Medusa, Maryland's Cultural Resource Information System

Search | Map | Reports | Back

National Register of Historic Places

General Information

NR Name:	Glyndon Historic District
NR Alternate Name:

Address Information

Address:
Town:	Reisterstown	Zip Code:	21136

Counties:	Baltimore County	USGS Quad(s):	Reisterstown

Listing Information


NPS Ref Number:	73000902 ? National Register reference number, provided by the National Park Service.	Confidential Location:		(not to be released)	? Is the location of this resource confidential?
Category:	District ? Category (Building, Structure, Object, Site, or District)		National Historic Landmark:	Date:	? Is this listed as a National Historic Landmark? For more details, see www.nps.gov/nhl/
Date Listed:	9/20/1973		Delisted:	Date:
Date Revised:			Multiple Property Submission:		? Is this a "multiple property submission? If so, what is the name of the multiple property submission?
Multiple Property Submission Name:

Construction Information

Architect/Builder:

Period/Date of Construction:
c. 1783

About This Resource


Capsule Summary Text: ? Brief description of the resource and its significance, produced by MHT staff for its National Register website (apps.mht.maryland.gov/nr/). This is not necessarily the same as the text description in the actual National Register form, which can be viewed (if scanned) using the Open National Register Form link (below).
Glyndon is a turn-of-the-20th-century community northeast of Reisterstown, Maryland, that began as a summer resort. The pre World War I community follows T shape. The stem of the T is Central Avenue, the principal north-south street to which cross streets adjoin (Chastworth and Glyndon Avenues). The cross bar, Butler Avenue, connects Glyndon with Reisterstown and major county thoroughfares. The district is residential except for a small business district located at the intersection of Butler Road and the Western Maryland Railway tracks. The Emory Grove Campground on the northern boundary is occupied in the summer. Temperance Park at the northeastern section was a second religious summer community which is now occupied by full-time residents. A decided architectural homogeneity exists in Glyndon, particularly within the area of Central, Chatsworth, and Glyndon Avenues, representing vernacular examples of late 19th century styles. These cottages are typically frame, 2 ½-stories high, with one or occasionally two story front porches. Houses with three symmetrical bays have their attic levels defined with a simple gable, a central gabled tower form, or are un-gabled. In numerous instances, two-bay gabled façades face the street. These are, in addition, several variations of the L plan having a gabled wing perpendicular to the street and wing parallel to the street, with a porch infilling the angle. In most of the examples the porches are ornamented with jigsawn detailing, which in several examples, includes the porch supports, with handsome open-work design as well as corner brackets and balustrades. The use of pointed-arched windows with wide trim is also unusually prevalent in Glyndon. These windows, often paired, are generally hung with louvered blinds cut to fit the triangular profile. Completing the spectrum of typical Glyndon architecture are several excellent examples of Shingle Style houses which are particularly interesting with their long sweeping gambrel roof forms and Georgian Revival detailing. Glyndon began when in 1868 a group of Methodists established a campground close to the Western Maryland Railroad tracks. The group, called the Emory Grove Camp Meeting Association, began evangelical meetings under a large tent. People flocked to the summer services, remaining for extended periods and living in tents. By 1887 the popularity of the meeting had encouraged the Association to construct the 40-room Emory Grove Hotel. Gradually the tents were replaced with wooden cottages an din 1900 an open market house moved from Hanover, Pennsylvania, replaced the canvas tabernacle. By the 1920s, Emory Grove had proved enormously successful. Evangelists like Billy Sunday drew large crowds from Baltimore in addition to the summer residents. The campground encouraged the development of Glyndon as a summer resort--several devotees of Emory Grove erected their own more substantial summerhouses adjacent to the campground. Temperance Park, across Butler Road, is another example of the spirit of Methodism in Glyndon. Founded in 1887, it was the first temperance park in Maryland. Thirteen frame cottages line the south side of a green open pace originally the site of meetings devoted to prohibition. An annual service is held in Temperance Park which preserves the open space. The railroad and the camp meetings at Emory Grove opened up the area to development. Local property owners began laying out lots and streets, and constructing a hotel, town hall, and general store. Railroad and streetcar service to Glyndon coincided with the most concentrated period of the town’s growth.
Boundary Description:

Comments:


Open National Register Form

Enlarge Photo

Anthony O. James, 07/1973

View on MHT National Register Website

Related Records Click on hyperlink to go to related record

MIHP

Glyndon Historic District

Easement

No Easement Records

DOE

No DOE Records

Resource Information

NR Form Resource List?:
Resource List Type:
Entered in Database?:

About Medusa | Credits | User's Guide | Feedback

Produced with the generous support of Improving Public Access to Maryland's Inventory of Historic Properties,
a Preserve America grant administered by the National Park Service, Department of Interior.