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Remington Historic District

Inventory No.: B-5299

Date Listed: 1/17/2017

Location: Roughly bounded by West 22nd Street, Sisson Street, Wyman Park Drive, and Mace Alley., Baltimore, Baltimore City

Category: District

Period/Date of Construction: ca. 1850-1940

Architect/Builder: Edward J. Gallagher, builder, et al.; multiple builders (see NR Form)

Boundary Description: The eastern boundary abuts the western boundary of the Charles Village/Abell NR Historic District and the western boundary of the Old Goucher College NR Historic District. The half block east of N. Howard Street, north of W. 22nd Street to W. 23rd Street, and the blocks south of W 22nd Street and north of North Avenue are not included because no historic resources remain, although these areas are considered part of the Remington neighborhood.

Resources: 175 (139 contributing, 36 non-contributing)

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Description: The Remington Historic District is an approximately 30-block area located east of the Jones Falls, beginning a few blocks north of North Avenue and running north to Wyman Park in north-central Baltimore. The historic district extends east to include properties on the east side of N. Howard Street. The district is primarily characterized by two- and three-story brick rowhouses reflecting building forms and stylistic influences of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Several gable-front frame workers’ houses and duplexes reflect the neighborhood’s earliest phase of development in the third quarter of the 19th century. Industrial buildings are concentrated in the western part of the district, representing the neighborhood’s early 20th century association with manufacturing and transportation. A variety of commercial uses are scattered throughout, including end-of-row corner stores. Several historic churches serve the community. The district is anchored on the north by an early 20th century city park and the United States Marine Hospital, developed in the 1930s. When initially developed, the Remington area was part of Baltimore County, but became part of the city during the 1888 annexation. Workers came to the area beginning in the 1850s as the Northern Central Railroad was built along the east side of the Jones Falls. In this same period stone and marble quarries located in the rising hills east of the Falls produced both building materials for the growing city as well as stones for street paving. The earliest residents in the Historic District were Irish railroad workers and quarrymen, joined after the 1870s by many Italian immigrants, most of whom made their homes on or near the Falls Turnpike. Rowhouse development did not begin until the early 1880s, with many of the central and southern blocks of the district filled by the early 1900s to provide housing for railroad men, quarrymen, and employees of the early manufacturing plants that began to open along the rail lines. After World War I, a new kind of development took place in Remington, part of the suburban movement facilitated by the opening of streetcar lines that made it possible for white-collar workers to live in the city’s expanding northern suburbs. Several different builders erected larger rowhouses, with front porches and small front lawns, along the N. Howard Street corridor and facing the newly opened (1903) Wyman Park.

Significance: The Remington Historic District is historically significant in several areas. The district is significantly associated with the history of industry in Baltimore. Lying just east of the Jones Falls and south of the older mill villages of Woodberry and Hampden, the area was first exploited beginning in the 1840s for its natural resources-- a group of stone and marble quarries located east of the falls. As railroads extended north on both sides of the Jones Falls in the 1840s and 1850s, many railroad workers, as well as quarrymen, settled along the Falls Turnpike in Remington. Because of the proximity of the railroads, a number of steam-powered manufacturing facilities located in Hampden, Woodberry, and Remington in the latter half of the 19th century. The theme of immigration, an essential aspect of the city’s history, is embodied in Remington, whose first residents were mainly Irish immigrants, joined after the Civil War by an increasing colony of Italian stoneworkers. The district also represents a significant pattern of community development, characteristic of the city during the period. Landowners in the region leased land to speculative builders who began erecting rowhouses for workers about 1883, with development reaching its height from the mid-1890s into the early 1900s. Then, after World War I another form of development came to the eastern part of Remington, in the Howard Street corridor and along Wyman Park Drive--the building of “suburban”-style rowhouses with porch fronts and small front lawns that appealed to a more affluent group of buyers. The district derives additional significance for its architecture, for its well-preserved concentration of original housing stock, both the rows built for factory and railroad workers in the western half of the district, and the larger and more stylish rows built after World War I in the eastern half. These rowhouses show a range of vernacular architectural expressions--from the Italianate of the 1880s; the Classical Revival of the 1890s, early 1900s, and 1910s; to the Georgian Revival of the 1920s. The area also provides an excellent example of the way in which most Baltimore city blocks were developed in the later 19th century to offer a range of sizes and prices of housing, so that people of varying economic means could live in the same area. Industrial, commercial, and religious buildings represent the range of activities in the community. Additionally, the area contains two substantial institutional buildings--the former Johns Hopkins Colored Orphan Asylum and the former U.S Marine Hospital, now both part of the Johns Hopkins University complex.

District Resources (175) (139 contributing, 36 non-contributing)

From associated listing in National Register nomination form. C = Contributing, NC = non-contributing, blank = not evaluated.

Address	Status	Resource Name and MIHP (if any)
401-435 W. 23rd Street	C
501 W. 23rd Street	C
325 W. 23rd Street	C
225-227 W. 23rd Street	C
2151 Huntington Avenue	C
2201-2217 Huntington Avenue	C
2222 N. Howard Street	C
400-454 W. 23rd Street	C
409-429 Fawcett Street	C
400-454 Fawcett Street	C
401-459 W. 24th Street	C
330 W. 23rd Street	C	B-5082 -- American Ice Company Baltimore Plant #2
2330 N. Howard Street	C
northeast corner of W. 24th Street and Sisson Street	C	Twenty-Fourth Street Methodist Episcopal Church
320 W. 24th Street	C
115 W. 25th Street	C	Anderson Body Shop, former United Railways & Electric Co. car barn
401-407 W. 26th Street	C
2509 Huntingdon Avenue	C
2533-2547 N. Howard Street	C
118-138 W. 25th Street	C
2507-2509 N. Howard Street	C
2600 Sisson Street	C
2602-2604 Sisson Street	C
2606-2630 Sisson Street	C
2800 Sisson Street	C	B-1043 -- Broom Machinery Company
500 W. 29th Street	C
2900 Hampden Avenue	C
2600-2648 Hampden Avenue	C
501-511 W. 27th Street	C
521-541 W. 27th Street	C
2610-2658 Huntingdon Avenue	C
2625-2659 Miles Avenue	C
2601-2649 Hampden Avenue	C
2600-2658 Miles Avenue	C
2609-2623 Miles Avenue	C
2601-2621 Huntingdon Avenue	C
2623-2627 Huntingdon Avenue	C
201-219 Lorraine Avenue	C
301-331 Lorraine Avenue	C
200-224 Lorraine Avenue	C
300-320 Lorraine Avenue	C
201-221 W. 27th Street	C
301-331 W. 27th Street	C
335 W. 27th Street	C	Episcopal Church of the Guardian Angel Parish House
2600 N. Howard Street	C	B-5266 -- Oak Street Garage (Neely and Ensor Auto Co.; All Service Garage)
2601 N. Howard Street	C	B-1351 -- American Can Company (Miller Factory)
109-129 W. 27th Street	C
2627-2641 N. Howard Street	C
500-520 W. 27th Street	C
2713-2721 Atkinson Avenue	C
2712-2720 Hampden Avenue	C
501-521 W. 28th Street	C
2722-2730 Hampden Avenue	C
2723-2731 Atkinson Avenue	C
401-419 W. 28th Street	C
2701-2731 Hampden Avenue	C
2700-2730 Miles Avenue	C
2700-2742 Huntingdon Avenue	C
2701-2745 Miles Avenue	C
2201-2203 Huntingdon Avenue	C
2205-2207 Huntingdon Avenue	C
2209 Huntingdon Avenue	C
2723-2725 Huntingdon Avenue	C
2727-2731 Huntingdon Avenue	C
2733-2745 Huntingdon Avenue	C
313-327 W. 28th Street	C
2732-2736 Fox Avenue	C
2724-2730 Fox Avenue	C
200-220 W. 27th Street	C
2700-2736 N. Howard Street	C
2701 Crestmont Avenue	C
205 W. 28th Street	C
2801-2841 Remington Street	C
2800-2814 N. Howard Street	C
203-225 W. 29th Street	C
2824-2830 N. Howard Street	C
210 W. 28th Street	C
220 W. 28th Street	C
108-126 W. 27th Street	C
2701-2737 N. Howard Street	C
2801 Sisson Street	C
2800-2846 Huntingdon Avenue	C
2801-2835 Hampden Avenue	C
2801-2839 Miles Avenue	C
2800-2826 Miles Avenue	C
2828, 2830, 2832 Miles Avenue	C
400-418 W. 28th Street	C
2845-2851 Huntingdon Avenue	C
300-310 W. 28th Street	C
2800-2808 Remington Avenue	C
312-324 W. 28th Street	C
2801-2819 Huntingdon Avenue	C
2800-2810 Fox Avenue	C
2823-2843 Huntingdon Avenue	C
301 W. 29th Street (Remington and 29th Street)	C	B-5284 -- Harter B. Hull Co. (Dodge Maintenance Building; Jarman Motor Company; Anderson Auto Body)
2801-2833 N. Howard Street	C
100-106 W. 28th Street	C
2900-2942 Huntingdon Avenue	C
2901-2943 Miles Avenue	C
2900-2938 Miles Avenue	C
400-418 W. 29th Street	C
302-328 W. 29th Street	C
2921-2941 Huntingdon Avenue	C
327-333 W. 30th Street	C
313-323 W. 30th Street	C
2901-2919 Huntingdon Avenue	C
415-425 Tuxedo Place	C
414-424 Tuxedo Place	C
2936 Remington Avenue	C
2930 Remington Avenue	C
2900-2920 Crestmont Avenue	C
3000-3010 Crestmont Avenue	C
3012-3018 Crestmont Avenue	C
2901-2925 Crestmont Avenue	C
3001-3023 Crestmont Avenue	C
184 W. 29th Street	C
2900-2960 Wyman Parkway	C
200-208 W. 29th Street	C
243-249 W. 31st Street	C
251-299 W. 31st Street	C
3027-3037 Remington Avenue	C
210 W. 29th Street	C
326 W. 30th Street	C
334-336 W. 30th Street	C
3020-3042 Remington Avenue	C
301-309 W. 31st Street	C
3021-3047 Huntingdon Avenue	C
311-315 W. 31st Street	C
324-332 W. 30th Street	C
300-320 W. 30th Street	C
3101-3103 Huntingdon Avenue	C
3105-3107 Huntingdon Avenue	C
3100-3110 Remington Avenue	C
3112-3148 Remington Avenue	C
3150-3174 Remington Avenue	C
301-323 Wyman Park Drive	C
300-314 W. 31st Street	C
3101 Remington Avenue	C	U.S. Marine Hospital, Colored Helps Quarters
3100 Wyman Park Drive	C	U.S. Marine Hospital/Wyman Park Building
2635 Sisson Street	NC
eastern portion of Block 3607	NC	Mt. Royal Brewery (Good Electric Service Center Substation)
2227 Huntingdon Avenue	NC	Liberty Roofing Co. Warehouse
2127 Huntingdon Avenue	NC	Liberty Roofing Co. Complex
2200 N. Howard Street	NC	Firestone Automotive Service Building
451 Fawcett Street	NC	Sparkle Awning Co. Building
300 W. 23rd Street	NC
southeast corner of Huntingdon Avenue and W. 24th Street	NC	BP Service Center
2302 N. Howard Street	NC	Baltimore Collision Center Building
2400 Sisson Street	NC	Maryland State Inspection Facility
2630 Sisson Street	NC	Enterprise Rent-a-Car Building
2720 Sisson Street	NC	Baltimore Body Shop Building
501 W. 30th Street	NC	The Greenmount School
2400 N. Howard Street	NC	Extra Space.Com Storage Building
201 W. 25th Street	NC	Honda Dealership
2500 N. Howard Street	NC	Exxon Station
2510 N. Howard Street	NC	Storage Building
2601 Sisson Street	NC	John D. Lucas Printing Plant (D&W Rebuilders)
2631 Sisson Street	NC	Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. (Center Stage Administrative Offices)
2725 Sisson Street	NC	Gas Station/Subway Restaurant
Remington Avenue	NC	Remington Row
2811 Sisson Street	NC	Overstock Outlet Warehouse
2835 Sisson Street	NC	Quality Painting Building
southeast corner of Sisson Street and W. 29th Street	NC	Burger King
529 W. 29th Street	NC	Good Doggie Day Care Building
527 W. 29th Street	NC	Former Oil Burner Sales and Service Company Building
2804 Hampden Avenue	NC	Garage Building
2810 Hampden Avenue	NC	Garage Building
2807 Crestmont Avenue	NC	Crestmont Lofts Apartments
2843 Remington Avenue	NC	Auto Service Building
2900 Remington Avenue	NC	Pizza Boli's
318-320 W. 29th Street	NC
2920 Remington Avenue	NC
242 W. 29th Street	NC	Baltimore City Police Department Building
3001 Remington Avenue	NC	Johns Hopkins University's Campus Safety and Security Office
3010-3018 Remington Avenue	NC	Former Bakery Products Warehouse

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