Upton, Baltimore

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Upton, Baltimore is a historic African-American neighborhood in West Baltimore known for its cultural legacy, rowhouse architecture, and role in the city’s civil rights and jazz history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district
neighborhood
adjacentTo Druid Heights NERFINISHED
Harlem Park NERFINISHED
Madison Park NERFINISHED
Sandtown-Winchester NERFINISHED
contains Pennsylvania Avenue National Heritage Area (portion) NERFINISHED
Pennsylvania Avenue commercial corridor NERFINISHED
churches
community institutions
historic rowhouse blocks
country United States of America
surface form: United States
developedInPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
hasArchitecturalStyle Italianate
Romanesque Revival NERFINISHED
Victorian
rowhouse
hasCulturalActivity community events
live music
religious gatherings
hasEthnicCharacter African-American community
hasHeritageDesignation listed on the National Register of Historic Places (Upton Historic District)
hasHistoricFunction commercial corridor
cultural center for African Americans in Baltimore
residential neighborhood
hasMunicipalGovernment Baltimore City government NERFINISHED
hasSocioeconomicCharacteristic historically middle-class African-American area (early–mid 20th century)
later experienced disinvestment and urban decline
heritageDesignationAppliesTo Upton Historic District NERFINISHED
knownFor African-American history
civil rights history
cultural legacy
jazz history
rowhouse architecture
locatedIn Baltimore
West Baltimore NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Baltimore City NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Mid-Atlantic United States NERFINISHED
locatedInState Maryland NERFINISHED
partOf Baltimore City neighborhoods
playedRoleIn African-American political organizing in Baltimore
Baltimore civil rights movement NERFINISHED
development of Baltimore jazz scene
recognizedAs one of Baltimore’s historic African-American neighborhoods
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
transportationServedBy Maryland Transit Administration bus routes NERFINISHED
urbanForm mixed residential and commercial uses
rowhouse-lined streets

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Upton–Avenue Market station locatedIn Upton, Baltimore