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Old Town is an area of East Baltimore, Maryland, mostly in zip code 21202, [2] bounded roughly by the Jones Falls Expressway (JFX) on the west, Orleans Street to the south, Caroline Street to the east and Monument Street to the north. [3] One of the area's main features is the Old Town Mall. [4] The Baltimore riot of 1968 occurred here. The ...
Old East Baltimore Historic District is a national historic district in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a mainly residential area of Baltimore City that grew up northward from the original mid-18th century settlement east of the Jones Falls , known as Jones Town, or Old Town.
Charles Street down to Hanover Street and Ritchie Highway serve as the east-west dividing line and Eastern Avenue to Route 40 as the north-south dividing line. Baltimore Street is the north-south dividing line for the U.S. Postal Service. [1] It is not uncommon for locals to divide the city simply by East or West Baltimore, using Charles Street ...
Another "Baltimore" existed on the Bush River as early as 1674. That first county seat of Baltimore County is known today as "Old Baltimore". It was located on the Bush River on land that in 1773 became part of Harford County. In 1674, the General Assembly passed "An Act for erecting a Court-house and Prison in each County within this Province."
Old West Baltimore Historic District is a national historic district in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is primarily a row house neighborhood of approximately 175 city blocks directly northwest of downtown Baltimore. The district includes other housing from grand mansions to alley houses, as well as churches, public buildings (primarily ...
West: 13: Loudon Park National Cemetery: Loudon Park National Cemetery: June 20, 1996 : 3445 Frederick Ave. Southwest: 14: Old West Baltimore Historic District: Old West Baltimore Historic District: December 23, 2004
Its 1895 home was located next to the first downtown campus of The Johns Hopkins University along North Howard Street, between West Centre, Little Ross and West Monument Streets, from 1876 to c. 1914, until moving to Homewood. City College served as an unofficial "prep school" for J.H.U. during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.
The Phoenix Shot Tower, also known as the Old Baltimore Shot Tower, is a red brick shot tower, 234.25 feet (71.40 m) tall, located near the downtown, Jonestown (also known later as Old Town), and Little Italy communities of East Baltimore, in Maryland. When it was completed in 1828 it was the tallest structure in the United States.