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It was built about 1925 as a mail order and retail warehouse for Montgomery Ward on an 11 acres (4.5 ha) site adjacent to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks. [2] The complex was one of nine large warehouses built by the company in the United States. [3]
[1] There are 91 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 2 National Historic Landmarks. As an independent city, the city of Baltimore is entirely separate from Baltimore County; its National Register-listed properties and districts are listed separately.
NRHP listings in Baltimore County, which surrounds but does not include the city, are in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Baltimore County, Maryland. The central portion of the city and significant portions of the waterfront and city park system are included in the federally designated Baltimore National Heritage Area. [1]
Baltimore is located on the fall line between the Piedmont Plateau and the Atlantic coastal plain, which divides Baltimore into "lower city" and "upper city". Baltimore's elevation ranges from sea level at the harbor to 480 feet (150 m) in the northwest corner near Pimlico .
The Baltimore City Archives has been receiving more support from city government, enabling it to move to a new location. The Archives came under the auspices of the Maryland State Archives in 2009 through a five-year agreement [4] whereby the State Archives receive additional storage space in exchange for preservation services. [5]
Constructed in 1902, it was one of the first important apartment buildings in Baltimore, built at the edge of the city's most elite downtown neighborhood, Bolton Hill. It was designed by Baltimore architect Edward Hughes Glidden , and it marked the evolution of elite living that had come to characterize the Bolton Hill neighborhood. [ 2 ]
Boundary Map of the Franklin Square Historic District, Baltimore City, at Maryland Historical Trust Friends of West Baltimore Squares Archived 2011-05-08 at the Wayback Machine Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-412, " Franklin Square (Twin Houses), 100 block North Calhoun Street, west side, Baltimore, Independent City, MD ", 1 photo
The deal was finalized by the Baltimore City Circuit Court in December 2022. [ 14 ] On October 30, 2023, MCB Real Estate announced a proposal to tear down the existing pavilions and replace them with a 32-story and a 25-story apartment building, two commercial and retail buildings, and another retail building with an amphitheater. [ 2 ]