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Baltimore East/South Clifton Park Historic District

Inventory No.: B-5077

Date Listed: 12/27/2002

Location: Baltimore, Baltimore City

Category: District

Period/Date of Construction: 1850-c. 1955

Resources: 158 (89 contributing, 60 non-contributing)

Description: The Baltimore East/South Clifton Park Historic District is primarily an urban residential area organized in a gridiron pattern that comprises approximately 110 whole and partial blocks that formed the historic northeast corner of the City of Baltimore prior to 1888. The area is served by a hierarchy of primary and secondary streets that were extensions of platted streets of Fells Point. The north-south and east-west streets are the largest streets through the area, while narrower north-south streets divide large blocks and serve as service alleys. The development of the area resulted in the construction of high-density, but low-scale two and three-story rowhouses between 1870 and 1930. Rowhouses are the dominant building type in this urban area. The buildings are oriented towards the streets with facades lining the public concrete sidewalks. The rows of dwellings present unified streetscapes. The rhythmic repetition of steps and stoops for the dwellings also contributes to the overall cohesiveness of the district. Street furniture is limited to street lights and bus shelters. Only North Broadway has been landscaped as a boulevard. While rowhouses dominate the urban area, the historic district also contains other property types which contribute to its character. North Gay Street serves as a major transportation corridor that bisects the district. Historically, Gay Street was the site of six breweries, which were established between 1853 and 1867. The American Brewery complex survives to document the lively brewery industry of the area. The five-story ornamental brew house dominates views throughout the district. The district also features community support structures, including churches, schools, and a fire station. Municipal facilities are represented by the Eastern High Service Pumping Station. A few commercial buildings are found within the area, primarily integrated into blocks of rowhouses as corner stores. Industrial buildings are concentrated along North Gay Street and along two sets of railroad lines that traverse the northern and southern edges of the historic district. The original uses for the industrial buildings reflect localized aspects of Baltimore's industrial base during the first half of the 20th century. The historic industrial uses include brewing, meat packing, cigar manufacturing, printing, and a tobacco warehouse. The Baltimore Cemetery completes the historic district. The design of the urban cemetery reflects the gridiron pattern of the city's development.

Significance: The Baltimore East/South Clifton Park Historic District comprises two neighborhoods: Baltimore East and South Clifton Park. Baltimore East was the northeast corner of the city when East North Avenue defined the city's northern boundary between 1816 and 1888. Platted as part of the 1823 Poppleton Plan, the neighborhood developed as a residential area according to that community plan with only minor alterations. In 1888, land annexation incorporated acreage to the north and west of the former boundary line into the city's boundaries. The South Clifton Park neighborhood represents a small section of that annexation. The history of how these two areas evolved into urban residential neighborhoods documents the story of Baltimore's urbanization between 1850 and c. 1955. The Baltimore East/South Clifton Park Historic District typifies the broad patterns of the urban history of the City of Baltimore from c. 1850 through the mid 20th century. During this time period, the area's development followed a progression from rural estates to industrial and recreational uses (1850-1869), to a working-class residential area (1870-c. 1955). The need for working-class housing units resulted from a substantial and rapid population increase in Baltimore as the city's industrial and commercial base expanded during the late 19th century. The large number of rowhouses constructed between 1870 and 1930 for working people in the area illustrate the entire range of rowhouse types identified for that period by Hayward and Belfoure (1999). The rowhouses in the historic district illustrate a clear chronological pattern spreading north and eastwards from the intersection of North Gay Street and North Broadway and filling the 1816 boundaries of the city at East North Avenue. The rowhouses built in South Clifton Park illustrate examples of daylighter rowhouses, which were constructed between 1915 and 1928. The churches, schools, commercial, and industrial buildings also illustrate styles and forms typical of their periods of construction.

District Resources (158) (89 contributing, 60 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)
	C	B-82-1 -- Building 10, Bottling Plant, American Brewery
1700 block of E. Biddle Street	C	Rowhouse (Two-Story, Two Bay)
2002 E. Biddle Street	C
2004 E. Biddle Street	C
2028 E. Biddle Street	C
2033-2035 E. Biddle Street	C	Rowhouse (Three-Story)
2101-2113 E. Biddle Street	C	B-5282 -- A.E. Hoen & Company Lithographers
1713-1715 E. Biddle Street (part of 1700 block of E. Biddle Street)	C	Rowhouse (Two-Story, Two Bay)
1500-1520 N. Bradford Street	C	B-4722 -- Alley Houses
1501-1519 N. Bradford Street	C	B-4721 -- Alley Houses
1200 block of N. Broadway	C	Rowhouse (Three-Story)
1214 N. Broadway	C	B-3975 -- Faith Presbyterian Church & Glendy Cemetery (Cathedral of the Living Word, SORC School)
1822-1824 N. Broadway	C	Rowhouse (Three-Story)
1225-1227 N. Broadway (part of 1200 block of N. Broadway)	C	Rowhouse (Three-Story)
1743-1747 N. Castle Street	C	Rowhouse (Two-Story, Two-Over-Three Bay)
1303-1329 N. Chapel Street	C	B-4705 -- Alley Houses
1600-1624 N. Chapel Street	C	B-4704 -- Alley Houses
1601-1623 N. Chapel Street	C	B-4703 -- Alley Houses
1700-1724 N. Chapel Street	C	B-4702 -- Alley Houses
1701-1725 N. Chapel Street	C	B-4701 -- Alley Houses
1714 N. Chapel Street	C	Rowhouse (Two-Story, Two Bay)
1800-1840 N. Chapel Street	C	B-4700 -- Alley Houses
1801-1841 N. Chapel Street	C	B-4699 -- Alley Houses
2005(2001?) E. Chase Street	C	B-5077-2 -- Christ Methodist Church (preferred) (Appold Methodist Episcopal Church (historic))
2230 E. Chase Street	C
1230 N. Chester Street	C	Israel Baptist Church (formerly St. Andrew's Episcopal)
1608-1610 N. Chester Street	C	Clifton Station United States Post Office
1726-1736 N. Chester Street	C	Rowhouse (Two-Story, Three-Bay, Flat Façade)
2000-2010 Cliftwood Avenue	C	Daylighter Rowhouse
Corner of E. Oliver Street and N. Wolfe Street	C	Baltimore Water Works-Eastern High Service Pumping Station
1701-1719 Crystal Avenue	C	B-4677 -- Alley Houses
1728-1738 N. Duncan Street	C	B-4718 -- Alley Houses
1733-1743 N. Duncan Street	C	B-4717 -- Alley Houses
1500-1526 N. Durham Street	C	B-4689 -- Alley Houses
1501-1527 N. Durham Street	C	B-4688 -- Alley Houses
1600-1638 N. Durham Street	C	B-4687 -- Alley Houses
1601-1639 N. Durham Street	C	B-4686 -- Alley Houses
1700-1712 N. Durham Street	C	B-4685 -- Alley Houses
1701-1723 N. Durham Street	C	B-4683 -- Alley Houses
1714-1726 N. Durham Street	C	B-4684 -- Alley Houses
1800-1846 N. Durham Street	C	B-4682 -- Alley Houses
1801-1823 N. Durham Street	C	B-4681 -- Alley Houses
1829-1847 N. Durham Street	C
1901 Federal Street	C	St. Paul Community Church
2012-2028 Federal Street	C	Globe Products Corporation
1101 N. Gay Street	C	B-3976 -- Clifton Savings Bank
1673 N. Gay Street	C	Monumental Life Insurance
1701 N. Gay Street	C	B-82 -- American Brewery (Weissner Brewery)
1756 N. Gay Street	C	George Rost Stable
1807-1811 N. Gay Street	C
1717 Henneman Avenue	C	B-5077-1 -- East End Auto Garage
1801-1825 Henneman Street	C	B-4691 -- Alley Houses
1802-1822 Henneman Street	C	B-4690 -- Alley Houses
2130 E. Hoffman Street	C	Trinity AME Church (St. Mark's Reformed)
2400 block of E. Lafayette Street	C	Rowhouse (Two-Story, Three-Over-Two Bay)
1700-1768 Llewelyn Avenue	C
2041-2051 Llewelyn Avenue	C
Block 1504 on N. Milton Avenue	C	Daylighter Rowhouse
1223 N. Montford Avenue	C	Hook and Ladder Truck Company Number 15
1301 N. Montford Avenue	C	Renaissance Revival Rowhouse
2027-2031 Mura Street	C
2034-2042 Mura Street	C
1649 E. North Avenue	C	B-102 -- Bauernschmidt House
1701 E. North Avenue	C	B-4069 -- Gompers School (Eastern High School, Samuel Gompers General Vocational School #298)
1900 E. North Avenue	C	Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church
1900 block of E. North Avenue	C	Rowhouse (Three-Story)
2000 E. North Avenue	C	B-3932 -- Public School #99 (The Columbus School)
2313 E. North Avenue	C	United Railways & Electric Company North Avenue Car Barn
1954 E. North Avenue (part of 1900 block of E. North Avenue)	C	Rowhouse (Three-Story)
2200 E. Oliver Street	C	Triumph Baptist Church
1125 N. Patterson Park Avenue	C	B-3931 -- Patrick Henry School (Public School #37, Primary School #37)
1300 block of N. Patterson Park Avenue	C	Rowhouse (Swell Front)
1700 block of N. Patterson Park Avenue	C	Rowhouse (Two-Story, Three-Bay, Flat Façade)
1727 N. Patterson Park Avenue	C	Rowhouse (Two-Story, Three-Bay, Flat Façade)
1806 N. Patterson Park Avenue	C	Great St. John Full Gospel Baptist Church
1305-1309 N. Patterson Park Avenue (part of 1300 block of N. Patterson Park Avenue)	C	Rowhouse (Swell Front)
1948-1952 Pearlman Place	C	Neoclassical/Colonial Rowhouse
Portion between O'Donnell & Boston Streets	C	B-5163 -- Union Railroad (NCRR, Pennsylvania Railroad, Canton Railroad, Northern Suffolk Railroad)
1801 E. Preston Street	C	B-5077-4 -- First John Tabernacle Baptist Church (formerly Bavarian Gymnastic Hall)
1807-1841 E. Preston Street	C	B-5077-3 -- Diamond Press Building (Wertmeier Brothers Cigar Manufactory, Kress Dairy)
2035 E. Preston Street	C
2300 block of E. Preston Street	C	Rowhouse (Two-Story, Two Bay)
2328 E. Preston Street (part of 2300 block of E. Preston Street)	C	Rowhouse (Two-Story, Two Bay)
1225 N. Regester Street	C	B-5077-5 -- Robert Brothers (Bros.) Fruit Packers
1600 N. Rose Street	C	(former) Church
2401 Sinclair Lane/1940 Belair Road	C	Albert F. Goetze, Inc. Meat Packing Plant
1103 N. Washington Street	C	B-5077-6 -- Warehouse (preferred) (Becker Bros. of Baltimore, Gieske & Niemann, Baumgarten & Co. Warehouse (historic))
1100 N. Wolfe Street	C
2001 N. Wolfe Street	C	Enoch Pratt Free Library, Clifton Park Branch
1900 Belair Street	NC
1901 Belair Street	NC
1917-1925 Belair Street	NC
1968 Belair Street	NC
1972-1974 Belair Street	NC
1707 E. Biddle Street	NC
2423-2429 E. Biddle Street	NC	Bibleway Missionary Baptist Church
1300-1330 N. Bradford Street	NC
1621 N. Castle Street	NC
1731 E. Chase Street	NC	Luther Craven Mitchell Elementary School
2031 E. Chase Street	NC
2122 E. Chase Street	NC
2301 E. Chase Street	NC
2333 E. Chase Street	NC	Dr. Rayner Browne Elementary School
1100-1120 N. Chester Street	NC
1205 N. Chester Street	NC	Outreach Center
1220-1222 N. Chester Street	NC
1415 N. Chester Street	NC
1501 N. Chester Street	NC
1701 N. Chester Street	NC
1911-1925 N. Chester Street	NC
1001 N. Collington Avenue	NC
1200 N. Collington Avenue	NC
1409 N. Collington Avenue	NC	Collington Square Elementary School 97
1918 N. Collington Avenue	NC
1121 N. Gay Street	NC
1410 N. Gay Street	NC
1869 N. Gay Street	NC
1871 N. Gay Street	NC
1901-1909 E. Hoffman Street	NC
1721 Llewelyn Avenue	NC
2030-2048 Llewelyn Avenue	NC
2031-2035 Llewelyn Avenue	NC
1401-1415 N. Milton Avenue	NC
1725 N. Milton Avenue	NC
1845 N. Milton Avenue	NC
1819 E. North Avenue	NC
2100 E. North Avenue	NC
2334 E. North Avenue	NC
2351 E. North Avenue	NC
2401 E. North Avenue	NC
2432 E. North Avenue	NC
2434 E. North Avenue	NC
2438-2442 E. North Avenue	NC
1719 E. Oliver Street	NC	Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
1600 N. Patterson Park Avenue	NC
1808 N. Patterson Park Avenue	NC
1834 N. Port Street	NC
1835 N. Port Street	NC
1420 N. Rose Street	NC
1810 N. Rose Street	NC
1600 N. Rutland Avenue	NC
2037 Sinclair Lane	NC
2300 Sinclair Lane	NC	Loading Dock
2301 Sinclair Lane	NC
1607 N. Washington Street	NC
1629 N. Washington Street	NC
2039 N. Washington Street	NC
1101 N. Wolfe Street	NC	Elmer A. Henderson Elementary School 101
1311-1325 N. Wolfe Street	NC
1901 N. Rose Street	C/NC	Baltimore Cemetery
1100-1112 N. Bradford Street		B-4724 -- Alley Houses
1101-1127 N. Bradford Street		B-4723 -- Alley Houses
Broadway between North Avenue & Baltimore Street		B-5138 -- Broadway Squares (Broadway Median)
1316-1324 N. Chapel Street
2142-2144 Federal Street		B-3941 -- Schorr Grocery, site
1511 N. Gay Street		B-1102 -- G. Bauernschmidt Brewing Company, site
1701-1715 Llewelyn Avenue		B-4679 -- Alley Houses
2413-2415 E. North Avenue		B-1282 -- Henry Berge Steam Marble & Granite Works, site