Edmondson Avenue Historic District

Edmondson Avenue Historic District

Row houses in the 700 block of Whitmore Avenue
Location Winchester St., Braddish Ave. north of Edmondson Ave., Edmondson Ave. west of Braddish Ave., Franklintown Rd. north of W. Franklin St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°17′53″N 76°39′47″W / 39.29806°N 76.66306°W / 39.29806; -76.66306Coordinates: 39°17′53″N 76°39′47″W / 39.29806°N 76.66306°W / 39.29806; -76.66306
Area 160 acres (65 ha)
Built c. 1900 (1900)
Architect Multiple
NRHP Reference # 10001084[1]
Added to NRHP December 27, 2010

The Edmondson Avenue Historic District encompasses several neighborhoods on the west side of Baltimore, Maryland. The area was developed primarily between 1900 and 1940, radiating from the streetcar line that ran along Edmondson Avenue, an east-west thoroughfare. It includes significant portions of the Evergreen Lawn, Bridgeview/Greenlawn, Rosemont, and Midtown-Edmondson neighborhoods, including hundreds of buildings, many of them residential rowhouses. Although initially populated by European-Americans, the neighborhood population became predominantly middle class African-American in the year after World War II, and became a center of civil rights activism and community organizing.[2] The Red-Light District of Balitimore is also in close proximity to the district with houses in the area contributing to the cause.

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/27/10 through 12/30/10. National Park Service. 2011-01-07.
  2. ↑ Eli Pousson (October 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Edmondson Avenue Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-04-01.

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