Douglass Place Explained

Douglass Place
Location:516-524 S. Dallas St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates:39.285°N -76.5964°W
Built:1892
Architecture:Italianate
Added:September 15, 1983
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:83004214
Mapframe:yes
Designated Other1:BCL
Designated Other1 Abbr:BCL
Designated Other1 Date:2003

Douglass Place is a group of historic rowhouses located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Built in 1892, it represents typical "alley houses" of the period in Baltimore, two narrow bays wide, two stories high over a cellar, with shed roofs pitched to the rear. Italianate influence is reflected in their segmental-arched window and door openings, and in the simple molded sheet metal cornices which crown the buildings. Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) constructed the five buildings as rental housing for blacks in the Fells Point area of Baltimore, where he had resided from the 1820s to 1838. The site was the location of the Dallas Street Station Methodist Episcopal Church, which he had attended while living in the area.[1]

Douglass Place was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Douglass Place. March 1983. 2016-04-01 . Kerry L. Stanley and Leroy Graham. Maryland Historical Trust.