
Bolton Hill, Baltimore - Baltimore MD
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Don.Morfe
N 39° 18.083 W 076° 37.083
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Bolton Hill is a neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, with 20 blocks of mostly preserved buildings from the late 19th century. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. F. Scott Fitzgerald lived in the neighborhood.
Waymark Code: WM13TN3
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 02/17/2021
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From Wikipedia in part:
Bolton Hill is a neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, with 20 blocks of mostly preserved buildings from the late 19th century. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, preserved as a Baltimore City Historic District, and included within the boundaries of Baltimore National Heritage Area. The neighborhood is bounded by North Avenue, Mount Royal Avenue, Cathedral Street, Dolphin Street, and Eutaw Place. Bolton Hill is a largely residential neighborhood with three-story row houses with red brick, white marble steps, and high ceilings. There are also larger more ornate originally single-family houses, many houses of worship, parks, monuments, and a few large apartment buildings. Many significant residents have lived in the neighborhood, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Woodrow Wilson, the Cone sisters, and Florence Rena Sabin.
Bolton Hill is within easy walking distance of the State Center station on the Baltimore Metro Subway and the University of Baltimore/Mt. Royal and Cultural Center stations on the Baltimore Light Rail.
Comment: F. Scott Fitzgerald lived at 1307 Park Avenue, Baltimore MD. The Blue Plague at this residence reads: Bolton Hill Historic District- F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896-1940 Author of the Great Gatsby (1925). Works published while he resided here: Tender is the Night (1934), Taps At Reveille (1935), and essays (1934-1936 later collected in The Crack-UP.
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