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Bolton Hill Historic District AHO/.OFI HISTORIC!

Bolton Hill, Mount Royal

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DESC:"l8E THE P"ESENT ANO O"IGINAI.. (II b>owll) PHYSIC: Al.. APPEAAANC:E

Bolton Hill is located in the northwest section of Baltimore City southwest of Mt . Royal Avenue, south of North

.· - Avenue , northeast of Madison Avenue, north of Dolphin Street ·and west of Cathedral Street.

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This residential community covers approximately 170 acres containing. twenty blocks of structures erected after 1850

··a.n·d largely before the .First World War. The mid-twentieth-" . ,oentµry eonstruetion, a few houses and echoola, has not y~t

a l tered the nineteenth-century scale and atmosphere of Bol ton Hill. Certain qualities typify the physical appearance of the architecture: .simplicity of treatment; uniformity of

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The distinguishing feature of Bolton Hill is the groups of t hree-story red brick rowhouses with eight to fifteen dwel lings · in one architectural group . White marble steps, the ·rhythinically placed fenestration and doorways , and the

. wooden cornices frame and accent the otherwise plain facades • Spacious, high ceiling rooms characterize the interiors. Once all s i ngle family dwellings, some of these rowhouses have been ponverted into apartments.

The few detached houses, the five ch~rches, the trees and .small parks bring variety to the streetscape. Eutaw Place ,i s known for its vista of green, garden squares with the .,rancis Scott .Key Monument as the southern focal point. Par k Place boasts green boulevards and fountains both of which were

'brought back to life in 1968 . Following this tradition, the · 1300 block of John Street ' was recently closed to traffic and .; ~urned into a . park. -

The historical and contemporary character of Bolton Hil l ·:is illust1:ated in the following six representative buildings: 224 West Lafayette Street, 1535 Bolton Street, 1514-1516 Mt. Royai Avenue, 204 West Lanvale Street, the Eutaw Place Temple .and nwnber 236 of Bolton Square. - -

. .. .224 West Lafayette Street is a typical example of . a :~ ""~hree-story b~ick row house that is pa;rt of an archi tectural

. .. ,.. · .. group of similar structures united by a continuous. cornice • .. ·. · :.,-. .• : .. The pairs of · the doorways and the variety provided by iron . ~

· ·hand ra i ls, . occasional shutters and entablatures over the <·. ' '.doors "adds · ·:i'.rtterest to· the group which dates from the 1860 ' s.

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Bolton Hill is a Baltimore residential · neighborhood with twenty blocks of relatively untouched structures dating from

·· the second half of the nineteenth century; .it .gives modern Baltimore an image of its nineteenth-century heritage. Since the 19SO's Bolton Hill has experienced an architectural re­vival and is once more a viable urban residential section.

Bolton Hill developed· as part of the _ ever continuing .. ·. u ' northward movement of Balt,i.more's residential neighborhoods

that has r ·eached beyond the .city limits deep into Baltimore County. During the early days of Baltimore when the city's activities centered around the harbor, Bolton Hill ·was open farm land owned by three men: George Grundy of -"Bolton1" . William Gibson of ''Rose Hill" and Dr. Solomon Birkhead of

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, Streets in ·addition to Foster, Jenkins and· Mason Alley~ which are extant today (1971) ~

The .ac~ual development of Bolton Hill did nQt .gain full momentum until the second half of the nineteenth century. The

., opening of a street car line along Madison Avenue, the north­western boundary of Bolton Hill, connected the area with the

. .-· , .... · center of the city. This allowed people to com.mute easily to " the business district. The proximity of Druid Hill 'Park, opened in the fall of 1860, to the north, serviced by .the same streetcar line, added to the attractiveness of living in Bolton Hill . Bolton Station located at the southeast corner

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Bolton Hill characteristically attracted r ·e·sidents from the business and professional classes. The ·ample .proportions and 'the solid construction of the houses reflect the sub-

; · · stantial cha~acter of their residents. The institutions attracted to the Bolton Hill area correspond to the social status of the residents. Three private schools including the ·

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Mrs. Walter Black, .Jr., .Maryland Historical Trust, Annapolis, Maryland, September ·1970 and April 1971 . ' .. •'. I •

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LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COOROIN ATIU LATITUOI: AN D LO NGITUDE COOl'lDINATIU

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Mrs, Preston Parish, Keeper of the Maryland Register OR GANI ZA TION

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·.Maryland His tori.cal Trust June 2, 1971 aTl'l.EET AND NUMISER:

94 Colleqe Avenue CITY 01'1. TOWN: STATE CODE

Annaoolis · - Maryland 24 lf~.~~l~J'.J';'.\f:.tAISON _OFF ICE'R · C~R·T (FitA nON .. ,. n,.,..;:tcATlOHAl ·~EG~STER~ve·Rt~H~:l.T,iOR~; -f,i' .:-

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tional Historic Preaer vation Act of 1966 (Public Law l hereby certify that th.is property is included in the

89~65), I hereby nominate this property for inc lusion Nation.al Reeister.

in the National Re&iater and certify that it hall been - -evaluate~ accordJ.n& to the criteria and procedlre• aet

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level of •l1nllicance of thl• nomination is: Chief, Office of ArcheoloQy and Hlatoric Preeetvatlon

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.. Orlando Ridout IV .. T itle state Liai son Officer

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_· f ·.t·" .:· -:. ~~'. ~.~t-·. J:fack . ten feet from . the Bolton Street property line. The • · ! •. g·eperous . . propQrtions, large windows, . the stone arches trimming lJ ·~n~.'',qc;r~rs. · in _place of the more usual wood characteri~e 1535 1;.,.. .• :: . . B<?lton~ .Street and the others of the. group. · The quality of t~e

· ~ , ~ .. , ! .brickwork seen here is a · Baltimore trademark. · · ~ t~ .:.:· . . . . - . . . . . . .

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Avenue date·s from th~ late nineteenth . r· ~ : · . .. ' ·ce'ntury ! . In this' rowfiouse c;u;:oup rough cut ·stone has .replaced

1. .;. ,. bricR~ •.. ·. !l'pe exterior stone in addit~on to the low arched windows tf .. · ::1. ·.·and · enq·ance seems to reflect the influence -of Henry Hobs~n

·l't : · · '.· . ·R~9hard'son' s style·. The peaked tile· roof and the projecting bays :· ·. ·· ·· of 1514--1Sl6 Mt. Royal Avenue and its group contrast with the r :-. . . 'flat ..... 'roofs and facades ·of the brick rowhouses. 1514-15.16 is ' the

t, ~I center"· of ·a rowhouse group whose southern half is a mirror image ~ -· -..· ot .. the northern half~ This creates the double entrance ·at 1514-f: . .. 1~16 ~ . The first four houses from each corner of this group are

~ · ~ ·· : · built· 6f .red stone. The center structures including 1514-1516 ·· ~· · ·· · · · .. " .~re .. c.9nstructed of · grey stone. · .. : '~ .. !,·.. •. • ' - . .. •• •• . '. :.: ·, : . , . . ·: . . - . . ' · ~ . ... . -~ '. "" . : .. · .. ;,204 West Lanvale Street 'is a nineteenth..:century .Gothic · " . · '. ··~ottage~-one of the few detached single hou~es in Bolton Rill • . ' t ::· . . ~ _ · Th~ .Tµdor arch over 'the door, the window trim, the !'gingerbread" :·; f~ :~.~.~.<: ·~ · " .ca·rvipg on the gable eaves and the bracket trim are characteristic

.. of - ~he style. The· house was built in 1866 for Mrs. A. Rolando '· . b"'.' E~ J .· Lind, a -noted Baltimore architect of 'the period •

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~- ;.'.:.- ., .T.he Eut~w Place Temple is · a large Renaissance ·style marble · ;sy.pag9gue ·with. a central dome and two smaller flanking domes

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!. : ~hr~e ' arches at the entrance. This design is repeated in a five ., _. · .; :· .'· a~c.h -.,a~oade on the second story. The two towers also h~ve arched

, '. · . . · openi_:pgs :. one · on the first story, two on the second and an . ·~._.;_. >" · . arched;,arcad~ above .which · supports the lanterns of ~he tower

·_-·. _·. r·~:r·.:_:.':···.- .· .. ; .. ····; .. ·; .. ·~~P5e.~ <_ ~-.The tjolygona~ lant.e:n .of the prii;cipc;tl dome ·is decorated .. · · W.l;:t~ ;~he .Star of David. This structure. is si tua.ted on _the .

.-higl!_est ;_point. in the city between North Avenue, s_ix blocks _ ~o the · · · ; no;:th/ .'..and.· the harbor~ · The Temple is ~ landmark, vi?ible· not . .-· t:~; · ·. only· in . B~l tpn Hill, but also from many. other . ·parts of the _city • . ·. !~\, ,. .... · ... ~ The<-Cl:~·chit.~ct w~.s Joseph. Sperry; .this 1892 temple illustrates

··: ·"'- j~; .'·>:. tr~~~~ .e.cl'~~t;~c · ;n~~~re_ of his work. · . ~ •. ·~ ;~.,C· ·:'.'· .· · :",:~/D .. 236 Bo·.ltori Square is one of thirty-five two-story red · brick · · .: · · · ~·: ' r6who-µ.s~.s., arranged · in three crescents along an oval shaped :park. ':". It(~:~~· '." . -~Tlii!s - . g·ro~p built .a century .after much of . Bolton Hill blends .. in . r : . . ~~d - :col)lP,liments the older ·structures through the use of similar · ~ ·. · ~ · · .. bu.ildirig materials, an emphasis on verticality, the use of an · .' ;~ >" ' apprqpria~e scale. and the inclusion 'of front steps echoing the - ··· · -oJ...~er · marble·. stoops. Bolton Square is symbolic of the revival ·· ~'.: ·: ;, . ;Of ·int~rest in Bolton Hill · since the mid-1950 's as an inner· city

~~- : -· ~e~fdential neighborhood. ~he ·design concept of the group ..... ~ .. <:,· ! .... :~lll:jsb:ates an interest by those involved with Bol to11 Hill .to . . r.r · .. : :·~·. ltlaintain and preserve the nineteenth-century ..c:;:haracter. . in . modern · ~,._:..., .. ;.· = . . con·~tru,c~ion. ·The · architect Hugh Newe11· ·Jacobsen · of . Washington, . ' ~· · ·;:.. ~ ·. ·>.o ·~"~ c~- ~·~:·-recei-Yed · awards .for. his design from the national and .::·. i:-.~ . .' ":t: : '-Ba·ifinior'e· :9l)apters of the 'AIA and from the Baltimore Chamber of ' r:·.;,: · , : !< .commer·ce .- · ... -.:: · · ·

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f · ..... ~ ~ ·. /. rfr~.!·.' Claribel cone and her sister Etta Cone, close friends of : ~ :.\ .. · ::{ .\~~rtr.tjde· ·stein an~ Leo Stein, lived in Bel ton Hill when they were [ · ~ . · ·' · ·: ~~~~~ .. i!,l Pa~is amassing their outstan<:}ing collection of modern art. , :, . .: .. "'. . +ll th~ . .1920 's .Alger Hiss whose family ·1ived .on Linden Street f,: .. .'··:· ..... ~- ·. ~as· · .. tpe ".youthful . a~~i·s~ant scoutrrias'ter of the local Boy· Scout _ : Tr.~op. ::104. · . · · .· <: . :: • . • .- . ~ : .. ~ : ~

. ;(' I .• •: • • . , .. •',Other outstanding residents include a • president of • Goucher . ·. .. '-Col'lege; Dr.· Otto Kraushaar; Gerald Johnson, a · journalist for The ~. . ~-: ' :s\:Jh 'an(j . author; . the inventor of 'iinotype I . Otto Mergantha.ler; -.. -;-: ·< ·... . .~e~_n' · ;~.leischer , a conc~rt pianist; Dr. Jesse Lazear who worked ·,: •.. . .• ... : .:C)r,i / the ··cure · for mala!ia with Wa.lter Reed; and two outst~nding · r ~ .. , .. · ~<; . p~ysicians ·f ~om the Johns Hopkins Hospital: · William S · " Halstead ~ ·: :, .. '..· .; a~~ ... ~owarp A. · Ke;lly. ·.

·f ... _~· · :·.:::: ~~~--::jp· i967 the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore ·recognized . ~~ . ~: :th.e: significance of Bolton Hill by making it an Architectural · f, . . ·· ,· 'and ··.Historical Preservation District (Ordinance No. 1046). The f'! :. ~ · . designation was par~ly the re·sul t of the restoration-minded

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CO MMON: Bolton Hill Historic District AN 0 10R HISTORIC : Bolton Hill . Mount Roval -12. LOCATION STR EET ANO NUMBER: t> of North Ave .; SW Of Mt . Royal Ave . ; w or Cathedral St.; N of Dolphin St . ; NE of Madison !we . -

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BOUNDARIES OF BOLTON HILL DISTRICT

Beginning at the intersection of Morris Street and North Avenue go

easterly down the center line of North Avenue to the intersection of North Avenue

and Mt . Royal Avenue (2945 feet) . At the intersection of North Avenue and Mt .

Royal Avenue go southeasterly along the property line at the east s i de of Mt. Royal

Avenue to the intersection of Mt . Royal Avenue and Cathedral Street (2,,164 feet).

At the intersection of Cathedral street and Mt. Royal Avenue go souther ly along the

center line of Cathedral Street to the intersection of Cathedral and Dol phin Street

(765 feet) . Follow the Center Line of Dol phin Street westerly to the intersection

of Dolphin and Morris Streets (21 155 ft . ). At the intersection of Dol phin Street

and Morris Street,, go northwesterly al ong the property line on the east side of

Morris Street to the starting point at the center of North Avenue (3,, 778 ft . )

Question 7. Ibysical Awearance (page l) ~T1'f'\u;r','0A Skc..e...T

The district B'iiJJ rises on two hills, although its stream.a are covered over(l).

An area of vistas, Bolton Hill gives the sense of dwelling above the city: it overlooks (Y

the Washington Monument, skysc~rs and church steeples of the central city. Sometimes

compared with Georgetown, Bolton Hill lacks the slickness of commercial streets and

modern 8.Uluence.

Three qualities distinguish the general physical appearance:

1. The simplicity of treatment (said by one architect to make Boston look

frivolous} <2>. 2. The basic uniformity of design.

3. The excellence of design, materials, and workmanship.

These points are supported by the following representative examples, tllustrated

by the accompanying photographs:{~

1. 232 W. Lanvale Street*

2. Family and Children• s Society*

3. Memorial Episcopal Church*

4. The row Of houses on the north side of w. Ianvale st. (numbers 134-150

inclusive} offers a typical facade made up of a relatively mod.est group with one large

house at the east end, taller and with a more elaborate entrance. Most of the brick

sidewalk remains. The inventor of the linotype, ottmar Merganthaler, lived at/i5o,

:In 1899.

5. #222- 234 West Lafayette Avenue and #22$-239 West Lafayette Avenue (owosite)

This block serves as an example of the rhythmic uniformity of the groups

of houses, created by ~ing the doorwa)IBand stoops and by the continuous com.ice.

Variety is provided by the iron handrails and balconies and by the several entablatures

above the doors.

Located just across from a former slum (now Bolton Square) the block maintained

itself much as it ~ been since 1860. During the past 25 years, the banes have been 4JA,)'>1

occupied by academ:l.c; and artists, business men and lawyea;i a judge, a broker and an

attorney for the Securities Exchange Canmission. The house at #229 contains sane of

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Question 7. Hqsical ApP!arance (page 2) 8- ~f

the finest 18th-century Maryland f'urniture outside a museum. According to old residents,

the north side used to be called "doctors' row" because of the many physicians living

there.

6. #l,306-l316>John Street

Three small houses facing the John street Park, the first two are semi-detached

and set back .f'ran the sidewalk in their own hedged gardens. Entrances are on the sides,

a not unusual practice in the district. #1306 and #1308 have cornices with brackets

over both windows and doors, while #1310 bas them only over the door. The owners of

#13101 Louis Azrael and his wife, Sara, are both well-lmown journalists. ~~, .. )'\.~

The John Street Fark, cucreated by closing the street in the mid-19.501s, is

significant .tor having originated as a block project, and for providing a green island

from all traffic.

7. #1501-J.535 Bolton street (kst side)

This group is noteworthy for its long, wll-preserved facade. The houses are

set back ten feet .tram the property lines. An avenue of mature horse chestnut trees

shades the broad sidewalk and a strip of greenery leads to the marble steps.

The architecture illustrates mid-nineteenth century ideals of simplicity. The

houses have generous proportions, with wide entrances and large windows. The quality

of construction shows in the use of stone arches in place of the more usual wood.

Noteworthy also is the quality of the brickwork for which Baltimore enjoyed considerable

reputation. Another interesting feature of this block is the neighborhood store at #15011

which is later in style (about 1890) and apparently constructed for camnercial use of

the first floor with living quarters above.

a. #1308-1312 Bolton Street .;ttV..id

Three elaborate houses, in what Osbert Lancaster called the "Pont S:tA Dutch"

manner of the '70's (l the last two have identi.cal facades which contrast with the

( Osbert f\ l (1) '\Lancaster, Fran Pillar to Post, 2nd Edition, 1956.

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austere facades of the rest of the block to the north and the restrained Gothic manner

of the house to the south. A Victorian fancifulness comes from the stone carvings,

the use of both rough and polished granite around the generous entrances,, the colored

tiles on #l308, and the idealized heads portrayed in colored glass about the first

noor windows of #l308 and #1310, the gargoyles on #1308, and the ornamental hinges

and knobs of the handsane wood double-doors.

#1310 is significant for having been the ham of the well-known journalist and

historian, Gerald w. Johnson, whose works inclllde Andrew Jackson, Incredible Stor:y1

a nd The Lunatic Fringe.

9. #1307 Pti!1t Avenue

This house deserves special notice, for ~ here between 1933-1935 t' 1

lived F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of America's noted novelists. Here he received the

reviews of one of his major works, Tender is The Night, which continues to win favor

with critics and the public. Also, in this house he entertained Gertrude Stein,

John Dos Passos, and other well-lmown writers (1) .

The house was restored in 1968. It follows the row-house design, although

it is detached and set back from the property line. There is a two-story brick carriage

house in the rear. Outside, #l307 is very simple, but the interior is more ornate.

There are two very large roans on both first and second floors, elaborate with carved

marble mantels, noors laid in patterns of various woods and with deep cornices. i..e-i c~ ....

Each floor has a .f.'uU galleryAacross the rear of the building.

10. #1801 Eutaw Place (The Hawley-Hutzler House)*

13o:i..-ll. #li!3:4-1J22 Rutter street (wast Side)

A block _3f very small row houses (sane o~ 10 to 12 feet wide), this group -----. ,(] { (l.) Andrew Turnbull, Sco\t Fitzgerald (N.Y. 1963), pp.242, 253 and Andrew Turnbull, ~ \ The Letters of F, &ra.tt · tltZgerald (N. Y. 1963) •

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ak4J-is sehl.uded behind two large institutions, the Maryland Institute1and Corpus Christi

Church. The street takes its name from the Rutter family which operated a mill nearb~

as early as 1801. (2) The houses appear to have been built in the 1890's and have

been restored recentl:y. Many are painted in pastel colors.

12. Eutaw Place Temple (Oheb Shalom Corgregation Synagogue)

A large Renaissance style structure of marble with a central dane and two smaller

ones £lan1d.ng it on the front, this building daninates the site which is the highest

point between North Avenue (six blocks north) and the harbor. The big dane is visible

as a landmark £ran many points in the city. The front facade is arcaded with three

linteled1. round-arched entrances.

The architect, Joseph Sperry, also designed other noted buildings in Baltimore

(the Emerson Tower, Provident Savings Bank, Booth-Epstein House). This temp~ built

in 1892, ill.ustrated the eclectic nature of his work.

13. #1$00-J.5.34 Mount Roya! Avenp;e (West Side)

Built at the end of the nineteenth century, this group is unusual for having its

southern half a mirror image of its northern half. Each corner house has a tower, and

the two center houses have a canmon arched vestibule. The f:irst four houses from the

corners are built of red stone 1 the rest of light gray. Architectural featums sug­

gest the Moorish Revival, with keyhole windows, tile roofs and atmple carving on pillars.

14. The Marlborough Apartments, 1701-1717 Eutaw Place

Built in 1906, this elaboratel:y decorated structure was designed by Edward H. Glidden.

The building gained tame when Dr. Claribel Cone and her sister, Miss Etta Cone, filled

three apartments with their great collection of modern art, which is now housed in a

special wing of the Baltimore Museum of Art.

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15. The Francis Scott Key Monument, Eutaw Place at West Lanvale street*

16. #121 Mosher street, .Artist's studio-Residence

This contemporary structure (1965-1969) illustrates what has happened during the

past decade in Bolton Hill. According to tM architects, Meyer, Ayers and Saint,

? Kramer, a well-known sculptor, and Mrs. Kramer, a painter, required a high source

of light for a central studio area with adjacent work spaces for plaster casting and

for finishing work on bronze castings as well as for display and storage of finished

bronzes, The shape of the skylight was dictated by the need for providing true north

light for a building fronting on a street running diagonally northeast, and the

70 degree angle of the skylight and roof was a critical requirement. Included in

the program were living quarters and a small studio far Mrs. Kraner. Special

features are a chain hoist with track and rollers, a cyclorama for unobstructed

viewing or work in progress, and a private walled garden. -1ie b m.llon..:&~tui~

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17. Bolton Square, West Lafayette Avenue between Mason and Jordan Streets

One block of cleared land has been rebuilt with 35 townhouses of red brick. These

are arranged in three "crescents" along the s:Ldes of an oval-shaped park. Each

house bas a walled garden opening onto the park. The houses vary in width and depth,

contrastillg with their Victorian counterparts.. and yet blending with them through the

choice of builtUng material (red brick), the emphasis on verticality, and the use of

.front steps reminiscent of the old marble stoops.

Bolton Square was substantial.q finished in 1967. The architect was Hugh Newell

Jacobsen of Washington, D. c., who was selected by design can.petition and has

received a Balthlore Chapter, A.I.A. award and a Baltimore Chamber of Commerce award

for his work.

Question 8 - Significance

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protective associations were formed, and state, city, and federal agencies have

aided with zoning and demolition of slum properties under Urban Renewal. Residents

actually lobbied to bring the Maryl.and State Office Building to Mount RGyal Plaza

(1959). They planned and persuaded the city to close the roadbed of' the 1300

block John Street to create a new park, and also to demolish a number of derelict

houses behind the 1400 block Mt. Royal Avenue, thereby creating an enclosed area r ---·--

--- known now as Ru~~r • s Mill Park,- · New building bas sometimes been chosen by a "".

I ,,··'· .. \ r ( design -ad.;1.sory panel of .. out of town experts and by the city's Camnission for ()f~ \l '

t~.9 .~· .. "J: < ;Historical and Architectural Preservation • . , ~\\~

\) The successful restoration of Bolton Hill lures the tourist as well as new

residents, and a renaissance of ne~orhood activities bas helped attract a strong ~/.;

in.flux of young people, an aouble ~perty values in the past decade.

Among other distinguished residents of Bolton Hill, the following deserve II

,,~ J "\ . .{. ,, ~' EiSpecial mention: " •

Dr. Otto Kraushaar, retired President of Goucher College Gerald Johnson, journalist Leon Fleischer, concert pianist otto Merganthaler, inventor of the linotype (1885) Dr. Jesse Iazear, who worked on the cu.re for malaria with Dr. Walter Reed Drs. W1111am s. Halstead and Howard A. Kelly, two of the Johns Hopkins

Hospital 1 s "Big Four" The Cone Sisters (Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta) who formed one of the world's

...ti:msst. collections of modern art F. Scott Fitzgerald, novelist and short story writer A:Lger Hiss, formerly or the State Department, and a controversial figure

in the l9401s ,

Gary Moore, actor~ r ~~4~~~1ner ~GfO -~J' • ..µ:... .. _.t_I) _ _;,

In short, Bolton H~was.the bane or many of Baltimore's w;- dlEzin@ ita. ~,,-and n'Ja!. today remains the city's~ significant and Vital in-town residential area.

Quaation 9 - Major Bibliographical References (Continuation Sheet)

Baltimore City Directory. R.L. Polle and Co., 1899.

Baltimore, Its History and Its<1People. New York, 1912.

Be:i.rne, Francis F. Baltimore 1 A £icture History, 1858-1958. Baltimore, 1951.

Cahn, Louis F. The History of Oheb ShalClll, 1853-1953. Baltimore, 1953.

Fredericks, George. Recollec:tions. MS. Maryland Historical Society. 1912.

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell. Architecture: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.

Baltimore, 1958.

House Beautiful. August, 1968.

Howland, Richard H. and Eleanor P. Spencer. The Architecture of Baltimore.

Baltimore, 1953.

Hunter, Wilbur H. and Charles H. Elam. Cent.urz of Baltimore Architecture.

Baltimore, 1951.

Janvier, Meredith. Baltimore in the Eighties and Nineties. Baltimore, 1933.

Lancaster, Osbert. Fran Pillar to Post. 2nd ed., 1956.

Lin d, Edmund G. List of Works. MS. Maryland Historical Society.

Marye, William B. "Soie BaltimorerCity Place Names", Ma.ryla.nd Historical

??sazine. LIV, 1959.

The Mount Royal Garden Blue Book. Baltimore, 1937.

Pollack, Barbara. The Collectors: Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone. New York, 1962.

Rusk, Will iam Sener. Art in Balt:imore: Momnet'nts and Memorials. Baltimore, 1929.

Stockett, Ietitia. Baltimore: A Not Too Serious History. Baltimore, 1936.

Turnbull, Andrew. The Letters of FJ Scott Fitzgerald. New York, 1963.

---• Scott Fitzgerald. New York, 1962.

The Vintage Mencken. ed. Alistair Cooke . New York, 1955.

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Corrections on the N . R. FJELD SHEETS for Bolton Hill, Bal timore :

#7 DESCRIPTION• In ihe last sentence of the second paragr aph, insert after .. .. ,g,m isolated strucW.res built jus t after the turn of the cenmry and a few • • ••

- #7 continuation sheet p . 3: under item 9 the second sentence shoul d read

At that time he publisffid one of his major works , Tender Is 1ihe Night , which

continues to win f avor with critics and the public , and a s hort story colle ction,

Taps at Reveille .

#? contmuetion sheet, P• 5, the second sentence of item 1 6 shoul d include

the f irst name , Reuben in front o f Kr amer .

On the second page of i tern #1 (232 West Lanval e St. ) , f irst s entence , woul d

i t be better to substitute for 11 small 1 Gothic1 house" the ·wor ds "small ooun t ry

villa 11 ?

(of the s7arate N . R. sheets on indi vi dual buil dings) On p . 3 of i tem #1 pl ease chan ge the l ast sent ence tor ead :

For mor e than thirty year s William H. Howell , dean of the Johns Hopkins Sch ool

of Hygi ene and Public Heal th, lived there with hi s f amil y , including Roge r f!' ~

Howell, dean of the University of Maryl and lew School , and Janet Howell Cl ar k ,

headmistress of Bryn Mawr School, 1933-1935, and then dean at the Univers i ty of

Rochester .

On # 10 of the separ ate N . R. sheets , #7 DESCRIPTION, l ast sentence , inser t

after the wor d owner named Hawley.

And on the next page , #8 SIGNIFICANCE, first s entence of second paragraph, tit*

~ should r ead: Facing two of the par k squares , the house stands on the corner

of two of the few blocks of i:Utaw Pl a ce still intact.

On the orig:i.e,al Bol ton Hill N.R. sheet, item #8 SIGN.I?ICP..NCE, second par ag raph,

aft er 1900 , ~the gr owth of the city to the nor th and west ;

Par agraph three: the date fo r the B8ltimore Fema~College shoul d be 1874 ,

and f or the Boys ' Latin School , 1897•

Also , note repetition of biblio~raphical items in #9 .

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?lease no te : This map is for the sole purpose o f locating the

properties specifically mentioned within the r eport on n olton Hill ,

Ealtimore , Md . I t is nu mbered to corre s pond with the items treated

in the answer to Question 7 ( Physi ca l Appear ance) .

1 . 232 W. Lanvale St ., The Dobbin ~ottage 2 . 204 W. La nvale St ., l 'he Family and Chi ldren ' s So ciety (Fto la ndo- 'lhom

House) 3 . 1401-1407 Bolton St ., .Me:nori a 1 .t:. pisco pal L;hur'ch 4 . 134-150 Vl . l.anv ale St re et 5 . 222- 234 W. Lafayette Ave . and 225- 239 \1 . Lafayette Ave . 6 . 1306- 1310 John Street 7 . 1501- 1535 Bo lton Street 8 . 1308- 1312 3olton Street 9 . 1307 Park Av e . 10 . 1801 Eutaw Place , The Hawley -Hut zler House 11 . 1302- 1322 Rutter St . 12 . Eutaw Place Temple 13 . 1500- 1534 Mt . Roy a 1 Avenue 14 . 1701- 1717 .h.utaw Place , 'l'he Marlbor ough Apartments 15 . Francis Scott Key Monument 16,. 121 Moshe r Street 17 . Holton Square

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City Hall. BaltimOl'A I A P P R OX IMATI;; AC R EAG E OF' N()M INA TE O P R OPE R T Y : 170 acres.

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The old Mount Royal ne18hborhood, now camnonly called Bolton Hill,

boasts that it is Baltimore's handsanest and best maintained in-town

neighborhood. With block after block of relatively untouched structures

frCJll the middle and late nineteenth century, it gives modern Baltimore an

image of its Victorian past as well as a view of Victorian architecture

at its best.

This is an inner city residential ccmmmity encClllpassing approximately

170 acres in the central northwest section of the city. The character of ""

its streets is set by the groups of three-story red brick houses (eight to

fifteen buildings to the group) with white marble steps, their plain

facades framed by wooden cornices and stone bases, and broken only by the

rhythmically placed fenestration and doorways. These rows of townhouses

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are interspersed with larger, more elaborate houses (sane in stone), by c-

seven clmrches, and by small green park spaces. There are roughly twenty

blocks and over 700 houses, all erected between 1850 and 1895(l). The

~ exceptions are a few houses and schools built in the 1960's on sites

cleared under Urban Renewal.

The area also includes the B amO Railroad's fomer Mount Roya]. ,.I ' ' - "\-

stati?n (now in use as an annex to the Maryland Institute); the Old

Friends School building and the main bujld:hig ot the Maryland Institute

of Art. The street best lmown for its architectural splendor and planned

vista of garden squares is Eutaw Place. Park Place al.so gives the

impression of a formal Victorian park, especially since 1968 when the

fountains were restored and the plantings renewed.

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AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Chec.k One or More as Appropriate)

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The Bolton Hill area was first part of country estates, chiefly ~J . •

those of Dr. Solauon Birckhead. ( "Mowit . Royal 11 ) ,, John Gibson ( ''Rose Hill 11 ) ,

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naturally bore the names Gibson, Grundy and Bolton. Mills in the Jones

Falls Valley just to the east, gave their names to Rutter.:. and Lanvale

Streets.

Important factors in the developnent and popularity of the area

during the Victorian era were:, 1) the doubling of the population of

Baltimore between 1850 and 1900,, and~~ to t t..e north and west; ~

2) the creation of Druid Hill Park a short distance to the north (1865);

3) the prax:imity of two railroad. stations serving Washington and New York.

In the latter half of the period of growth, the following institu­

tions attracted the well-to-do and intluential.: Baltimore Female College ,1 4'.r

(1892), Friends School (1888), the Maryland Institute '1 (1905) and just

outside the district, the Lyric Theatre (1892), the Fifth Regiment

Armory (1901),, Bo7s 1 Latin School (1895) and the Beyn Mawr School for

girls (1888). large churches flourished,, and the area became fashionable

after the creation of Eutaw Place (1852) and Park Plice (1860).

Part of the significance of this distrlct lies in the way it has met /)

the problems of urban society in the 2oth-century: blight, polution,, crime,

N. R. FIELD SHEf:T

'.'1'~ MAJOR·BlSL:ltiGRAPHICAL REFERENCES ..

Beirne, Francis F., The Ami.able Baltimoreans 1 New York, 1951

Howland, Richard H. & Spencer, Eleanor Baltimore, 1953.

P., The Architecture of Baltimore

Hunter, Wilbur H. & El.am, Baltimore, 1957.

Charles H., Century of Baltimore Architecture

Mount Roya], Garden Blue Book stockett, Istitia, Baltimore, A Not Too Serious Histo£l1 Bal t:imore, 1936

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I herebv certify t hat this pro~rty is included in the t ional His toric Preserva tion Acf of 1966 (Public Law

8 9 -665), I he reby nominate this property for inclusion National Register.

in the National Register a nd certify that it ha s been

evaluat ed according t o t he c riteria and procedures set

forth by the Nat ional Park Service. The recommended Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation

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