Old Goucher College Buildings

Coordinates: 39°18′52″N 76°36′59″W / 39.31444°N 76.61639°W

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Significant dates

Old Goucher College Buildings
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Old Goucher College Buildings, September 2012
Location	Roughly bounded by W. 25th St., Guilford Ave., North Ave. and Howard St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates	39°18′52″N 76°36′59″W / 39.31444°N 76.61639°W / 39.31444; -76.61639
Area	25 acres (10 ha), boundary increase 75 acres (30 ha)
Built	1879
Architect	White, Stanford; Carson, Charles
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Romanesque, Italianate, Renaissance, Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	78003143 (original) 94001163^[1] (increase)
Added to NRHP	August 25, 1978
Boundary increase	September 26, 1994

Old Goucher College Buildings is a national historic district in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is an approximate 18-block area in the middle of Baltimore which developed in the late 19th and 20th centuries.

The neighborhood is characterized generally by two- and three-story brick row houses constructed mostly in the 19th century and several large-scale institutional and commercial buildings dating from both centuries. Stylistically, the area is characterized primarily by Italianate, Romanesque, Colonial Revival, and Art Deco influences.

The area once served as a campus for the Women's College of Baltimore, now Goucher College, until the school relocated to Towson. The school was named for clergyman John Goucher, who once served as a pastor at Lovely Lane Church.^[2]

The district includes a series of large scale, multiple story brick and stone structures built for college. Three buildings designed by the nationally famous architect Stanford White are found here.^[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1] The former main campus building has been converted into the Baltimore Lab School, and many of the other structures have been re-purposed for commercial and residential use. The site has been the focus of a number of preservation efforts by local advocacy groups.^[4]^[5]

External links

Old Goucher College Historic District, Baltimore City, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
Boundary Map of the Old Goucher College Historic District, Baltimore City, at Maryland Historical Trust

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Lovely Lane United Methodist Church | Explore Baltimore Heritage". Explore Baltimore Heritage. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
^ Lawrence W. Principe and Sheryl H. Bernardo (March 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Old Goucher College Buildings" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
^ Perl, Larry. "Neighborhood tries to reclaim former Goucher campus". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
^ Kelly, Jacques. "Old Goucher building is home to Baltimore Lab School". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2018-09-16.

v t e U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Topics	Contributing property Keeper of the Register Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Property types
Lists by county	Allegany Anne Arundel Baltimore County Calvert Caroline Carroll Cecil Charles Dorchester Frederick Garrett Harford Howard Kent Montgomery Prince George's Queen Anne's Somerset St. Mary's Talbot Washington Wicomico Worcester
Lists by city	Baltimore: (Central North and Northwest West and Southwest East and Northeast South and Southeast)
Other lists	Bridges National Historic Landmarks
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Portal:National Register of Historic Places

This article about a Registered Historic Place in Baltimore is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Categories:

Hidden categories: