National Register of Historic Places

House at 9 North Front Street

Baltimore (Independent City), Baltimore County, Maryland
Listed
June 13, 1979
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
79003217

About this property

House at 9 North Front Street is a historic home located in the Jonestown Historic District in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a 2+1⁄2-story brick townhouse with a 2-story rear wing. It is three bays wide and two rooms deep. The main house features a gable roof with two dormers on each side and two interior chimneys connected by a parapet. The house is located at 9 North Front Street and was built by either John Beale Bordley or Charles Torrence circa 1790. The house was the residence of Thorowgood Smith, second Mayor of Baltimore (1804-1808). It rests on an area of downtown Baltimore traditionally known as “Old Town”. Even earlier on, it was known as “Jones Town”. This area was annexed to Baltimore in 1745, and its settlement predates that of Baltimore Town. More specifically, the house is located in a neighborhood known today as Shot Tower Park. Once part of a whole row of Conservative Conservative Georgian style brick masonry 2+1⁄2-story townhomes, this house is the last extant example on the street, and one of just a few 18th-century townhouses remaining in all of Baltimore. The House at 9 North Front Street was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Location

9 N. Front St.
Baltimore (Independent City), Baltimore County, Maryland
39.29075, -76.60508

Categories

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Sources

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When was House at 9 North Front Street listed on the National Register?

House at 9 North Front Street was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 13, 1979.

What type of historic resource is House at 9 North Front Street?

House at 9 North Front Street is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for House at 9 North Front Street is recorded as the industrial era.

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