Upper Fell's Point
Upper Fell's Point Fell's Prospect | ||
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Area code 410, 443, and 667 | | |
Upper Fells Point Historic District | ||
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| Location | Roughly bounded by E Baltimore St.; S Chapel St.; E Pratt St.; S Patterson Park Ave.; S Chester, Gough & S Bethel Sts. | |
| Area | 50 acres (20 ha) | |
| Architectural style | Federal | |
| NRHP reference No. | 07001034[1] | |
| Added to NRHP | December 20, 2007 | |
Upper Fells Point, also known as "Fells Prospect," is a neighborhood of
It is bordered by S. Broadway on the west, S. Patterson Park Avenue on the east, E. Lombard Street on the north and Eastern Avenue on the south, Upper Fells Point's central location puts residents within walking distance of Patterson Park, the dining and nightlife of Fells Point, Little Italy and Canton, and Johns Hopkins Hospital. It is also just a water taxi ride from Baltimore's Inner Harbor as well as Federal Hill.
In 2006 the Baltimore City Paper selected Upper Fells Point as Baltimore's Best Neighborhood.[3]
The neighborhood was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 21, 2007.[1] It is within Baltimore National Heritage Area.[5]
History
The name "Fell's Prospect" derives from the name given to the area in 1730 by an English Quaker, William Fell, who bought land on a marshy hook that jutted into the Patapsco River. He called his tract of land "Fell's Prospect," sensing the Point's possibilities for shipping and shipbuilding. The river offered a deep-water anchorage, which enabled seagoing vessels to send smaller boats back and forth from shore with cargo.[6]
In 1797 Fells Point was incorporated into Baltimore town as the Debtor Hundred, a parcel of land that included all the Fell family holdings, both the Point and the higher ground to the north then known as Fells Prospect, often referred to as Upper Fells Point.
Fells Point was largely responsible for shaping the ethnic character of Upper Fells as it exists today. The first wave of immigrants were the Irish, establishing the second Catholic Church in Baltimore, St. Patrick's, in 1792. A few years later, this was the site of the first free school in Baltimore. It was academically rigorous and admitted poor children of all races and religions. The Irish and African-Americans lived side by side with the newer
By 1860, one quarter of the population of Baltimore was
Population
As of 2010, Upper Fells Point was 37.7% white, 36.9% Hispanic, 16.8% African American, 7.4% Asian, and 1.2% other.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Dean R. Esslinger. "History of Immigration into Maryland". Maryland Online Encyclopedia. Maryland Historical Society. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ a b "Best Neighborhood: Upper Fells Point". Baltimore City Paper. September 20, 2006. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ Andrew Scherr. "Spanish Town". Urbanite Baltimore. Archived from the original on September 16, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
- ^ "Baltimore National Heritage Area Map" (PDF). City of Baltimore. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 22, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
- ^ Mary Ellen Hayward (November 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Upper Fells Point Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ^ "Fells Prospect".
External links
Media related to Upper Fells Point, Baltimore at Wikimedia Commons- Upper Fell's Point Historic District, Baltimore City, including updated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust, and boundary map at the Wayback Machine (archived November 14, 2017)
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