The Baltimore Rowhouse

by Belfoure, Charles; Hayward, Mary Ellen

• ISBN13: 9781568982830
• ISBN10: 1568982836
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Summary

Perhaps no other American city is so defined by an indigenous architectural style as Baltimore is by the rowhouse, whose brick facades march up and down the gentle hills of the city. Why did the rowhouse thrive in Baltimore? How did it escape destruction here, unlike in many other historic American cities? What were the forces that led to the citywide renovation of Baltimore's rowhouses? The Baltimore Rowhouse is the fascinating 200-year story of this building type. It chronicles the evolution of the rowhouse from its origins as speculative housing for immigrants, through its reclamation and renovation by young urban pioneers thanks to local government sponsorship, to its current occupation by a new cadre of wealthy professionals. The Baltimore Rowhouse was winner of the 2000 Maryland Historical Trust Heritage Book Award for outstanding books of scholarly or general interest.

Author Biography

Mary Ellen Hayward who directs the Maryland Trust's Alley House project, which studies this threatened architectural and cultural resource. Charles Belfoure is an architect who specializes in preservation and teaches in Goucher College's preservation progr

Mary Ellen Hayward who directs the Maryland Trust's Alley House project, which studies this threatened architectural and cultural resource. Charles Belfoure is an architect who specializes in preservation and teaches in Goucher College's preservation progr

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Foreword	xi
James Marston Fitch
Introduction	1	(6)
The Walking City: 1790--1855	7	(40)
The Italianate Period: 1850--1890	47	(36)
The Artistic Period: 1875--1915	83	(46)
The Daylight Rowhouse: 1915--1955	129	(38)
The Rowhouse Returns: 1970s--1990s	167	(24)
Notes	191	(12)
Appendices	203	(2)
Index	205