{"nrhp_refnum":"76000622","name":"Baltimore Block","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19 Baltimore Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.768507389000035,"lon":-84.38779594899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-06-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Baltimore Block is a row of eight surviving three-story brick townhouses at 5-19 Baltimore Place in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, built in 1885-1886 by the Atlanta Land Improvement Company.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as Atlanta's first apartment complex and the first group of buildings in the city built in the northeastern-style row-house form. It was a fashionable address and a center of social events from 1886 to about 1914. It is also valued as a unique landmark and an example of a workable urban housing solution.","narrative":"Baltimore Block is a row of eight three-story brick townhouses on Baltimore Place in Atlanta, completed in 1885-1886 by the Atlanta Land Improvement Company. Fourteen units were originally built, designed to look like one unified structure in the style of Baltimore and other northeastern row houses. Each unit measured about 70 by 18 feet and had amenities such as independent sewerage, central heating and a hot-water boiler. Decorative brickwork, terra cotta panels, marble sills and a heavy bracketed cornice mark the facade. Early residents made it a leading social center and tourist attraction until about 1914. It is described as Atlanta's first apartment complex and first row-house group. Four units were demolished in 1924 for shops, and two more were cleared in the 1960s. Stoops were turned sideways and given iron railings, and the rear has gained balconies, chimneys and added rooms. The block remains in residential use but faces pressure from downtown commercial growth.","period_of_significance":"1885-1886","architect_builder":"Atlanta Land Improvement Co.","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in full use today as housing, though altered and under constant threat from downtown commercial expansion.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.600695-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/76000622.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000622/d10e83ab88-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000622/d10e83ab88-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Jeff Clemmons","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baltimore_Block.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Clemmons</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baltimore_Block.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208088","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Block","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4852788"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/baltimore-block-76000622/"}