West Baltimore Squares
Walk through West Baltimore neighborhoods and take in a few of the city's most exceptional rowhouses and religious buildings across a landscape defined also by…
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Lafayette Squarelocation_fillSince 1857, Lafayette Square has been Baltimore’s height of fashion. Situated atop a ridge in an area once not…
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Sellers Mansionlocation_fillBuilt in 1868, the Sellers Mansion (801 North Arlington Street) is a three-story Second Empire brick house wit… -
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Uptonlocation_fillHigh on a hill at 811 West Lanvale Street, behind a chain link fence and past the overgrown yard, is the grand… -
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Harlem Parklocation_fillHarlem Park started as one of the largest squares in West Baltimore, 9 ¾ acres, more than double the size of F… -
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Harlem Theatrelocation_fillThe Harlem Park Theatre was originally built as a church for a congregation that had outgrown the size of thei… -
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Perkins Squarelocation_fillAs early as the 1840s, a small oasis of green known as Perkins' Spring became a popular destination at the edg… -
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Franklin Squarelocation_fillFranklin Square Park is one of the oldest parks in the city, with its origins in the estate of Dr. James McHen… -
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Waverly Terracelocation_fillNamed after Sir Walter Scott's 1814 novel Waverly, Waverly Terrace reflects the wealth of Franklin Square’s re… -
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Edgar Allan Poe Houselocation_fillEdgar Allan Poe, writer, poet, inventor of detective fiction, is probably most famous for his poem “The Raven.… -
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Union Squarelocation_fillUnion Square began as part of Willowbrook, the John Donnell Federal-period estate, which he purchased in 1802 … -
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H.L. Mencken Houselocation_fill"As much a part of me as my own two hands," is how Henry Louis Mencken described his house at 1524 Hollins Str…
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