Poppleton | |
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.jpg) 1100 block of Saratoga Street, with row of alley houses on 1100 block of Sarah Ann Street visible behind, in Poppleton, Baltimore | |
  Poppleton Location within Baltimore  Poppleton Location within Maryland  Poppleton Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 39°17′28″N 76°38′00″W / 39.29111°N 76.63333°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Maryland |
| City |  Baltimore |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area Codes | 410, 443, 667 |
Poppleton is a neighborhood in west Baltimore, Maryland.
south to West Baltimore Street, with the area between Baltimore and Pratt Streets being referred to as Hollins Market[1][2]
"Poppleton is architecturally rich but it is in poor shape"[3] the bulk of its original buildings were constructed between 1845-1880.[4]
The 800 block of Lemmon Street contains some of the city's oldest rowhomes built in 1848 in a Greek Revival-inspired style.[5] The Irish Railroad Workers Museum is located in two of these adjoining rowhomes.
the home of 19th to 20th century west Baltimore political boss Frank Kelly at 1106 West Saratoga Street[6]
"spurred rapid gentrification" over the neighborhood.[7]
Notable Structures edit
Notes edit
- ^ "Poppleton". Live Baltimore. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
- ^ "Neighborhoods, Revitalization and Community Development". Baltimore Heritage. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ^ Stanton 1975, p. 5.
- ^ Stanton 1975, p. 21.
- ^ "Baltimore City Historic District Ordinance 00-108 12/20/00". Baltimore Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation. 2015-11-15. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ^ The Explore Baltimore Heritage team (2015-03-03). "Boss Kelly House". Explore Baltimore Heritage. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ^ Brown 2021, p. 118.
References edit
- Brown, Lawrence T. (2021). The Black Butterfly. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-3987-7.
- A Place Called Poppleton (PDF). 2021. p. 43. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - Evitts, Elizabeth A (2005-05-01). "Picking Poppleton: A Sweeping Urban Renewal Plan Strives to Remake West Baltimore". Urbanite Magazine. No. 11. pp. 30–33. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
- Stanton, Phoebe (1975). Poppleton Historic Study. Baltimore: City of Baltimore Department of Housing and Community Development. p. 120. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
[[Category:Neighborhoods in Baltimore]] [[Category:West Baltimore]]