National Register of Historic Places

Upper Fells Point Historic District

Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland
Listed
December 20, 2007
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
07001034

About this property

Upper Fells Point, also known as "Fells Prospect," is a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Located north of Fells Point, originally the neighborhood was home to Baltimore's dock workers. By the 1880s canneries and factories provided employment to new immigrants, including Irish, Italians and Poles. In the early 1900s these new Americans were joined by Jews, Lithuanians and Greeks. Today its tidy brick rowhouses and tree-lined streets are home to both old-timers and young urban professionals. It is also the heart of Baltimore's growing Latino community and is sometimes called "Spanish Town". Although most Hispanics in the neighborhood are Mexicans, there are significant populations of Salvadorans, Puerto Ricans, Hondurans, Dominicans, Guatemalans, Colombians, and Cubans, as well as many others. It is bordered by S. Broadway on the west, S. Patterson Park Avenue on the east, E. Lombard Street on the north and Eastern Avenue on the south, Upper Fells Point's central location puts residents within walking distance of Patterson Park, the dining and nightlife of Fells Point, Little Italy and Canton, and Johns Hopkins Hospital. It is also just a water taxi ride from Baltimore's Inner Harbor as well as Federal Hill. In 2006 the Baltimore City Paper selected Upper Fells Point as Baltimore's Best Neighborhood. The neighborhood was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 21, 2007. It is within Baltimore National Heritage Area.

Location

Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland
39.28899, -76.58924

Categories

ARCHITECTURECOMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURESOCIAL HISTORY
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Nearby Historic Sites

St. Michael's Church Complex
Industrial
0.1 mi
Bankard-Gunther Mansion
Industrial
0.3 mi
Butchers Hill Historic District
Listed
0.3 mi
School No. 27 (Commodore John Rodgers Elementary School)
Industrial
0.3 mi
Fells Point Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Listed
0.4 mi

Nearby Battles

Defense of Hampstead Hill / Battle of Baltimore (Land)
1814Early Republic
0.7 mi

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When was Upper Fells Point Historic District listed on the National Register?

Upper Fells Point Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 2007.

What type of historic resource is Upper Fells Point Historic District?

Upper Fells Point Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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