Description
In all probability 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 town. Why did the rowhouse thrive in Baltimore? How did it escape destruction here, in contrast to in many other historic American cities? What were the forces that resulted in the citywide renovation of Baltimore’s rowhouses? The Baltimore Rowhouse is the fascinating two hundred-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 way to local government sponsorship, to its current occupation by a brand new cadre of rich professionals. The Baltimore Rowhouse was once winner of the 2000 Maryland Historical Accept as true with Heritage Book Award for outstanding books of scholarly or general interest.