Eastern United Methodist Episcopal Church-East Baltimore Historic District, Old - Baltimore MD
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Don.Morfe
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The Old East Baltimore Historic District is a residential area of Baltimore City that grew up northward from the original mid-eighteenth century settlement east of the Jones Falls. The district includes the Eastern United Methodist Episcopal Church.
Waymark Code: WM142WG
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 04/03/2021
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National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
The Old East Baltimore Historic District is a mainly residential area of Baltimore City that grew up northward from the original mid-eighteenth century settlement east of the Jones Falls, known as Jones Town, or Old Town.
The district comprises some seventy city blocks covering approximately 194 acres, generally bounded by the Jones Falls, Greenmount Cemetery, North Avenue, Broadway, and Eager Street. The southern blocks of the district are characterized by vernacular Greek Revival-style working class housing, constructed in the mid-1840s to mid-1850s for the large numbers of Irish and German immigrants settling there. The neighborhood did not begin to grow significantly until after the Civil War when it filled with three-story Italianate rowhouses and smaller, mid-block two-story houses built for these same immigrant groups who by then had established important, architect-designed Catholic churches and charitable institutions in the area.
Eastern United Methodist Episcopal Church-1429 E. North Ave.-Photo 1
Membership in Baptist congregations grew markedly during World War II as blacks moved in great numbers from the rural South to Baltimore.
After the war, Zion Baptist bought the former home of the old Lutheran Church of the Reformation, northwest corner of Caroline and Lanvale, in 1954. Later, the former North Avenue M.E. Church became the Eastern United Methodist Church, a union of local black Methodist congregations.
Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): East Baltimore Historic District, Old
Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link]
Address:
1429 E. North Ave, Baltimore MD 21213
How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Narrative found on the internet (Link provided below)
Optional link to narrative or database: [Web Link]
NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): Not listed
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