How Amsterdam's Row Houses Came to Baltimore
Why do London and Baltimore have row houses while Paris and Minneapolis do not?
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The Bells of Corpus Christi
Longtime residents of Bolton Hill don’t hear them anymore, for they have become part of our unconscious soundscape. But newcomers notice them and wonder where they came from.
The celebrities of John Street
By Jean Lee Cole
In 1906, Baltimore Sun reporter Emily Emerson Lantz described John Street as “a modest little scrap of a street—only six short blocks in all.” Yet what erudition,
New "Blue Plaques" to be installed
Did you know that F. Scott Fitzgerald and Woodrow Wilson once lived in Bolton Hill?
The residential enclave of Bolton Hill rivals Boston’s Beacon Hill and New York’s Brooklyn Heights as a neighborhood attracting some of the city’s most distinguished residents throughout its 150 years.
Christine Ladd-Franklin, a Scientist from Bolton Hill
By Jean Lee Cole
Bolton Hill has a charming tradition of placing round blue plaques on the façades of homes that were once graced by historic figures.
Neighborhood History: Thomas Courtney Jenkins and Corpus Christi Memorial Church
By Kristine Smets
Corpus Christi Church, at the corner of Mount Royal Avenue and West Lafayette Avenue, was built in memory of Thomas Courtney Jenkins,
Honor Black History Month by Feeding Your Brain
With its origins dating back over a hundred years, February has been officially declared Black History Month by every U.S.
The Home Weekly, continued
The 1908 Christmas issue of the Weekly was published on Dec. 19. It contained several Christmas-related pieces, though it’s not clear which,
The Davis Children's Home Weekly: Our First Neighborhood Newsletter
by Jean Lee Cole
The Bolton Hill Bulletin began publication 45 years ago and is one of Baltimore’s longest-running neighborhood newsletters.