Highlandtown

Highlandtown's strong roots are nourished by old world traditions of family, culture, and faith. Settlement of the area first known as Snake Hill dates to the 19th century's expansion of the waterfront communities of Fell's Point and Canton. Farms and slaughterhouses soon emerged, relying heavily on immigrant laborers from Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, and Ireland. Fort Marshall was established atop the area's highest point, the present site of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. A military hospital emerged in Patterson Park, which began as a six-acre gift to the city from merchant William Patterson in 1826. After being renamed Highland Town in 1862, Baltimore City annexed the town from Baltimore County and changed its spelling. By 1915, much of the retail district had been built along Eastern Avenue among row houses. Streetcars traveled down roadways of dirt or cobblestone, passing theaters, bowling alleys, horse-drawn wagons, and first-generation American children at play. Bakeries, barbers, grocers, and bars were on every corner, along with churches that worshipped in European tongues. There was no need to ever leave Highlandtown, and some folks never did.

Author: Gary Helton
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 11/15/2006
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.56w x 0.36d
ISBN: 9780738543383

About the Author
Helton, Gary: - Over 200 vintage photographs appear in this volume, gathered from area museums, libraries, and the personal collections of dozens of current and former Highlandtown residents. General manager of the public radio station WHFC-FM in Bel Air, Gary Helton also authored Arcadia's Images of America: Dundalk.

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