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Pigtown Historic District

Inventory No.: B-1394

Other Name(s): Washington Village

Date Listed: 12/28/2006

Location: Baltimore, Baltimore City

Category: District

Period/Date of Construction: 1830-1915

Resources: 311 (286 contributing, 23 non-contributing)

Description: The Pigtown Historic District comprises some 36 city blocks in southwest Baltimore, south and east of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad yards. Developing initially as a community for railroad workers in the 1840s, along Columbia Avenue (now Washington Boulevard), Ramsay, McHenry, and Poppleton Streets, the area grew rapidly to the south during the industrial expansion of the 1850s and 1860s. Small two-story brick rowhouses were built for workingmen on the narrow streets running south of Washington Boulevard, with three-story gable-roofed and then early Italianate rowhouses lining Washington Boulevard and Scott Street to accommodate shopkeepers and upper-level managers. With the continued industrial growth of the area, the land lying south of Cross Street to Mount Clare was developed in the 1880s, 1890s, and early 1900s as a community for workingmen. Builders put up tidy, affordable two-story, two-bay-wide rowhouses that could be purchased with the help of local buildings and loan associations. For more prosperous employees, a team of builders erected several rows of three-story Italianate-style houses on the south side of Cross Street, west of Scott. In the same decades builders put up rows of small houses east of Scott Street, both north and south of Cross, but only a few blocks of this housing survived 20th century industrial expansion and the building of the Ravens football stadium and Martin Luther King Boulevard. The few surviving blocks east of Scott Street have been included within the boundaries of the historic district.

Significance: The Pigtown Historic District is historically significant for its association with the industrial development of Baltimore in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The development of the district is intimately linked with hallmark events of the Industrial Revolution in Baltimore, particularly the growth and development of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the nation's first railroad. Location of the B&O Railroad on West Pratt Street in 1830 and t he rapid growth of related industries around it, like locomotive works and car-building shops, directly resulted in the growth of a nearby working-class community. After 1870 the area became the home of the city's major gas works--a technological innovation that provided a new form of street lighting and then indoor lighting. The area also gains significance from the fact that it was one of Baltimore's major German settlements, particularly after the 1868 partnership between the B&O Railroad and the North-German Lloyd Steamship Company. The district is also significant for its architecture, as an example of a type of working-class neighborhood characteristic of the period 1830-1915 in Baltimore. It is one of the earliest examples in the city of a mainly two-story working class neighborhood developed around a specific factory or industrial site. Examples of every form of urban vernacular residential architecture built in Baltimore between 1830 and 1915 can be seen in the district.

District Resources (311) (286 contributing, 23 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)
501-515 Archer Street	C	B-5027 -- Alley Houses
502-514 Archer Street	C	B-5028 -- Alley Houses
600-636 Archer Street	C	B-5030 -- Alley Houses
601-637 Archer Street	C	B-5029 -- Alley Houses
809-823 Barre Street	C
810-818 Barre Street	C
835-843 Barre Street	C
903-911 Barre Street	C
901-919 Bayard Street	C
1001-1019 Bayard Street	C
1101-1109 Bayard Street	C
1111-1119 Bayard Street	C
1121-1129 Bayard Street	C
1218-1236 Bayard Street	C
1219-1239 Bayard Street	C
1301-1325 Bayard Street	C
1415 Bayard Street	C	B-1090 -- Chesapeake Gas Company, Office & Meter House
504-512 Callender Street	C	B-5026 -- Alley Houses
513-521 Callender Street	C	B-5025 -- Alley Houses
900-918 Carey Street	C
1100-1108 S. Carey Street	C
1101-1119 S. Carey Street	C
1110-1118 S. Carey Street	C
1121-1129 S. Carey Street	C
1214-1234 S. Carey Street	C
1215-1233 S. Carey Street	C
1300-1322 S. Carey Street	C
1301-1329 S. Carey Street	C
1400-1410 S. Carey Street	C
1401-1421 Carey Street	C
713-737 Carroll Street	C
745-761 Carroll Street	C
754-756 Carroll Street	C
758-764 Carroll Street	C
763-785 Carroll Street	C
766-774 Carroll Street	C
776-782 Carroll Street	C
787-797 Carroll Street	C
841-851 Carroll Street	C
1102-1172 Carroll Street	C
1200-1216 Carroll Street	C
1218-1260 Carroll Street	C
1219-1269 Carroll Street	C
1221-1233 Carroll Street	C
1331-1361 Carroll Street	C
1334-1358 Carroll Street	C
1402-1444 Carroll Street	C
1117-1147; 1151 Cleveland Street	C
1118-1158 Cleveland Street	C
1149 Cleveland Street	C
1153-1187 Cleveland Street	C
1160-1184 Cleveland Street	C
1200-1204 Cleveland Street	C
1201-1203 Cleveland Street	C
1205 Cleveland Street	C
1206-1208 Cleveland Street	C
1207-1217 Cleveland Street	C
1210-1212 Cleveland Street	C
1214-1216 Cleveland Street	C
1218 Cleveland Street	C
1219 Cleveland Street	C
1221-1223 Cleveland Street	C
1225 Cleveland Street	C
1246 Cleveland Street	C
1330-1360 Cleveland Street	C
741-743 Cross Street	C
745-753 Cross Street	C
755-761 Cross Street	C
765 Cross Street	C
767-781 Cross Street	C
768-798 Cross Street	C
801-819 Cross Street	C
821-839 Cross Street	C
1000-1028 Cross Street	C
1001-1019 Cross Street	C
1021-1039 Cross Street	C
1044 Cross Street	C
1100-1142 Cross Street	C
1117 W. Cross Street	C	Southern Friendship Baptist Church (former Cross Street M.E. Church)
1131-1155 Cross Street	C
1144-1146 Cross Street	C
1201-1225 Cross Street	C
1202-1232 Cross Street	C
1229-1253 Cross Street	C
1234-36 Cross Street	C
1301-1307 Cross Street	C
1200-1276 Glyndon Street	C
1201-1221 Glyndon Street	C
1223-1239 Glyndon Street	C
1245-1261 Glyndon Street	C
1300-1348 Glyndon Street	C
1301-1325 Glyndon Street	C
1327-1349 Glyndon Street	C
738-746 Hamburg Street	C
748 Hamburg Street	C
750-752 Hamburg Street	C
751-755 Hamburg Street	C
754 Hamburg Street	C
756 Hamburg Street	C
758-760 Hamburg Street	C
762-768 Hamburg Street	C
770 Hamburg Street	C
772 Hamburg Street	C
774 Hamburg Street	C
776-784 Hamburg Street	C
1100-1172 Hamburg Street	C
1101-1173 Hamburg Street	C
1301-1349 Herkimer Street	C
1200-1224 James Street	C
1201-1229 James Street	C
1231-1269 James Street	C
1236 James Street	C
1238-1256 James Street	C
1300-1316 James Street	C
1301-1311 James Street	C
1313-1323 James Street	C
1318-1332 James Street	C
1325-1349 James Street	C
1334-1350 James Street	C
801-811 Mangold Street	C
802-808 Mangold Street	C
810-816 Mangold Street	C
818-824 Mangold Street	C
819-821 Mangold Street	C
825-827 Mangold Street	C
830-832 Mangold Street	C
831 Mangold Street	C
834-836 Mangold Street	C
835 Mangold Street	C
838-852 Mangold Street	C
839 Mangold Street	C
901 McHenry Street	C
903-909 McHenry Street	C
907-909 McHenry Street	C
911-915 McHenry Street	C
917 McHenry Street	C
919-921 McHenry Street	C
923 McHenry Street	C
1101-1165 Nanticoke Street	C
NE corner of Bush Street and Ward Street	C
NW corner of Bush Street and Carroll Street	C	Firehouse
NW corner of S. Carey Street and Washington Boulevard	C	former Public School #34
802-808 Ostend Street	C
1101-1109 Ostend Street	C
1111-1121 Ostend Street	C
1123-1131 Ostend Street	C
1201-1209 Ostend Street	C
1211-1223 Ostend Street	C
1214-1222 Ostend Street	C
1224-1234 Ostend Street	C
1301-1309 Ostend Street	C
1401-1421 Ostend Street	C
507-517 Otterbein Street	C	B-5035 -- Alley Houses
510-512 Otterbein Street	C
516-518 Otterbein Street	C
1000 Paca Street	C
1002-1008 Paca Street	C
1010-1016 Paca Street	C
1050 S. Paca Street (NE corner of S. Paca Street and W. Cross Street)	C	B-1046 -- L. Gordon and Son
302-314 Poppleton Street	C
312-314 Poppleton Street	C
316-338 Poppleton Street	C
404-408 Poppleton Street	C
410 Poppleton Street	C
900-918 Ramsay Street	C
903-929 Ramsay Street	C
844-852 Reinhart Street	C	B-5024 -- Alley Houses
845-849 Reinhart Street	C	B-5022 -- Alley Houses
851-869 Reinhart Street	C	B-5023 -- Alley Houses
908-916 Ryan Street	C	B-5017 -- Alley Houses
903-905; 909-921 Ryan Street (903-921 Ryan Street)	C	B-5016 -- Alley Houses
1101-1141 Sargeant Street	C
1102 Sargeant Street	C
1104-1154 Sargeant Street	C
1143-1175 Sargeant Street	C
1156-1182 Sargeant Street	C
1200-1228 Sargeant Street	C
1201-1211 Sargeant Street	C
1230-1272 Sargeant Street	C
1231-1275 Sargeant Street	C
1300-1322 Sargeant Street	C
1307-1317 Sargeant Street	C
1324-1352 Sargeant Street	C
1327-1353 Sargeant Street	C
501-503 Scott Street	C
505-515 Scott Street	C
508 Scott Street	C
516-528 Scott Street	C
517-525 Scott Street	C
602-614; 618-632 Scott Street	C
603-611 Scott Street	C
616 Scott Street	C
701-709 Scott Street	C
711-717 Scott Street	C
801-815 Scott Street	C
1000-1016 Scott Street	C
1025 Scott Street	C	St. Jerome Roman Catholic Church
1101-1151 Scott Street	C
1108-1158 Scott Street	C
1201-1229 Scott Street	C
527 Scott Street and Carroll Street	C	B-3711 -- Dorguth Memorial United Methodist Church (Dorguth United Methodist Church)
1013-1013 Sterrett Alley	C
1101-1119 Sterrett Alley	C
1102-1122 Sterrett Alley	C
1103-1111 Sterrett Alley	C
1104-1126 Sterrett Alley	C
SW corner of Barre Street and Carroll Street	C	Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch
1101-1159 Ward Street	C
1136-1140 Ward Street	C
1148-1158 Ward Street	C
1202-1212 Ward Street	C
1331-1361 Ward Street	C
1402-1448 Ward Street	C
1407-1427 Ward Street	C
Washington Boulevard	C	former Fire Engine House No. 78
756 Washington Boulevard	C
758 Washington Boulevard	C
759 Washington Boulevard	C
760-762 Washington Boulevard	C
761-763 Washington Boulevard	C
764 Washington Boulevard	C
765-767 Washington Boulevard	C
769 Washington Boulevard	C
771-775 Washington Boulevard	C
772-774 Washington Boulevard	C
776-780 Washington Boulevard	C
777 Washington Boulevard	C
778-781 Washington Boulevard	C
779-781 Washington Boulevard	C
782-786 Washington Boulevard	C
783 Washington Boulevard	C
785 Washington Boulevard	C
788 Washington Boulevard	C
800 Washington Boulevard	C
801-811 Washington Boulevard	C
802-808 Washington Boulevard	C
810-812 Washington Boulevard	C
813-817 Washington Boulevard	C
814-818 Washington Boulevard	C
819 Washington Boulevard	C
820-824 Washington Boulevard	C
825 Washington Boulevard	C
826-832 Washington Boulevard	C
827 Washington Boulevard	C
829-837 Washington Boulevard	C
834-836 Washington Boulevard	C
838-844 Washington Boulevard	C
841-847 Washington Boulevard	C
849-857 Washington Boulevard	C
858-860 Washington Boulevard	C
862-870 Washington Boulevard	C
872 Washington Boulevard	C
874-878 Washington Boulevard	C
882-884 Washington Boulevard	C
886-888 Washington Boulevard	C
900 Washington Boulevard	C	B-3733 -- Walter's Bath No. 2
901-923 Washington Boulevard	C
920-930 Washington Boulevard	C
931-937 Washington Boulevard	C
932-934 Washington Boulevard	C
1100-1184 Washington Boulevard	C
1113-1149 Washington Boulevard	C
1151-1173 Washington Boulevard	C
1200-1222 Washington Boulevard	C
1201-1223 Washington Boulevard	C
1224-1276 Washington Boulevard	C
1225-1251 Washington Boulevard	C
1301 Washington Boulevard	C
1305 Washington Boulevard	C	Wayman's AME Church
1322-1330 Washington Boulevard	C
1332-1338 Washington Boulevard	C
1340-1370 Washington Boulevard	C
1372 Washington Boulevard	C
1401-1461 Washington Boulevard	C
west of Parkin Street, south side of Washington Boulevard	C	St. Paul the Apostle, Episcopal Church and Parish House
1121-1143 Wicomico Street	C
802-824 Woodward Street	C
805-861 Woodward Street	C
826-846 Woodward Street	C
502-508 Wyeth Street	C
503-509 Wyeth Street	C
510-512 Wyeth Street	C
600-636 Wyeth Street	C
601-637 Wyeth Street	C
638-646 Wyeth Street	C
821-823 Wyeth Street	C
1227 Bush Street	NC	Metacord, Inc.
1412 S. Carey Street	NC
806-814 Carroll Street	NC
824-836 Carroll Street	NC
1300 Carroll Street	NC	Stevenson & Co.
1303 Carroll Street	NC	The Burch Company
1101-1105 Cross Street	NC	site of former German Church
1352 James Street	NC	The Power House
1150 Ostend Street	NC	Raleigh Industrial Center
906 Ryan Street	NC
912 Ryan Street	NC
907 Ryan Street (903-921 Ryan Street)	NC	B-5016 -- Alley Houses
800 Scott Street	NC	George Washington Elementary School
1104 Ward Street	NC
1116 Ward Street	NC
846-856 Washington Boulevard	NC	Washington Village Branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library
908-912 Washington Boulevard	NC	Holy Nation Tabernacle Church
1101-1111 Washington Boulevard	NC	the Open Gates Health Center
1327 Washington Boulevard	NC	Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary School #34
1463 Washington Boulevard	NC
1147 Wicomico Street	NC	R.C. Lucas Binders
511-517 Wyeth Street	NC
514-518 Wyeth Street	NC
846-848 Carroll Street
1140-1146 Dexter Street		B-5031 -- Alley Houses