19th-centurycharacterofthesurroundingneighborhood,aswellastheGothicRevivalinfluences.Theparishwasorganizedin1891asamissionofMountCalvaryChurchandoriginallymetat1350N.CalhounStreet.OnNovember24,1899thechurchformallyopenedonthecornerofGilmoreandPresstmanStreets.InJune1911SaintKatherine’sparishmovedintothecurrentChapel.ManyofBaltimore’sAfricanAmericanleadersincludingThurgoodMarshallandMitchellfamilyreceivedtheirspiritualtraining from this church. Saint Katherine of Alexandria Protestant Episcopal Church contributes to the Old West BaltimoreNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.

103 HeCHt ComPany building 118 n. Howard street1924, smitH & mayordinance 99-394 3/9/99

The Hecht Company building illustrates the importance andinfluenceofearly-to-mid20th-centurycommercialandretailactivityinBaltimore.Thebuildingexemplifieshow architecture accommodated the evolution ofdepartment store commerce. The Hecht Company building weaves together the history of three major department store companies: the Bernheimer-LeaderStore, the Hecht Company and the May Company. Designed by Wilson Levering Smith and Howard May, thebuildingat118N.HowardStreetwasbuiltfortheBernheimer-LeaderStore in1924. In1927, thebuildingwassold to theMayCompany,aMidwest retailer. In1958, theMayCompanymergedwith theHechtCompanywhich remodeled thebuilding in 1959and1960.By1985, theHechtCompanydownsized thestoreandadded threefloorsofofficespace.Severalyears latertheHechtCompanypermanentlyclosedtheirdowntownlocation.TheHechtCompanyhasbeenconvertedintoapartments.TheHechtCompanyBuildingcontributestotheMarketCenterNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


104 Congress Hotel 306-312 w. frankLin street1904, JoHn d. aLLenordinance 99-511 6/30/99

The Congress Hotel is one of the finest hotelbuildings built in downtownBaltimore. In 1904,Philadelphia architect John D. Allen designed the Congress Hotel - originally the Hotel Kernan - as part of a million dollar entertainment complex which also included the Maryland Theater and the Auditorium Theater. From 1905 until thelate 1920s, Kernan’s multimillion-dollar tripleextravaganza was a focal point of Baltimore’ssocial life. The complex touted many family-orientated vaudeville acts as well as elegant dining, after-hours supper parties, privatebanquets, an enormous ‘rathskeller’ which has Baltimore’slongestmarblebar,and150luxurious

rooms. The richlydetailedarchitecture is FrenchRenaissanceRevival, and thehotel isoneof two remainingearly-20th-centurypalacehotels.Inthe1980s,thebasementwashometotheMarbleBar,oneoftheimportantvenuesinBaltimore’spunkmusicscene.TheCongressHotelislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

105 Carlton street stables 112 s. carLton street1899, cHarLie boydordinance 99-580 12/6/99

TheCarltonStreetStablesislocatedonanalleystreetbehindarowofmid-19th-centuryhousesinWestBaltimore.Thewholesite,nowhometoBaltimore’suniqueArabbers,includesatwo-storybrickstructurewithaone-story

shedadditionsandsideandrearyards.ThepropertyistheoldestcontinuallyusedurbanhorsestableinBaltimore.BuiltorrebuiltbyCharlieBoydaround1899,the stable was used to house mules that pulled two-wheeled city dump carts. WalterKratzboughtitin1912tohousearabhorses.OnlyBaltimorecontinues

the Arabber tradition in theUnited States, which locally datestothelate18thcentury.Arabbing,atraditionofhorsecart vending, developed into an African American folk tradition that represents arich piece of urban culture. For location, see the CentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.


106 Patterson tHeater 3136 eastern avenue1930 JoHn J. zinkordinance 99-582 12/6/99

The Patterson Theater has been a landmark in the Canton/Highlandtownneighborhoodsince1930.Here, inatimebeforetelevision, the theater represents the powerful influence themovie industry has had on Baltimore and the country. John J.Zink,whodesignedover30moviehousesintheWashingtonandBaltimorearea,wasthearchitect.Thoughsimplyornamentedina Colonial Revival exterior, the theater was masterfully designed forgoodsightlinesandacoustics.ThetheaterismostlyknownforitsrareArtDecomarquee.ItistheonlyverticalmoviesignleftinBaltimorethatislightedbyaplethoraofbulbs.Infact,itisarareartifactthroughoutthecountry.ThePattersonTheaterrepresentsthesignificanceofcinemaentertainmenttotheworkingclassinCanton and Highlandtown. The Patterson Theater contributesto the Patterson Park/Highlandtown National Register HistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.

107 standard oil building 501 saint PauL PLace1922, cLyde n. frizordinance 99-583 12/6/99

TheStandardOilBuildingwasdesignedbyBaltimorearchitectClyde Friz who was one of Baltimore’s premiere early-20th-centuryarchitects.Thebuildingisafifteen-story,lime-cladofficetowerattheeasternedgeoftheheartofBaltimore’sprincipalbusiness district. It is an excellent example of early-20th-century Beaux-Arts Classicism. This skyscraper is a reminder of thehistoryoftheoilrefiningindustryinBaltimore.In1865theMerrrittBrothersbuiltBaltimore’sfirstoilrefineryplant.By1877therewereatleastsixoilrefineryplantsinBaltimoreunderthesponsorshipof the StandardOil Company.However, by1892,the Standard Oil Company owned all of the oil refineries inBaltimore.Ithadbecomeanindustrythatcomprised50acresinCanton.In1922,theStandardOilCompanydecidedtobuildtheir southern headquarters on Saint Paul Street. In 2002,the building was converted into apartments. The Standard Oil BuildingislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


108 friends burial ground 2505 Harford road1713; c. 1861, arcHitect unknownordinance 99-583 12/6/99

NootherreligiouspropertyinBaltimoreCitycantraceits history to 1713, sixteen years before the creationof Baltimore Town. In 1713, John Ensor, a planter inBaltimore, sold one acre of land to Richard Taylor. In1714,aQuakerpetitionwaspresentedtothesuperiorcourtofBaltimoreCountyinJoppa.From1714to1781thePatapscoMeetingwasheldhereatFriendship,partof theDarleyHall tract,until themeetingwasmoved

to Aisquith Street. In 1805 the meeting was moved to LombardStreet.ThelogmeetinghouseconstructedatFriendshiponHarfordRoadwasabandoned.However,theareawascontinuallyusedasaburial ground. In1859, theReligious Societyof Friendspurchasedlandadjacentinordertoexpand.Shortlyafter1861,adwellingwasbuilt for the sexton and the grounds were enclosed with an eight foot stonewall. In1926,122graveswerere-interredfromtheAisquithMeetingHousesite.FriendsBurialGroundislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.

109 nortHern distriCt PoliCe station 3355 keswick road1898, Henry braunsordinance 00-27 6/12/00

The Police Station is a magnificentmasterpieceofVictorianeraarchitectureaswell as one of the best buildings designed by architect Henry Brauns. In addition tobeing one of Braun’s two architectural masterpiecesinBaltimore,Braunsdesignedthebuildingtobeintentionallyeclectic.Thebuilding has elements reminiscent of H.H. Richardson,theArtsandCraftsMovement,the French Renaissance, andQueen AnneStyles. Brauns was very deliberate in making thebuildingfunctionasapolicestation.HestudiedthedesignsoftheSouthernPolicestationaswellasstationsinNewYork,PhiladelphiaandBoston.Braunscarefuldesignallowedthebuildingtofunctionasapolicestationforover100years.TheNorthernDistrictPoliceStationislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.


110 samuel Coleridge taylor elementary sCHool no.122501 w. Preston street1926, fLournoy & fLournoyordinance 00-28 6/12/00

The Samuel Coleridge Taylor Elementary School wasbuiltin1926asthefirstelementaryschoolbuilt specifically for African American childrenby the Baltimore City Board of Education.The school was named for Samuel Coleridge Taylor(1875-1912)whowasanAfrican-Englishcomposer and conductor in London. In 1829theCityofBaltimoreopenedtheirfirstschools.However, these schools were opened to white children only. Thirty-eight years later in 1867

theCityofBaltimorepassedanordinancethatprovidededucationforAfricanAmericansinexistingbuildings.Inthelate1890s,theCityembarkeduponanotherbuildingcampaign,inwhichseveralschoolswerebuiltforAfricanAmericans.Althoughnoelementaryschoolwasbuiltuntil1926,whenES#122,SamuelColeridgeTaylorSchoolwasbuilt,designedbybrothersBenjaminCourtlandandParkeP.Flournoy.Theschoolisamassivethree-storybuilding that is almost a block long. Three rows of almost sixty windows face Preston Street. The main entrance is styledwithaClassicalRevivalcolumnedentryway.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.

111 graCe HamPden metHodist CHurCH 1014 w. 36tH street1898-1904, george cLifton HaskeLLordinance 00-111 12/20/00

This church is a excellent example of the influence of late-19th century RomanesqueRevival architecture in Baltimore. Designedby architect George Clifton Haskell as hisfirst church, it embodies the distinctivecharacteristics of locally quarried “Falls RoadGranite”, stone arches and horizontal banding, slateshingleroofingandstainedglasswindowsin rectangular, arched and round windows with substantial muntins. Since its inception thechurch has stood as a landmark in Hampden and providedfordecadesreligious,socialandeducationalservices.Afteraseverefire in1999,GildenAdvertisingboughtthestructureandrestoredandrehabilitatedthestructureintotheiroffices.ThroughthearchitecturalfirmofZigerSnead,theinteriorwascreativelydesignedintoanaward-winningadaptivere-useproject.GraceHampdenMethodistChurchislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheNorthwestBaltimoremaponpage91.


112 duval/HirsCHHorn House 800 w. Lake avenue1886-1889, wyatt & noLtingordinance 01-182 6/19/01

The DuVal/Hirschhorn House wasbuiltforGabrielDuValbetween1886-1889 and designed by architectsJ.B. Noel Wyatt and William G.Nolting. The DuVal/HirschhornHouse wonderfully illustrates the impact of Romanesque Revival (or Richardsonian Romanesque)architectureinBaltimore.Inthehouse’s largeroundarches,roughstoneofvaryingcolorsandpatterns,deepoverhangingeaves,andlargehippedroofsthisstyle isprominentlydisplayed. In1891,MontgomerySchuyler,firstarchitecturalcriticintheUnitedStates,wrotealengthyarticleintheArchitectural Record describing in great detailtheRomanesqueRevivalmovementintheUnitedStates.AlongwiththirteenBaltimorebuildings,SchuylerhighlightedtheDuVal/HirschhornhouseasafineexampleofaRomanesqueRevivalcountryestate.Todaythehouse has retained its physical integrity and faithfully expresses this style. For location, see the NorthwestBaltimoremaponpage91.

113 PatriCia graCe tHomas inn/ sankofa CdC/museum of tHe national roadway5002 frederick avenueyear and arcHitect unknownordinance 02-314 03/20/02

The Patricia Grace Thomas Inn/Sankofa CDC and Museum on the National Roadway is a wonderful19th-century survivor of a residential/commercialbuilding that has gone through several changes. Each changeillustratesaperiodofhistoryontheFrederickRoad. The building began as a Federal period fivebaywide,2½storyhighstonestructurethatwastwo

roomsdeep.Itwasduringthistimethatthestructurewasusedasafarmhouseandatavern.Inthemid-19thcentury,a2½storybackellwithacentralGothicstyledormerwasaddedtothehouse.Intheaddition,acentraldormerandGothicstyleporchfrontwasadded.Atthistimethepropertywasstillusedasaresidenceandthe1862deedrecordmentionsthe“lagerbeerestablishment.”In1913thepropertywassoldtotheGundryfamilywhoopenedasanitarium.Thebuildingisremarkableforitsphysicalintegrityasasurviving19th-centuryfarmhouse,tavernestablishment,aswellasanexcellentexampleofvernacularstonehousearchitectureinBaltimore.Forlocation,seetheWestBaltimoremaponpage94.


Carroll mansion ComPlex(exPanded boundaries) (see #7 on Page 6)ordinance 02-396 07/19/02

The Carroll Mansion Complex was expanded in 2002 toinclude several structures. In the 1980s and 1990s, theentireblockwasconsolidatedas“MuseumRow”andservedas the campus of the City Life Museum. The buildings in the block, which were added to the Carroll Mansion Complex Landmark include the Fava Fruit structure, the cast ironfaçade of which was originally constructed in 1869 on asitenear thepresent-dayConventionCenter.Thebuildingwasdismantled in1976,and reconstructedon this site inthe1990s.ThebuildingadjacenttotheCarrollMansionisareconstructionofaFederal-erahome,andtheinclusionofitinthedesignationensurescompatibilitywiththeadjacentCarrollMansion.The1840sHouse,agroupofseveralsmallhousesconnectedtogether,compriseanauthentichistoricblock. This now serves as a Bed & Breakfast.

walters batH House & engine House #10 (exPanded boundaries) (see # 79 on Page 42)904 wasHington bouLevard ordinance 02-315 03/20/2002

The designation of the adjacent EngineHouse#10wasaddedtotheWaltersBathHouselandmarkdesignation(#79)becauseitisanexcellentexampleofanearly1870sRenaissanceRevival-stylefirehouse.Thefirestationdates from1872and cost $12,000tobuild. Itwashome toEngine#10,untilthecompanymoved in1952.Later, itwasonceused as a branchof the Enoch Pratt

FreeLibrary.Thebuildingwasheavilydamagedin1986duringafireontheadjacentScottStreet.TheexpansionoftheBathHouse’sdesignationtoincludeEngineHouse#10alloweda$1.13millionrenovationprojectbytheWashingtonVillagePigtownNeighborhoodPlanningCounciltobeginin2002.


114 new life missionary baPtist CHurCH 1801 n. bond street1895, L.m. PritcHard & cHarLes m. newmanordinance 02-429 11/14/2002

TheNewLifeMissionaryBaptistChurch,locatedon Bond Street, is a good example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style, as designed by the architects L.M. Pritchard and Charles M. Newman. The congregation, originally knownas the North Baltimore German MethodistEpiscopal Church, started in 1871 in a Sundayschool building on Aisquith Street by the South Baltimore German Methodists, becominga separate church in 1874, and the presentchurchwasbuiltin1895.In1914theymergedwith the Broadway German M. E. Church and

thecombinedgroupstookthenewnameFirstGermanM.E.Church.In1944,thenamewaschangedtoLafayetteAvenueMethodistChurch,andthentoSt.Matthew’sEpiscopalChurch,finallybecomingtheNewLifeMissionaryBaptistChurchin1973.NewLifeMissionaryBaptistChurchcontributestotheOldEastBaltimoreNationalHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.

115 Cedarwood 4604 n. cHarLes street1927, Laurence HaLL fowLerordinance 03-525 04/23/2003

Cedarwood is an excellent example of 1920ssuburban architecture and landscaping. It was builtin1927bymasterarchitectLaurenceHallFowlerformulti-millionaireAlexanderDuncan,founderoftheCommercialCreditCorporation,Maryland’s second billion-dollar business. As a result of the expansion of Baltimore’scity boundaries in 1918, developers andhomeowners began to desire a mix of urban and rural amenities into a suburban utopia;thus, new neighborhoods like Blythewood, where Cedarwood is located, were designed withtheresourcestosupporttheSuburbanideal.ForCedarwood’s“FrenchEclectic”style,Fowlercombinedhiswell-educated understanding of architectural history to build a modern house garbed in Old World Landmark motifs.Itsstonefaçade,slateroofandlandscaping,aswellasbeingsetbackfromthestreet,emphasizeitsnatureas a ‘retreat’. Cedarwood stands as one of the most opulent examples of how landscape and architecture captured 1920ssuburbandesignanddesire,andisemblematicofBaltimore’svisionoftheSuburbanideal.Forlocation,seetheNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.


116 masJid al HaQQ 514 isLamic way (514 wiLson street)1943, arcHitect unknown ordinance 03-565 07/18/2003

The Masjid Al Haqq is the oldest continuallyusedIslamicplaceofworshipinBaltimoreCity.TheIslamiccommunityhas been a part of Baltimore’s historysince1943,butmost likelymuchearlier.The Masjid Al Haqq was the United States’ sixth Islamic temple, moving to its present location in 1959. In 1975 ImamWallaceD. Muhammad changed the name of the NationofIslamtoWorldCommunityAl-IslamintheWesttobringtheorganizationinlinewithOrthodoxSunniIslam.WallaceD.Muhammadwasalsoa friendand confidentofMalcolmX,who in1964duringhisHajj toMeccaembracedOrthodoxIslam.ItisthecenteroftheIslamicCommunityinWestBaltimore.MasjidAlHaqqcontributestotheOldWestBaltimoreNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.

117 fire engine ComPany no.252140 mccuLLoH street1903, edward d. Preston (attributed)ordinance 03-566 07/18/2003

The Engine Company Number 25 Firehousewas constructed in 1903 in the Druid Heightsneighborhood, just in time for the company totakeitsfirstfirecallonFebruary7,1904duringtheGreat Baltimore Fire. The engine company finallydisbanded on September 5, 1988 and the stationclosed.FireEngineCompanyNo.25contributestotheOldWest BaltimoreNational RegisterHistoricDistrict.Itnowsservesasacommunitycenter.Forlocation, see the Central BaltimoreWestmap onpage95.


118 arCH soCial Club 2426 PennsyLvania avenue1912, PauL emmartordinance 03-567 07/18/2003

TheArchSocialClubistheoldestknowncontinuouslyoperatingAfrican American social club in the United States and the oldest predominately African American social club in Baltimore.Incorporated in 1912 by Raymond Coates, Jeremiah Hill andSamuelBarney,itsconstitutionstatedthatthepurposeoftheclubwas“forsocial,moralandintellectualupliftofitsmembersand in order that charitymay be practiced in a Christian-likespirit and true friendship and brotherly love promoted and maintained.” By the 1910s, Baltimore City found itself moresegregatedphysicallythananytimebefore, limitingthesocial,economicandculturalactivitiesofallBaltimoreansinawaytheycould not be separated. The Arch Social Club was the outcome of several African Americans whose determination createdanorganization that could lend respite and recreation to theAfricanAmericancommunitywithnoregardtoclassdistinctionand a space for the economic, social and cultural networks to

cometogether.TheArchSocialClubloungeandrestaurantisstillinoperationtodayandregularlyfeaturesjazzmusic.ArchSocialClubcontributestotheOldWestBaltimoreNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.

119 douglass PlaCe 516-524 s. daLLas street1892, arcHitect unknownordinance 03-568 07/18/2003

The group of five brick Italianate-influenced rowhouseslocated at 516-524 S. Dallas Street is significant for itsassociation with Frederick Douglass, famed abolitionist,editor, and Statesman. Douglass constructed the buildings in1892asrentalhousingforpoorAfricanAmericansinFellsPoint. The property embodies Douglass’ connection withthe Fells Point neighborhood,wherehehad resided fromthe1820s to1838; the siteuponwhich thehouses standwas the location of the Dallas Street Station MethodistEpiscopalChurch,whichDouglasshadattendedwhilelivinginthearea.Theconstructionofthesehousesrepresentedhis breadth of understanding that equality is sought through economicdevelopment,decenthousing,andthereinvestmentofneighborhoodsaswellaspolitical,legal,andculturalmeans.Threeyearsbeforehisdeathin1895,thedevelopmentofthesehousesshowthathewasstilltiedtoFellsPointandhisvisionofempowermentandequality.DouglassPlaceislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.


120 divine mission aPostoliC CHurCH 1 n. fuLton street1889, wiLson & wiLsonordinance 04-658 03/25/2004

The Divine Mission Apostolic Church is an outstanding example of GothicRevivalarchitecture,adefiningfeatureofBaltimore.Itisalso an excellent example of the work of architects John Appleton WilsonandhiscousinWilliamT.Wilson,prominent19th-centuryBaltimore architects who are also responsible formany of theVictorian buildings in Baltimore, such as Macedonia Church,Belvidere Terrace, and many rowhouses in Mount Vernon.Organizedin1876,andwhatwasformerlyamissionoftheFranklinSquareBaptist Church, the FultonAvenueBaptist congregationlaidthecornerstoneofthechurchbuildingonAugust8,1889.Divine Mission Apostolic Church contributes to the Union Square-HollinsMarketNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.

121 weaver House 4319 arabia avenue1887, arcHitect unknownordinance 04-657 03/25/2003

The Weaver House illustrates the developmentpatternsofBaltimore’s19th-century suburban development and upper middle class cultural patterns as well asmarks the beginning of 20th-centurydevelopment of suburban neighborhoods. A German immigrant, William H. Weaver came to the United States in 1834 andbecame wealthy as a butcher at the Hanover Market and then as a partner of the Harmon and Weaver brick makers. He bought several tracts of land along Harford Roadbetween1858and1879,andin1887he built his Queen Anne style house. Weaver’s life resembles a common rise from a European immigrant to well-establishedBaltimorean,andhishousehelpstoillustrate19th-centurylifeinBaltimoreCityanditsvicinity.TheWeaverHousecontributestotheArcadia-BeverlyHillsNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.For location,seetheNortheastBaltimoremaponpage93.


122 first englisH lutHeran CHurCH 3807 n. cHarLes street1928, Parker, tHomas & riceordinance 04-696 06/23/2004

The English Lutheran Church was established in 1823inDowntownBaltimorebyeightpriests,andfollowing two moves north to different churchbuildings, the congregation settled at its presentlocation in Guilford in 1928. The church wasdesignedbytheprominentBaltimorearchitecturalfirm comprised of J. Harleston Parker, Douglas H.Thomas, and Arthur Wallace Rice. The church is in the English Gothic Revival style and its exterior is reminiscent of the earlier First Baptist Church ofPittsburgh,builtin1909.TheFirstEnglishLutheranChurch contributes to the Guilford NationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.

123 CHerry Hill elementary sCHool #159801 bridgeview road1945, buckLer & fenHagenordinance 04-699 06/23/2004

The Cherry Hill Elementary School #159is a significant building to the communityof Cherry Hill, which was the first plannedAfrican American suburban-style public housingcommunityinBaltimoreCity.ItisthefirstschoolbuiltinCherryHillandoneofthefirst institutionalbuildings inthecommunity.The neighborhood was built in 1944 withfederally subsidized low interest loans from theNationalHousingAssociationinresponseto an overcrowding crisis in Baltimore’s

segregatedAfricanAmericancommunitiesdue to theneed forWWIIworkers.Theschool,built in1945,wasdesignedtonotonlyaddressthesocialandeducationalneedsofthecommunity,butwasdeliberatelyplannedtobethefocalpointoftheneighborhood.ArchitectsRigginBucklerandG.CornerFenhagenintegratedmodernprinciplesintotheschool’sdesigntosymbolizefutureopportunitiesthrougheducationaswellasemphasizetheforwardlookoftheneighborhood.Theschoolembodiesnotonlyprogressiveneighborhoodplanningefforts,butalsothedynamismoftheneighborhoodduringitsfirstseveraldecadesasoneoftheearlyexamplesofpost-WWIImodernarchitectureinBaltimore.Forlocation,seetheSouthBaltimoremaponpage99.


124 sCHwing motor ComPany building 3324 keswick road1932, arcHitect unknown1947, f.J. HeLdricHordinance 04-814 10/06/2004

The Schwing Motor Company building in Hampden is a great example of how the age of automobileshowroomstookholdinBaltimoreduring the 20th century. The building beganas a gas filling station called the ContinentalOil Company, built circa 1932. The SchwingMotor Service Sales and Service center was locatedbehindthestation,specializinginFordautomobiles.In1936,thegasfillingportionofthe site was purchased by Vincent Schwing,whoconsolidatedtheoperationsintotheSchwingMotorServicebuilding.BytheendoftheSecondWorldWarin1945thegasstationhadendedandthesitebecamededicatedtothesalesandrepairoftheHudsonautomobile.In1947VincentSchwingdecidedtomakeadditionalchangestothesiteandcommissionedF.J.Heldrichtodesignfor him a suitable showroom. An Art Deco or Streamlined Moderne styled showroom was designed to evoke animageofthefutureandderivedmanyofitsformsfromthehigh-speedtransportationofthetimeliketheairplane, the automobile, and the ocean liner. Minimal changes occurred to the exterior of the building for the nextfiftyyearsasthefocusbecameimportedvehicles.Thebuildinghasbeenadaptivelyre-usedasofficespace.SchwingMotoCompanyBuildingcontributestotheHampdenNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.

125 tHe mount 3706 nortonia road1850-1858, wiLLiam reasinordinance 06-217 4/26/2006

An Italianate country house, the Mount embodiesthecharacteristicsoftheItalianatestyle—Baltimore’s most influential 19th-century architectural style. Built between 1850-1858, the Mount was designed byWilliam Reasin and is his best example of theItalianateVilla.Thebuilding’smaterialsare local stone quarried most likely from the GwynnsFalls.TheMountwasbuiltforJamesCarey,thegrandsonofthegreatabolitionistand builder of the Calverton Mill race. In the 1910stheestatewassoldforthecreationof

theFairmountneighborhood.Inmanyways,theMountisa19th-centuryrelicandmonumenttotheCareyfamily,whichwasintegraltotheaffairsofBaltimore.Forlocation,seetheWestBaltimoremaponpage94.


126 st. mattHew united CHurCH of CHrist 2320 mayfieLd avenue1929, buckLer & fenHagen; 1951, HaroLd wagnerordinance 07-403 03/19/2007

The St.MatthewUnited Church of Christ congregation has served thespiritualandsocialneedsofmanyBaltimoreresidentsforover150years.The congregation was formed in Jonestown in 1852, breaking awayfrom Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church to embrace both Lutheran and Reformedteachings.Followingseveralmoves,in1928thecongregationboughtalotintheMayfieldneighborhoodandhiredRigginBucklerandG.CornerFenhagentopreparedrawingsforanewchurch.In1929,duetofinancialconstraints,thecongregationdecidedtoconstructonlythechurch tower, Sunday school building, and social hall. The church bells in thetowerhaveaGermaninscriptionwhichsays,“25hundredweightofthismetalisfromcapturedFrenchCannonsgivenbytheGermanKaiserWilhelmtotheSt.MatthewCongregation,1874,”andwererelocatedfromthe1871churchbuildingonCentralAvenueandFayetteStreet.Services

beganinthesocialhallonChristmasDay,1929,andby1951thecornerstoneofthenewlyconstructedchurchwasput in place. The sanctuary was completed with supervision from architect Harold Wagner of Philadelphia, who closelyfollowedtheoriginaldesignsofBuckler&Fenhagen.St.MatthewUnitedChurchofChristcontributestotheMayfieldNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheNortheastBaltimoremaponpage93.

127 baltimore City College 3320 tHe aLameda1926, buckLer & fenHagenordinance 07-404 03/19/2007

City College is historically significant because as thethirdoldesthighschoolinthenation,ithasplayedanimportant role inpublic education since1839. For itsfirstfiftyyears,atpreviouslocations,itwastheonlyhighschoolinBaltimoreexclusivelyforboys.AsthedemandforhighschooleducationinBaltimoreincreasedintheearly20thcentury,community-basedhighschoolswerebuilt,yetBaltimoreCityCollegeremainedanelitehighschoolprovidingclassicaleducationforBaltimore’sbest students. Many noteworthy 20th-century leaders attended school here,including Maryland governors, Congressional representatives, Baltimore Citymayors, as well as numerous judges, civic leaders, artists and military heroes.ManyoftheseindividualslaterwrotethattheireducationatBaltimoreCityCollegeplayedasignificantroleintheirsuccess.Thecurrentbuilding,thefour-story“CastleonaHill”,wasconstructedin1926byRigginBucklerandG.CornerFenhagenasaresultofanarchitecturalcompetitionamongMaryland’sfinestarchitects. Itwasthemostexpensiveschoolbuiltatthetime,costingalmostthreemilliondollars.ItisBaltimore’sbestexampleofCollegiateGothicdesign,featuringmanydistinctivedetailsuniqueforlocalhighschoolbuildings,suchasthe150-footclocktoweratitscenter.TodayBaltimoreCityCollegeremainsattheforefrontoflocalhighschools.Itwasrecognizedasa“BlueRibbon”schoolbytheU.S.DepartmentofEducationwith95%ofitsgraduatesgoingontopost-secondaryeducation.BaltimoreCityCollegeislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.


128 JoHnny eCk House 622 n. miLton avenuec. 1910, arcHitect unknown ordinance 07-501 09/20/2007

Johnny Eck (John Eckhardt) was a handicappedman, born withoutthelowerportionofhisabdomenandlegs,whoachievedfameandrecognitionasaperformer,movieactor,andpainter.Hewasbornat622MiltonAvenuein1911,andattheageoffourteenleftschooltobecome a travelling entertainer and master magician, then joined the RinglingBrothers,BarnumandBaileycircus.In1931,Johnnybecamean actor in Tod Browning’s classic movie Freaks, which helped him to becomealocallegendinBaltimore.Laterinhislife,Johnnybegantopaint window and door screens, with William Octavec, the man who started the tradition in 1913, as his mentor and employer. Johnnypassedawayin1991inthesamehousewherehewasborn.ThehouseiscurrentlyownedbyJeffreyGordon,whoplansoneventuallyhousinga museum chronicling the life of Johnny Eck. The Johnny Eck House contributestotheEastMonumentNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.

129 CHrist CHurCH united CHurCH of CHrist 1308 beason street1887-1888, rev. eduard Huberordinance 07-502 09/20/2007

Thecongregationof“TheGermanUnitedEvangelicalChristChurch”formedinLocustPointin1886,andfollowingseveralmergerswithotherdenominations, in1972becametheChristEvangelicalandReformed Church, United Church of Christ (also known as theChristUnitedChurchofChrist).DesignedbyPastorEduardHuberofSt.MatthewUnitedEvangelicalandReformedChurchandbuiltin1887-88byFredDecker,thechurchisanexcellentexampleofvernacular Gothic Revival church architecture, including elements suchas its pointedwindowsandbuttresses. In 1904 the churchopened the Immigrant Home to assist German immigrants and seamen traveling through Baltimore, which closed in the late1950s.Foroverahundredyears,thechurchhasservedthespiritualand social needs of Locust Point residents and is also an important landmarkintheimmigrationhistoryofBaltimore.Forlocation,seetheSouthBaltimoremaponpage99.


130 rusCombe mansion 4901 sPringarden drive1868, JosePH f. kemPordinance 07-503 09/20/2007

The Ruscombe Mansion was built in conjunction with the Cylburn Mansion inthe late1860sbyGeorgeA.Frederick.Theowner of Ruscombe, James Wood Tyson, was the younger brother of Jesse Tyson, who built the Cylburn Mansion, and the two estates, linked historically, stand as rare survivors of Baltimore suburban estates.The brothers were heirs to the Tyson Companies of Maryland, which controlled theworld’sproductionofchromiteandthemanufacture of pigments used in leather tanning. In 1887, Ruscombe Mansion wassoldtotheLeMoynefamily,wholivedthereuntiltheysold ittotheBaisYaakovSchoolforGirls in1948.ThemansionwasthenpurchasedbytheCityin1973andleasedtotheWaldorfSchooluntil1997.Thebuildingnowhousesseveralbusinesses.RuscombeMansionislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheNorthwestBaltimoremaponpage91.

131 union baPtist CHurCH 1219 druid HiLL avenue1905, wiLLiam J. beardsLeyordinance 07-534 11/08/2007

Union Baptist Church is significant for its association withBaltimore’sAfricanAmericanlegacyandwithlocalandnationalcivilrightsefforts.TheChurchwasorganizedbyReverendJohnCareywith 57members in 1852 in East Baltimore. In 1868it moved to a new location on North Street near SaratogaStreet.ThecongregationthenmovedtotheChurch’spresentlocationonDruidHillAvenuein1905,inthebuildingdesignedbyWilliam J.BeardsleyofNewYork.PastorHarvey Johnsonarrivedin1874tohelpgreatlyexpandthecongregationandfound several new churches through 1923. However, he ismostlyknownforcontributionstocivilrightsefforts.In1883,JohnsonorganizedtheBrotherhoodofLibertytofightforthehiring of black teachers in the City’s public schools and the opening of the Maryland bar to blacks. He also helped found theNiagaraMovement,andco-foundedtheNAACPBaltimore

Chapter,and in1897heestablishedtheColoredBaptistConvention.Oneofhiscontemporaries,Dr.BaxterL.Matthews,establishedtheHarveyJohnsonCenterontheChurch’spropertyin1955andwasalsoacosponsorof1963MarchonWashingtonMovement,ofwhich theChurchhousedtheattendees. Itwasalsoameetingplaceforthe“GoonSquad”,anorganizationformedbyReverendVernonDobsontohelpelectAfricanAmericanpoliticians and organizemany civil rights protests.Union Baptist Church is listed on theNational Register ofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.


132 dr. JoHn e.t. CamPer House 639 n. carey streetc. 1875, arcHitect unknownordinance 07-576 11/27/2007

TheDr.JohnE.T.CamperHouse,locatedat639N.CareyStreet,issignificantinitsassociationwithDr.JohnE.T.Camper,whowasinstrumentalinthelocal,state,andnationalCivilRightsMovement.CamperwasafoundingmemberoftheNAACPaswellaschairmanoftheCitizensCommitteeforJustice,acoalitionofgroupsinthe1940sthatcampaignedagainstpolicebrutalityandforjobsandrepresentationforAfricanAmericans.AfounderoftheProgressivePartyin1948,CampersupportedHenry Wallace for president and also ran for Congress under Maryland’s Progressive Party’sballotthatsameyear.Camper’shomewasthelocationwhereheandmanyothers from these organizations met, planned and initiated actions that madesignificantcontributionstothesocialequalityofallAmericans.TheDr. JohnE.T.CamperHouse contributes to theOldWestBaltimoreNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.

133 senator tHeatre 5904 york road1939, JoHn J. zinkordinance 07-586 11/27/2007

The Senator Theatre is the last surviving single screen moviehousestilloperatinginBaltimoreCity.Datingfrom 1939, the size of the theatre, neighborhoodlocation, and exuberant design are indicative ofthe role that motion pictures played in the life ofBaltimore in the early-to-mid-20th century. Thetheatre is also associated with important individuals relatedtomotionpictures,suchasFrankDurkee—apioneerinthelocalmotionpicturebusiness,aswellaswithmanymotionpicturepersonalitiesfromthegolden era through the present who have made appearances at the Senator, such as Ginger Rogers and Mickey Rooney, John Travolta and Johnny Depp.

ThetheatreissignificantasafineexampleofanArtDecomovietheatreandthemostintactexampleofthistypeofbuildinginBaltimoreCity.Designedbyanotedlocalmovietheatrearchitect,JohnJ.Zink,thetheatrehasalsoplayedanimportantroleinBaltimoreasthesiteofmotionpicturefilmingsincethe1980sandhaselevatedthestatusofBaltimoreasaviablelocationformotionpicturefilming.TheSenatorTheatreislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.


134 ameriCan brewery 1701 n. gay street1887, JoHn frederick wiessnerordinance 08-02 4/24/2008

The American Brewery is a monument to the development of brewing,oneofBaltimore’smajorindustries,andisasymbolofthecity’sheavilyGermanethniccommunity.Thefirstbreweryonthesitewaserectedin1863byJohnFrederickWiessneronlandleasedfromCharlesRogers.Atthetime,therewere21otherbreweries inBaltimoreCity andBaltimoreCounty combined.Wiessner’s brewery was a great success and the business quickly outgrew the original building. The present structure wasbuiltin1887toenlargeandmodernizethebrewery.Itwasoneof thefinest in the state and continued tooperateuntilProhibition.TheWiessnersunsuccessfullyattempted tobrew“near-beer”,3.2%alcoholbyvolume,but, in1931 theywereforced to sell the brewery to the FitzSimmons family whoowned the AmericanMalt Company. In 1933 they amendedtheir company charter to create the American Brewery, Inc., whichproducedbeerandmaltuntiltheplantclosedin1973.

Thebreweryisauniqueexampleof19th-centuryVictorianarchitecture.Itsheightandorganizationofinteriorwere predetermined by the requirements of brewing but its exterior details are expressions of the age and of thepeoplewholivedandworkedinthearea.Thebuildinghasbeenadpativelyreusedasofficesforanon-profithumanservicesagency,Humanim.Therehabilitationprojectwonnumerousawardsatthelocalandstatelevelsfrompreservation,communitydevelopment,architect,housing,journalism,landuse,andbuildingorganizations.TheAmericanBreweryislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.

135 w.e.b. dubois House 2302 montebeLLo terrace1939, c.J. wHiteordinance 08-03 4/24/2008

African American activist, author, and intellectual W.E.B.DuBoishadthishousebuiltinMontebelloParkin1939.Helived here with his wife, daughter, and granddaughter from 1939until1950,duringwhichtimeheretiredfromteachingat Atlanta University, became a Director of the Department ofSpecialResearchatNAACP(headquarteredinBaltimore),represented the NAACP at the founding conference of the UnitedNations, andbecame theChairman for thePeaceInformation Center in New York. Born in 1868 in GreatBarrington,MA,DuBoiswasa seminalfigureandtirelessactivist for civil rights.Hewasoneof the foundingmembers of the Niagara Movement, and later the NAACP. He was also hailed as the father of the Pan-African Movement. He founded and edited The Crisis magazine, the NAACP’s monthly magazine. He published books on raceandpolitics,novels,autobiographies,poetry,andnumerousessays.Hediedin1963inGhana,thedaybeforetheMarchofWashington.Forlocation,seetheNortheastBaltimoremaponpage93.


136 riverside Park 301 e. randaLL street1862 (renamed 1873), arcHitect unknownordinance 08-04 4/24/2008

Riverside Park is noteworthy for the involvement of its setting in the Battleof1812aswellasitsVictorianlandscapedesign. The cannon memorial in the park is located near the crest where the Six GunBatterydefendedFortMcHenryonthe night of September 13, 1814 froman attack by 1,250 British soldiers onFortMcHenry.Thishistory,sogloriousin

themindsofBaltimoreans,wasreasonenoughfortheCitytopurchasethreeacres in1862tocreateBatteryPark. Another fourteen acres were purchased eleven years later and the park was renamed Riverside Park for itsviewofthePatapscoRiver.In1881,theparkwasredesignedtomeetVictorianideals,withtheadditionofalarge marble fountain, four drinking fountains, two pavilions, along with various shade trees and walkways. The OlmstedBrothers,whowantedabalancebetweenactiveandpassiverecreation,addedbasketballandtenniscourtsandanoutdoorgymnasium.TheRiversideParkswimmingpoolwascompletedin1925,andthemarblefountainremoved,signifyingtheshiftfrompassivetoactiverecreation.TodaytheparkcontinuestobewellusedbymanySouthBaltimoreresidents.RiversideParkcontributestotheRiversideNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheSouthBaltimoremaponpage99.

137 roland Park water tower 4210 roLand avenue1904-1905, wiLLiam J. fizoneordinance 08-05 4/24/2008

TheRolandParkWaterTowerissignificantforitsarchitecturaldesign,whichhassymbolizedtheRolandParkcommunityonstationaryandpublications.The148foottall,octagonalgraybricktowerwasbuiltin 1904-1905 as part of a newwater service system designed todistributewatertohigherelevationseastoftheJonesFalls,pumpedin from theWesternPumpingStationatDruidHill Park.Althoughnow known as the Roland Park Water Tower, the historic name of the building is the Roland Water Tower, because it refers to Roland Avenue, not Roland Park since the tower did not originally supply water to the well-known planned suburb. The water tower was used until 1930, when the Department of PublicWorks switchedservicetothereservoirstoragesystem.ThemostsignificantdesignofarchitectWilliamJ.Fizone,thewatertowerfeaturesmorerefineddetailingandproportionsthanotherwatertowersinBaltimore,suchastheWestArlingtonWaterTower.Itiscurrentlyundernegotiationsforitsrenovationandrehabilitationintoamulti-purposecommunitycenter. Roland Park Water Tower contributes to the Roland Park NationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheNorthwestBaltimoremaponpage91.


138 uPton mansion 811 w. LanvaLe street1838, robert cary Long, Jr. (attributed)ordinance 08-06 4/24/2008

TheUptonMansionisararesurviving19th-centuryGreekRevivalcountryhouse,representinganearlystageofdevelopmentwithinBaltimoreCity.Itwasbuilt as the country residence of David Stewart, a prominent Baltimore attorney and politician. Thename “Upton” is derived from an earlier residence that was built in the area in 1785 called “UptonPark.” Stewart purchased Upton Park in 1838andbuilt theexistingGreekRevival houseon theproperty. The architect is unknown, but it has been suggested that it may be the work of Robert Cary Long,Jr.FollowingStewart’sdeath,Uptonchangedownershipahandfuloftimes,mostlyduetofinancialdeficiencies,andin1930thepropertywaspurchasedbyMonumentalRadio,Inc.,theparentcompanyofWCAO,Maryland’soldestradiobroadcaster.In1947,UptonwasthensoldtotheBaltimoreInstituteofMusicalArts,Inc.,apioneeringmusicconservatoryforAfrican-Americans,foundedbyDr.J.LeslieJones.Atthetime,AfricanAmericanswerenotallowedtoattendthePeabodyConservatoryandthisinstitutionwastoprovidethesamequalityofmusicaleducation.Theschoolclosedin1955duetolowenrollment.Followingtwootherbriefusesasaschool,UptoniscurrentlyownedbytheDepartmentofHousingandCommunityDevelopment.UptonMansionislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.

139 bolton sQuare 1400-1420 mason street, 300-310 w. Lafayette avenue, 236-250 w. Lafayette avenue, and 1401-1421 Jordan street 1967, HugH neweLL Jacobsonordinance 08-37 6/12/2008

Bolton Square is Baltimore City’s first Modernist landmark.Designed in 1967 by Hugh Newell Jacobson, Bolton SquarereceivedtheNationalHonorAwardfromtheAmericanInstituteofArchitects,aswellasrecognitionfromtheBaltimoreAIAChapter,and other groups for its design. The 35modestmodern bricktownhomes are located in two blocks. They are arranged in three staggered rows, backing up to a shared elliptical green space.Jacobsen’s design is in scale with the many surrounding historic and modern row houses. The architectural features of Bolton Squareofferacomparableaesthetictotheadjacenthistoricrowhouses. Jacobsen’s work is applauded for his regionalism and nod to local building traditions in his designs. For location, see theCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.


140 Castalia 200 tuscany roadc. 1928, Laurence HaLL fowLerordinance 08-56 6/20/2008

Castalia, also known as the Hillyer-Harris House, is a Tudor Revival house designed by locally prominent architect Laurence Hall Fowler in ca. 1928, was built forrenowned educator Virgil M. Hillyer, aHarvardgraduateandthefirstheadmasterof the Calvert School. Hillyer is most associated with his development of the firsthomeschoolcurriculum.Thousandsof families world-wide received their Calvert School education through the“classroom in a box” method, which emphasizedthefundamentalsofwriting,spelling, reading, and mathematics aswell as art, geography,music, science, andhistory.Castaliawasnamedafter the famousGreekmythologicalfountain at the base of Mount Parnassus, where weary travelers would stop and have a drink of the health-giving watersbeforemovingupthemountain.CastaliacontributestotheTuscany-CanterburyNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.

141 mount Calvary CHurCH 816 n. eutaw street1842, robert cary Long, Jr.ordinance 09-112 2/17/2009

MountCalvaryChurchhasbeenactiveatthislocationsince1842andhashelpedestablishmanyotherchurchesthroughoutBaltimore.Dr. Wyatt, Rector of St. Paul’s EpiscopalChurch, founded the Mount Calvary Church in 1842. In 1844, BishopWhittingham laidthe cornerstone of the church, which was consecratedonFebruary19,1846.Between1858 and 1861, the church was enlarged.Sadly in 1920 the steeple collapsed duringa storm. This church represents an excellent example of the work of Robert Cary Long, Jr.,

oneofBaltimore’sprominentearly19th-centuryarchitects.MountCalvaryisoneofhisfewremainingworks.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreNorthmaponpage96.


142 saint Paul Community baPtist CHurCH 1901 e. federaL street1893, L.f. stutzordinance 09-115 2/17/2009

Housed in a Romanesque Revival building, Saint Paul Community Baptist Churchcaptures the history of four diverse religious congregations. The church was originallybuiltin1893bytheFaithEvangelicalLutheranChurchwhoremainedat this locationuntil1923.Thatyear, theChurchof JesusChristofLatterDaySaintspurchasedthestructurefor $12,000. This building became thefirstMormonChurchinBaltimore.Thisbuildingserved as a Mormon church until 1930,when the church was rededicated as Gospel

Tabernacle,an interdenominational church.FounderReverendLowman,apopularpastorandevangelistalsobroadcastedhissermonsontheradio,whichcouldbeheardonmanystationsthroughoutthecountry.In1959,GospelTabernaclesoldthechurchtotheSaintPaulChristianCommunityChurch.SaintPaulCommunityBaptistChurchcontributestotheBaltimoreEast/SouthCliftonParkNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.

143 saint mark’s evangeliCal lutHeran CHurCH 1920 st. PauL street1898, JosePH evans sPerryordinance 09-116 2/17/2009

St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church is designed in the Italian Romanesque style of early Christian architecture,which was prevalent in Europe following thefalloftheRomanEmpire(476AD)tothebeginningof theGothic period (late12 century). The architect Joseph EvansSperry drew inspiration for the churchby visiting Europe and touring many ofits finest churches,most notably the St.MarksBasilicainVenice,Italy.SaintMark’sEvangelicalLutheranChurchcontributestotheOldGoucherCollegeNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.


144 sCottisH rite temPle 3800 n. cHarLes street1930, cLyde n. friz witH JoHn russeLL PoPeordinance 09-117 2/17/2009

The Scottish Rite Temple was built bythe local branch of the Scottish Rite ofFreemasonry. The building was designedandbuiltin1930bynotedarchitectand33degree FreemasonClydeN. Frizwith theconsultinghelpofthenotedandnationallyprominent architect John Russell Pope. Friz designed many other well-knownstructuresthroughoutBaltimore,includingthe Enoch Pratt Free Library (1933), theStandardOil CompanyBuilding, First andSt. Stephen’s United Church of Christ. John Russell Pope designed the massive

MasonicTempleof theScottishRite inWashington,D.C. (1915),D.A.R.ConstitutionHall (1929),NationalCityChristianChurch(1930),alongwithothernotableworkssuchastheJeffersonMemorial(1941)andtheBaltimoreMuseumofArt(1929).TheScottishRiteTemplecontributestotheTuscany-CanterburyNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.

145 naZerene baPtist CHurCH 1201 Harford avenue1850, J.w. Hogg; 1874, norvaL w. waLLordinance 09-118 2/17/2009

Formore than 60 years, Nazarene Baptist Church has beena cornerstone in the community, providing spiritual and daily-living needs to its congregants and the surrounding community.Locatedat1201HarfordAvenue,thechurchwasoriginally constructed as a simple Greek Revival structure for the Harford Avenue M.E. Church by master builder J.W. Hogg. In 1874, the congregation hired architectNorvalW.Wall tosignificantlyremodelthestructurewithVictorianarchitecturalmotifs.Wall added the tower, raised the basement by fourfeet, re-plastered and re-frescoed the main sanctuary, and replacedtheseating.NazereneBaptistChurchcontributestotheOldEastBaltimoreNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.


146 st. stanislaus kostka CHurCH 710 s. ann street 1889, arcHitect unknownordinance 09-119 2/17/2009

St. Stanislaus Kostka Church represents the strong Polish heritageinBaltimore.Theparish,foundedin1879,grewoutoftheSt.StanislausKostkaSociety.In1880,theparishacquiredtwolotsonAnnStreetinFell’sPointandbrokeground on their new church. The current Richardsonian Romanesquestylechurchwasbuilt in1889on thesiteof the previous, smaller church. Subsequently, the parish constructed a school and a rectory, and helped form St. CasimirCatholicChurch inCanton. In1905, the churchcameunderthecontroloftheFranciscanswhocontinuedtorunthechurchuntil2005.It isbeingredevelopedasuseforofficesandaschool.St.StanislausKostkaChurchcontributes to the Fells PointNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.

147 raffel building 107 w. HeatH street1911, arcHitect unknownordinance 09-124 3/02/2009

TheRaffelBuildinghousedthepapercontainermanufacturing business of Jacob M. Raffelduringtheearly20thcentury.TheRaffelfamilywas very prominent in the paper manufacturing business.Corrugatedpaperrevolutionizedtheshipping industry in the late 19th and early20th centuries. In the 19th century, freightwas shipped inwoodencratesorbarrels;butbetween1850and1870,manufacturersbeganto replace these with paper bags and boxes. Paper container manufacturing originated the Midwesternstates,butbytheendofthe19thcentury, Baltimore’s paper container industry

rivaledtheMidwest.By1902,paperpackagingdominatedtheBaltimorecontainer industry.Later,corrugatedboxeswere inextricably linkedwithbothBaltimore’sglassandcanning industries. J.M.RaffelCompanywasasuccessfulmanufacturer,remainingindependentfromacorrugatedpackingtrustthatattemptedtomonopolizethenationalmarketintheearly20thcentury.J.M.Raffel&Co.occupiedthebuildingthroughthe1920s.Hinde&Dauch,theOhiocompanythatpioneeredtheuseofcorrugatedpaperin1897,acquiredtheRaffelCompanyanditspropertyinthelate1920s.TheRaffelBuildingcontributestotheRiversideNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheSouthBaltimoremaponpage99.


148 four bay House 1733 aLiceanna streetyear and arcHitect unknown ordinance 09-125 3/02/2009

TheFourBayHouseisoneofthefewsurvivingbuildingsconstructed in the 18th century in Baltimore City.Throughout its long, rich history, the Four Bay Househas undergone many changes to accommodate its many owners. Itwas first a two-story home for ship captains,seamen, slaves and indentured servants, and a blacksmith’s familywho lived in thehouse formore thanfifty years.Maps of the site show that the blacksmith’s workshop was located at the rear of the property. By 1914, the housewas used as a convent. Today, it is part of a redevelopment ofSt.StanislausChurch.TheFourBayHousecontributesto the Fells Point National Register Historic District. Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.

149 dr. giering House 3906 Parkside drive1902, gottLieb HeckeLordinance 09-126 3/02/2009

The Dr. Giering House is a unique, rare example of vernacularstoneconstructioninBaltimore.Thestructureisofauniquesolid-stoneconstructionnotcommon in this regionof theMid-Atlantic.Most examples of this construction are foundin the Delaware Valley area of PennsylvaniaandNewJersey;a fewreachedas far southasDelaware.Other stonehomes in theBaltimoreareawere either affiliatedwithmill villages orwere architect-designed, high-style structures. This is the only well-documented example of a German-stylestonefarmhomeinBaltimoreCity.

ThesolidstoneconstructionandcenterfireplacesthatsitparalleltothefrontandbackfacadesofthehomearedistinguishingcharacteristicsofGermanconstruction.TheDr.GieringHousecontributestotheArcadia-BeverlyHillsNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheNortheastBaltimoremaponpage93.


150 melvin Cade armory 2620 wincHester street1959, arcHitect unknown ordinance 09-127 3/02/2009

The Melvin H. Cade Armory represents 128 years of historyof African American units of the Maryland National Guard. In1879 former slaves and Unionveterans, among others, organized themselves into the Monumental City Guard and were officiallyaccepted as the First Separate

Company,aseparateMarylandNationalGuardregimentin1882.In1947,theFirstSeparateCompanybecamethe231stTransportationTruckBattalionwiththe147th,165th,and726thTransportationTruckCompanies.The231stTransportationTruckBattalionbecametheonlyMarylandNationalGuardunitorderedtoactivedutytosupporttheKoreanWarin1950andthefirstUnitedStatesNationalGuardunittosetfootinKoreathatsameyear.The231stTruckBattalioneffortshelpedtoraciallyintegratetheMarylandNationalGuard.OnNovember21,1955,MajorGeneralMiltonA.Reckord,theAdjutantGeneral,issuedGeneralOrderNumber49integratingtheMarylandNationalGuardeffectiveDecember1,1955onlyafteralong,persistentcampaignfromthe231stTransportationTruckBattalion.TheMelvinCadeArmorycontributestotheEdmonsonAvenueNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheWestBaltimoremaponpage94.

151 Harford Commons (william fuld ComPany) 1508 Harford avenue1917, arcHitect unknownordinance 09-128 3/02/2009

TheHarfordCommons,locatedat1508-14HarfordAvenue,housedthemanufacturingoperationsoftheWilliamFuldCompany.Here,theyproducedtheOuijaBoardfrom1917tothelate1940s.TheOuijaBoardwaspatentedin 1891andmanufactured inBaltimore from1892to1966.WilliamFuldwasalsotheholderof 45 patents, including some related to theOuija Board, and manufacturer of several other gamesandtoys.In1927WilliamFuldtragicallyfell from the roof of the building and died. The companywasrunbyFuld’sdescendentsuntil1966 when they sold it to Parker Brothers.The Ouija Board has entertained Americans for over a hundred years and has been an icon inpopculture,appearinginmanymovies,TVshows, andnovels. For location, see theEastBaltimoremaponpage97.


152 President street station 601 President street / 801 fLeet street1851, arcHitect unknown ordinance 09-179 06/16/2009

Built in 1851, the President Street Station isan important site in the history of slavery, engineering,andCivilWar.TheremainingportionofthestationistheoldestsurvivingdowntownpassengerstationintheUnitedStates.OnApril19th,1861thefirstcasualtiesof theCivilWartookplaceastheSixthMassachusettsRegimentwalked alongwhat is Pratt Street today, fromthePresidentStreetStationtoCamdenStation.A mob began throwing rocks at the soldiers and

theresultingfightcausedthefirstdeathsoftheCivilWar.ThisstationwasalsothefirsttobeconstructedwiththeHowetrustarchsystem.Patentedin1841byWilliamHowe,itbecamethepremiermethodforconstructingtrainshedsandbridgesformanyyears.ThestationisadocumentedsiteoftheNationalParkService’sUndergroundNetworktoFreedom,acollectionofcertifiedUndergroundRailroadsites.Severalenslavedpeopleescapedonthistrainline;mostfamously,FrederickDouglassjumpedfromatraindestinedforthisstationinCanton.ThePresidentStreetStationishometotheBaltimoreCivilWarMuseum.ThePresidentStreetStationislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage97.

153 ann wiggins brown House 1501 Presstman streetc. 1875, arcHitect unknownordinance 09-247 12/04/2009

Ann Wiggins Brown is a famed African American singer and actress from Baltimore. Her fatherwas a prominent physician and hermother was a studied singer and pianist. She studied music with W. Llewellyn Wilson at Douglass High School and played lead roles inmanyof themusical productions. Shewasdenied admissionat the Peabody School of Music due to her race, but with the encouragement of Constance Black, wife of the Baltimore Sunowner,BrownenteredJulliardSchoolofMusicattheageof16.Severalyearslater,sheauditionedforGeorgeGershwin’salmostcompleted musical Porgy. He was so enthralled with her talent that he rewrote the play for her character Bess to sing the lullaby ‘Summertime’ and subsequently renamed the opera Porgy andBess.WhileonaEuropeanTourin1948,shemarriedNorwegiangold-medalskijumperThorleifSchkelderup,andbecameacitizenofNorway. In themid1950sshedevelopedasthmaandturnedher talents to teaching. The Ann Wiggins Brown House contributes totheOldWestBaltimoreNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.


154 kresge building 117 w. Lexington street1938; 1955, arcHitect unknown ordinance 09-248 12/04/2009

TheKresgeBuildingissignificantasaverypopularandwell-noted example of the Art Deco or Moderne style. Located in what is now called the “Market Center,” the Kresge building is comparable to the Hutzler’s building on Howard Street in Art Deco styling, simply on a smaller scale. The three story corner structure consists oftwosections,the1938ArtDecostructure,anda1955additiondesignedbyEmilG.Jehle.Nospecificarchitectis credited for the Art Deco structure. Several other Kresgelocationsfromaroundthisperiodhaveasimilarappearance,most likelya staffarchitectdesigned thestructures. It was a growing trend prior to the Great Depression to have a staff of corporate architects.The Kresge Building contributes to the Market Center NationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

155 sellers mansion 801 n. arLington avenue1868, edward davisordinance 09-249 12/04/2009

The Sellers Mansion was designed by EdwardDavidandbuiltforMatthewBaconSellers Sr. and his wife Anne Lewis Sellers in 1868. A year later Matthew BaconSellersJr.wasborn(1869-1934).SellersSr.was the president of the Northern Central Railroadfrom1874untilhisdeathin1880.This railroad was a strong economic force inBaltimore.MatthewBaconSellersJr.wasapioneerinaeronauticalexperimentation,and his leadership and guidance laid the ground work for NASA today. The Sellers familyremainedinthehomeuntilthelate1950s.As thefirst residencebuilton the

eastsideofLafayetteSquare,themansionhouseisarchitecturallysignificantforitslatehigh-Victorianstylingandfinearchitecturaldetail.Itisanexampleofanopulentandcomfortableresidenceofthesociallyandeconomicallyaffluentinpost-CivilWarBaltimore.TheSellersMansionislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.


156 waverly town Hall 3100 greenmount avenue1873, arcHitect unknown ordinance 11-535 11/22/2011

The Waverly Town Hall played an important role in the development of the Waverly community in the 19th and 20th centuries, serving thecommunity as a post office, meeting space,storefront, and gathering place. The Hall played in important role in the debate regarding the annexation of the “Belt” area from BaltimoreCountytoBaltimoreCityinthelate19thcentury.Its prominent location on York Road providedanimportantplaceforlocalpoliticians,politicalcandidates, and civic organizations to speakabout a wide variety of issues affecting theWaverlyCommunityandtheCityofBaltimore.For location, see theNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.

157 franklin-delPHey Hotel 300 w. frankLin street1857, arcHitect unknown ordinance 11-541 11/22/2011

TheFranklin-DelpheyHotelwasoriginallyconstructedatsomepointpriorto1857,but achieved its current form in 1857asa four story Italianate lodging house. It is a fine example of period commercialarchitecture in the Market Center area of downtown Baltimore. Daniel McCoyrenovatedthebuildingin1857,namingittheFranklinHotel.Before its renovation,the building had been known as the Golden Horse, which was a lodging house as well as a stable. The renovated hotel had lodging apartments and chambers,

parlors,adiningroomandkitchen.Therenovation likelymetthedemandofagrowingpopulationandmorecivilizedclientele.Thenextowner,WilliamDelphey,namedittheDelpheyHouse(Hotel).Thehotelhadseveralothernamesthroughthe1950s.TheFranklin-DelpheyHotelcontributestotheMarketCenterNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


158 grand masoniC temPle 221-227 n. cHarLes street1866-1867, edmund g. Lind; 1893, carson & sPerry;1909, JosePH evans sPerryordinance 11-542 11/22/2011

TheGrandMasonicTemplebuildingwasoriginallybuiltin1866-1867bynotedarchitectEdmundG.Lind.Thebuildingsufferedfromtwomajorfiresduring itshistory;thefirstonChristmasDayin1890andthesecondinJanuary1908whichdestroyedmuchoftheinterior.ThefirmofCarson&Sperryin1893carriedouttherestorationandJosephEvansSperrywasresponsibleforthelastadditionsandrenovations in1909. ItwasSperrythatwas largely responsible for the ornate of interiors. The Temple stands today having been completely renovated and the ornate rooms restored and made available to the public as part of the Tremont Hotel. The late architect Michael Murphy guided the recentrestoration.SeveralofBaltimore’smostnotablehistoricarchitectsandfirmscontributedtothedesignandrestorationof this building. The Grand Masonic Temple contributes to the CathedralHillNational RegisterHistoricDistrict. For location,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

159 mayfair tHeater 506 n. Howard street1903, J.d. aLLen & comPany ordinance 11-543 11/22/2011

The Mayfair (formerly Auditorium)Theater was constructed in 1903 as apartoftheHotelKernan(nowCongressHotel)andentertainmentcomplex.Thistheater, the Congress Hotel, and the Maryland Theater (now demolished)were connected through interior halls and underground passages. This complex was the largest entertainment grouping in Baltimore in the early 20th century.The most significant remaining portionof the structure is the elaborate stone and terra cotta façade facing HowardStreet. The façade is a light stone Beaux-ArtsClassicismstylewithabayofthreearchesflankedpiersofrusticatedstoneandvarietyofwindowshapesandtrimstyles.Thepresententrancelevelfaçade,marqueeandticketboothdatefromthe1960s.ThemodernfaçadewasaddedfortheBaltimorepremierof“LawrenceofArabia.”TheMayfairTheatercontributestotheMarketCenterNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.


160 Hansa House 11 s. cHarLes street1911, Parker, tHomas, & riceordinance 11-544 11/22/2011

TheHansaHauswasdesignedin1911bythearchitecturalfirm of Parker, Thomas & Rice, for The Savings Bank ofBaltimore. It was designed specifically for their Germantenant Albert Schumacher and Co., shipping agents for the North German Lloyd Steamship Company, headquartered in Hamburg and Bremen, Germany. Labeled as a “Picturesque EdificeFor[the]HeartOfBaltimore”intheSun, the structure was designed according to specific instructions providedbyPaulHilken,anofficeroftheshippingagency.ModeledafteramedievalcourthouseinHalberstadt,Germany,theHansaHausisa2½story,brickandstucco,half-timberedstructure. The building was symbolically named “Hansa Haus”inhonoroftheHanseaticLeagueor“GermanHansa”,amedieval tradeconfederation of independentGermancity-states.Thecoatsofarmsofthosecitieswerepaintedonthebuildingabovethefirststorylevel,alongwithacarvedpaneldepictingashipunderfullsailwhichrepresentedthelogooftheHanseaticLeague.TheHansaHausisoneofthemostuniquestructuresinBaltimoreandisreflectiveoftheGermanheritageofmanyBaltimorecitizens.HansaHousecontributes to the Business and Government NationalRegister Historic District. For location, see the CentralBaltimoreSouthmaponpage97.

161 graCe turnbull House 223 cHancery road1927, bayard turnbuLLordinance 11-545 11/22/2011

ThishousewasdesignedforthecelebratedartistandsculptorGraceTurnbullbyherbrotherBayard,anarchitect.ThehouseandstudioareanamalgamationofSpanishMissionRevivalandtheArtsandCraftsstyles,andbothincorporate sculpture by Turnbull. An important figure in 20th-century art, Turnbull’s work can be found ininstitutionssuchastheBaltimoreMuseumofArtandtheMetropolitanMuseumofArtinNewYork.Thehouseand studio feature sculptures carved into the architecture by Turnbull. The Grace Turnbull House contributes to theGuilfordNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.Forlocation,seetheNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.


162 st. Peter tHe aPostle CHurCH ComPlex 11 s. PoPPLeton street, 13 s. PoPPLeton street, 16 s. PoPPLeton street, 848 HoLLins street1843, robert cary Long Jr. ordinance 11-551 11/22/2011

Dedicated on September 22, 1844, St. Peter the ApostleChurch became an important center for the Irish community ofWestBaltimore.Whenitwasfirstconstructed,muchofWestBaltimorewaspartoftheMountClareestate.However,the area was quickly developed, in part to house the many workers at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad yard. Theneighborhoods of Hollins Market, Union Square, and Poppleton became home to mainly Irish and German immigrants, many of whom worked as laborers and craftsmen at the railroad yard. Prior totheconstructionofSt.PetertheApostleChurch, all of the Catholic Churches were located in the city center or East Baltimore. Thus, St. Peter’s Churchbecame known as the “mother of the west”. The church complex includes the church, a rectory, belfry, convent, and two schools. St. Peter the Apostle ChurchComplexislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheCentralBaltimoreWestmaponpage95.

163 old dunbar HigH sCHool540 n. caroLine street1931, tayLor & fiscHer; 1949, gaudreau & gaudreauordinance 12-06 4/27/2012

DunbarJunior-SeniorHighSchoolPS133openedin1932as a junior high school, and played an important role in thecommunityofEastBaltimore for themajorityofthe20thcentury. Itexpandedto includehighschool in1940.Formanyyears,DunbarwastheonlyhighschoolforAfricanAmericansinEastBaltimore.AtDunbar,thereis a legacy of the community demanding equitable, high-

qualityeducationinqualityschoolbuildings-withthecommunity,faculty,andstudentstakingpartatdifferentpointsinitshistory.Theschoolalsoserved a crucial role in the community, particularly during segregation,asasiteforrecreationandsocialevents.ManyAfricanAmericanleadersandcitizensinBaltimoreandMarylandhavetiestoDunbarasalumniorformerfacultyandstaffmembers.ThebuildingitselfisafineexampleoftheArtDecostyle.Forlocation,seetheEastBaltimoremaponpage98.


interior landmark list

1 senator tHeatre5904 york road1939, JoHn J. zinkordinance 10-578 06/24/2011

TheSenatorTheatreisthelastsurvivingsinglescreenmoviehousestilloperatinginBaltimoreCity.Datingfrom1939,thesizeofthetheatre,neighborhoodlocation,andexuberantdesignareindicativeoftherolethatmotionpicturesplayedinthelifeofBaltimoreintheearlytomid-twentiethcentury.Thetheatreisalsoassociatedwithimportantindividualsrelatedtomotionpictures,suchasFrankDurkee—apioneerinthelocalmotionpicturebusiness,aswellaswithmanymotionpicturepersonalitiesfromthegoldenerathroughthepresentwhohavemade appearances at the Senator, such as Ginger Rogers and Mickey Rooney, John Travolta and Johnny Depp. ThetheatreissignificantasafineexampleofanArtDecomovietheatreandthemostintactexampleofthistypeofbuildinginBaltimoreCity.Designedbyanotedlocalmovietheatrearchitect,JohnJ.Zink,thetheatrehasalsoplayedanimportantroleinBaltimoreasthesiteofmotionpicturefilmingsincethe1980sandhaselevatedthestatusofBaltimoreasaviablelocationformotionpicturefilming.TheSenatorTheatreislistedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Forlocation,seetheNorthBaltimoremaponpage92.

sPeCial list

CHAPmayplacepropertiesononeorbothSpecialListsinordertoprovidelimitedprotectionagainstmodifica-tionsthatmaydiminishtheproperty’shistoricandarchitecturalsignificance.Thislimitedprotectionallowsforasix-monthpostponementintheissuanceofapermitsothatalternativestotheproposedmodificationsmaybesought.ThefollowingpropertiesareontheSpecialList:

700-726S.AnnStreet* St.StanislausKostkaChurchandFourBayHouse801N.ArlingtonAvenue* Seller’sMansion200E.BaltimoreStreet PennsylvaniaRailroadCompanyBuilding1W.BaltimoreStreet MechanicTheatre223ChanceryRoad* GraceTurnbullHouse3800N.CharlesStreet* ScottishRiteTemple11S.CharlesStreet* HansaHouse320GuilfordAvenue TerminalWarehouse100,212E.PleasantStreet,333St.PaulStreet 1820sHouses200TuscanyRoad* Castalia1500UnionAvenue DruidMill5904YorkRoad* SenatorTheatre(interiorandexterior)506N.HowardStreet* MayfairTheatre300W.FranklinStreet* Franklin-DelpheyHotel11,13,16S.PoppletonStreet,848HollinsStreet* St.PetertheApostleComplex123-127N.HowardStreet Read’sDrugstore3006HamiltonAvenue HamiltonLibrary3849RolandAvenue ShelleyHouse

*PropertieshavebeendesignatedasLandmarksandareeligibleforremovalfromtheSpecialList.


indexID Name Page #83 1124RiversideAvenue 4455 AlexanderBrownandSons 30134 AmericanBrewery 71153 AnnWigginsBrownHouse 80 Arab Stables - see Carlton Street Arab Stables 55118 ArchSocialClub 6352 AscotHouse 2943 B’NaiIsraelSynagogue 2453 BabeRuthHouse 2924 BaltimoreArtsTower (BromoSeltzerTower) 15127 BaltimoreCityCollege 6756 BaltimoreCityCourthouse 31 BaltimoreCityJail-see Warden’s House 4392 BaltimoreMuseumofArt 4932 BasilicaoftheAssumption 1914 BattleMonument 913 BelvedereHotel 910 BethelA.M.E.Church 7139 BoltonSquare 7378 BookerT.WashingtonJr.Middle SchoolNo.130 42 Bromo Seltzer Tower - see Baltimore Arts Tower 1599 BuenaVista 52 Camper House - see Dr. John E.T. Camper House 70105 CarltonStreetArabStables 5557 CarrollHuntingLodge 317 CarrollMansionComplex 6,60140 Castalia(Hillyer-HarrisHouse) 74115 Cedarwood 6188 ChamberofCommerceBuilding 47101 CharlesTheater 53123 CherryHillElementarySchool#159 65129 ChristChurchUnitedChurchofChrist 68 City College - see Baltimore City College671 CityHall 3 City Jail - see Warden’s House 43 CityTempleofBaltimoreBaptist-see Eutaw Place Baptist Church 840 CliftonMansion 23104 CongressHotel(HotelKernan) 5558 ContinentalBuilding 32 Courthouse - see Baltimore City Courthouse 3159 CrimeaHouse,Chapel,andStables 32

ID Name Page # Customs House - see United States Customs House 2817 CylburnHouse 1195 D’AlesandroHouse 5018 DavidgeHall 11 Delphy Hotel - see Franklin-Delphy Hotel 82120 DivineMissionApostolicChurch 6498 DouglasMemorialCommunityChurch52119 DouglassPlace 63149 Dr.GieringHouse 78132 Dr.JohnE.T.CamperHouse 7023 DruidHillPark,CertainStructuresin 14 DuBois House - see W.E.B. DuBois House71 Dunbar High School - see Old Dunbar High School 85112 DuVal/HirschhornHouse 5912 EasternFemaleHighSchool 85 EbenezerAfricanMethodist EpiscopalChurch 5 Eck House - see Johnny Eck House 6838 EdgarAllanPoeHouse 2235 EngineHouseNo.6 2060 EttingCemetery 3311 EutawPlaceBaptistChurch (CityTempleofBaltimoreBaptist)820 EvergreenHouse 12 FederalReserveBank-see Old Federal Reserve Bank 46117 FireEngineCompanyNo.25 6244 FirstBaptistChurch 25122 FirstEnglishLutheranChurch 65 FirstMethodist- see Lovely Lane Methodist Church 64 FirstUnitarianChurch 4 FlagHouse-see Star Spangled Banner Flag House 1673 FortMcHenry 39148 FourBayHouse 78157 Franklin-DelpheyHotel 82108 FriendsBurialGround 56 Friends’MeetingHouse-see Old Town Friends’ Meeting House 1748 FurnessHouse 2774 G.KrugandSons 4061 GallagherMansion 33100 GeorgeHowardHouse 53 Giering House - see Dr. Giering House7894 GilmanHall,JohnsHopkinsUniversity 50


ID Name Page #49 GoucherHouse 27111 GraceHampdenMethodistChurch 58161 GraceTurnbullHouse 84158 GrandMasonicTemple 8262 GreenmountCemeteryChapelandGates3482 GreenwayCottages 4433 H.L.MenckenHouse 19160 HansaHouse 84151 HarfordCommons (WilliamFuldCompany) 79103 HechtCompanyBuilding 54 Hillyer-Harris House - see Castalia 74 Hirshhorn House - see DuVal/Hirshhorn House 5922 HomewoodHouse 13 Hotel Kernan - see Congress Hotel 5575 Hutzler’sPalaceBuilding 4093 Hutzler’sTowerBuilding 4963 JamesLawrenceKernanHospital 34128 JohnnyEckHouse 68 Kernan Hospital - see James Lawrence Kernan Hospital 34154 KresgeBuilding 8164 LeadenhallBaptistChurch 359 LloydStreetSynagogue 7 Long House - see Robert Long House 438 LovelyLaneMethodistChurch (FirstMethodist) 686 MachtBuilding 46116 MasjidAlHaqq 62159 MayfairTheater 83 Masonic Temple - see Grand Masonic Temple 823 McKimFreeSchool 4150 MelvinCadeArmory 79 Mencken House - see H.L. Mencken House 1925 MercantileSafeDepositandTrust Building 1529 MotherSetonHouse 1777 MountAuburnCemetery 41141 MountCalvaryChurch 7465 MountClareMansion 3566 MountRoyalStationandShed 36 MountVernonPlace-see Washington Monument and Mount Vernon Place 18

ID Name Page #76 MountWashingtonOctagon (U.S.F.&G.)Building 416 MunicipalMuseumofBaltimore (PealeMuseum) 519 Mt.ClareStationRoundhouse 12 MuseumontheNationalRoadway-see Patricia Grace Thomas Inn, etc.59 145 NazareneBaptistChurch 76114 NewLifeMissionaryBaptistChurch 6167 NewPsalmistBaptistChurchand Parsonage 36109 NorthernDistrictPoliceStation 5737 OldCathedralSchool 21163 OldDunbarHighSchool 8587 OldFederalReserveBank 4621 OldPostOfficeBuilding 1389 OldSt.Paul’sCemetery 4728 OldTownFriends’MeetingHouse 1797 OrchardStreetChurch 512 OtterbeinEvangelicalUnitedBrethren Church 391 PascaultRow 48113 PatriciaGraceThomasInn/SankofaCDC/ MuseumontheNationalRoadway5968 PattersonParkObservatory 37106 PattersonTheater 5627 PeabodyInstitute 166 PealeMuseum-see Municipal Museum of Baltimore 551 PennsylvaniaStation 28 Poe House - see Edgar Allan Poe House22152 PresidentStreetStation 8084 ProvidentBankBuilding 45147 RaffelBuilding 77136 RiversidePark 7281 RobertLongHouse 4341 RolandParkShoppingCenter 23137 RolandParkWaterTower 72130 RuscombeMansion 69 Ruth House - see Babe Ruth House 2969 SaintFrancesAcademy 3796 St.Joseph’sMonastery 51102 St.KatherineofAlexandriaProtestant EpiscopalChurch 5470 SaintLeo’sChurch 38143 St.Mark’sEvangelicalLutheranChurch7542 St.Mary’sSeminaryChapel 24

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ID Name Page #126 SaintMatthewUnitedChurchofChrist67142 St.PaulCommunityBaptistChurch 75 St. Paul’s Cemetery - see Old St. Paul’s Cemetery 4715 St.Paul’sP.E.Church 1016 St.Paul’sP.E.ChurchRectory 1071 SaintPeterClaverChurch 38162 St.PetertheApostleChurchComplex85146 St.StanislausKostkaChurch 7736 St.VincentdePaulChurch 21 Sankofa CDC - see Patricia Grace Thomas Inn, etc. 59110 SamuelColeridgeTaylorElementary School#122 58124 SchwingMotorCompanyBuilding 66144 ScottishRiteTemple 76155 SellersMansion 81133 SenatorTheatre 7045 SharonBaptistChurch 2572 SharpStreetUnitedMethodistChurch3934 ShotTower 2085 SouthernHotel 45107 StandardOilBuilding 5626 StarSpangledBannerFlagHouse 1646 Taylor’sChapel&BurialGround 26125 TheMount 6639 Thomas-Jencks-Gladding-Hackerman House 22 Turnbull House - see Grace Turnbull House 84131 UnionBaptistChurch 6950 UnitedStatesCustomsHouse 28138 UptonMansion 73135 W.E.B.DuBoisHouse 7179 WaltersBathHouseandEngine House#10 42,6054 WarMemorial 3080 Warden’sHouse 4330 WashingtonMonumentand MountVernonPlace 18156 WaverlyTownHall 82121 WeaverHouse 6431 WestminsterPresbyterianChurch 18 WilliamFuldCompany-see Harford Commons 7990 Woodenhouses 4847 ZionLutheranChurch&ParishHouse 26

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1 City Hall2 Otterbein Evangelical United Brethren Church4 First Unitarian Church5 Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church6 Peale Museum (Municipal Museum of Baltimore) 14 Battle Monument15 St. Paul’s P.E. Church16 St. Paul’s P.E. Church Rectory 18 Davidge Hall21 Old Post Office Building24 Baltimore Arts Tower (Bromo Seltzer Tower)25 Mercantile Safe Deposit and Trust Building29 Mother Seton House31 Westminster Presbyterian Church32 Basilica of the Assumption

34 Shot Tower35 Engine House No. 636 St. Vincent de Paul Church37 Old Cathedral School42 St. Mary’s Seminary Chapel47 Zion Lutheran Church & Parish House48 Furness House50 United States Customs House 53 Babe Ruth House 54 War Memorial 55 Alexander Brown and Sons56 Baltimore City Courthouse58 Continental Building67 New Psalmist Baptist Church and Parsonage

74 G. Krug and Sons 75 Hutzler’s Palace Building84 Provident Bank Building 85 Southern Hotel (RAZED)86 Macht Building87 Old Federal Reserve Bank 88 Chamber of Commerce Building93 Hutzler’s Tower Building103 Hecht Company Building104 Congress Hotel (Hotel Kernan)107 Standard Oil Building154 Kresge Building157 Franklin-Delphey Hotel158 Grand Masonic Temple159 Mayfair Theater160 Hansa House


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Designated Landmark3 McKim Free School7 Carroll Mansion Complex9 Lloyd Street Synagogue12 Eastern Female High School26 Star Spangled Banner Flag House28 Old Town Friends’ Meeting House43 B’Nai Israel Synagogue44 First Baptist Church68 Patterson Park Observatory70 St. Leo’s Church

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81 Robert Long House90 Wooden houses 95 D’Alesandro House106 Patterson Theater114 New Life Missionary Baptist Church119 Douglass Place 128 Johnny Eck House134 American Brewery

142 St. Paul Community Baptist Church145 Nazarene Baptist Church146 St. Stanislaus Kostka Church148 Four Bay House151 Harford Commons (William Fuld Company)152 President Street Station163 Old Dunbar High School

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Designated Landmark64 Leadenhall Baptist Church73 Fort McHenry77 Mount Auburn Cemetery83 1124 Riverside Avenue129 Christ Church United Church of Christ136 Riverside Park147 Raffel Building

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