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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST (Historic Sites Survey) var.d. MSA SE16-3 Image No: se16-3-0094 Enlarge and print image (69K) |
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST (Historic Sites Survey) var.d. MSA SE16-3 Image No: se16-3-0094 Enlarge and print image (69K) |
| NFS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places person park/Highiandtown Historic District (6- f* -• -• fi* - Name of Property Continuation Sheet Baltimore City, Maryland Section 7 Page _9_ County and State Transportation Related Buildings Transportation related buildings are concentrated at the eastern end of the district. These buildings were constructed to house a trucking company warehouse, automobile service garages, and automobile storage garages. Most are 1 story tall and constructed of brick with flat roofs and large bays facing the street or alley. Five of the more notable buildings and complexes are noted below: • The Lord Baltimore Truck Company (now Ye OP Antique Barn), located at 3726 East Bank Street, was constructed ca. 1910. This 2-story, 3-bay, utilitarian brick building has a wide center loading bay on the 1st story flanked by smaller loading bays with segmental arches. On the 2 story is a small loading bay with a pulley. • J. Lutz Garage (now Auggie's Car Care Center), located at 131 North Clinton Street, was constructed in 1920. This 1-story brick and steel truss building has a 3-bay center section beneath a skylighted gable roof flanked by 1-bay wings with flat roofs. A cast stone sign on the front fa9ade is molded to read "J. Lutz, 1920," and a painted "Van's Garage" sign is still legible beneath the corbelled brick cornice. • An auto body repair shop, located at 3801-3811 Bank Street, was constructed ca. 1920. The 6-bay brick building has a 1-story repair shop occupying eastern 5 bays and a 2-story office occupying the western bay. The building also has a false Mansart roof made of tile. • The area bounded by East Fayette Street, North Highland Street, Esther Place, and North East Avenue is filled by rows of ca. 1920 attached, single car garages constructed for residents of rowhouses. The long, low brick buildings have corbelled brick cornices. • A filling and service station, located at 3114-3116 East Fayette Street, now A & B auto, was constructed ca. 1930. The Moderne building has rounded corners and a 2 level flat roof with curved coping.. Industrial Buildings A few industrial buildings are located in the east end of the district. They are usually simple utilitarian buildings that have undergone many alterations. Two excellent examples remain relatively intact. • The Schluderberg Packinghouse is located at 3701 Bank Street. The large, 2-story brick building has an 1867 west block and a ca. 1870s east block.4 The west block has a simple facade with segmental arch windows, recessed brick panels forming a frieze band, and a corbelled brick cornice. The smaller east block has a portico over the entry, windows within recessed brick panels, and a brick cornice with corbelled pendants. • I. C. Isaacs & Company, located at 330 South Grundy Street, was constructed ca. 1930. The square, 1-story brick building has large window openings with industrial steel sash windows. The stepped parapet has concrete coping. 4 Steele, Ann and Dennis Zembala. Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties form for Schluderberg Packinghouse (B-l 107). |