National Register of Historic Places

Baltimore Block

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
Listed
June 2, 1976
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
76000622

About this property

Baltimore Block is a series of eight rowhouses in the SoNo district of Atlanta, Georgia. Rowhouses of the kind that are abundant in Baltimore are an unusual housing type in Atlanta, where duplexes or semidetached housing, such as shotgun houses, were more common forms of high-density housing. Built in 1885 by Baltimore native Jacob J. Rosenthal, the houses were leased on long-term ground lease terms, a common practice in Baltimore. By the 1920s, the houses began to fall out of fashion, and four units were torn down while the others became derelict. A recovery began in the 1930s, and in the 1960s the area became a center of counterculture. Extensive renovation took place during the 1980s, when the units were consolidated and converted to office use. Like many Baltimore houses, the brick three-story rowhouses of Baltimore Block present a unified wall-like front to the street with a continuous cornice line.

Location

5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19 Baltimore Pl.
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
33.76851, -84.38780

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Baltimore Block listed on the National Register?

Baltimore Block was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 2, 1976.

What type of historic resource is Baltimore Block?

Baltimore Block is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Baltimore Block?

The period of significance for Baltimore Block is recorded as the industrial era.

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