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°WCoordinates: 39°17′53″N 76°39′47″W / 39.29806°N 76.66306°W
Built c. 1900
Architect Multiple
Governing body Local
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 district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ "Edmondson Avenue Historic District". Maryland Historic Trust. Retrieved 2014-03-29.