NRHP Reference # 09001061 Added to NRHP 8 December 2009 | Area 133 ha | |
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Location Bounded by N. Washington St. on the W; Amtrak rail line on the N. to E. St.; S. to Monument and E to Highland Ave., Baltimore, Maryland Architect Novak & Hurt, Novak, Frank, et al.; Gallagher, Edward J., et al. Architectural style Italianate, Queen Anne, Classical revival | ||
East Monument Historic District (also known as B-5162) is a national historic district in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a large residential area with a commercial area located along East Monument Street. It comprises approximately 88 whole and partial blocks. The residential area is composed primarily of row-houses that were developed, beginning in the 1870s, as housing for Baltimore's growing Bohemian (Czech) immigrant community. Most of the homes in the district were created after older homes were demolished in order to make room for expansions to the Johns Hopkins Hospital. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries the neighborhood was the heart of the Bohemian community in Baltimore. The Bohemian National Parish of the Roman Catholic Church, St. Wenceslaus, is located in the neighborhood.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 8, 2009.
During the late 1800s and early 1900s, the neighborhood was known colloquially as Little Bohemia or Bohemia Village.