Poppleton, Baltimore

Poppleton
Neighborhood of Baltimore
1100 block of Saratoga Street, with row of alley houses on 1100 block of Sarah Ann Street visible behind, in Poppleton, Baltimore
1100 block of Saratoga Street, with row of alley houses on 1100 block of Sarah Ann Street visible behind, in Poppleton, Baltimore
Poppleton is located in Baltimore
Poppleton
Poppleton
Location within Baltimore
Poppleton is located in Maryland
Poppleton
Poppleton
Location within Maryland
Poppleton is located in the United States
Poppleton
Poppleton
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 39°17′28″N 76°38′00″W / 39.29111°N 76.63333°W / 39.29111; -76.63333
Country United States
State Maryland
City Baltimore
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
21223, 21201
Area Codes410, 443, 667

Poppleton is a neighborhood in west Baltimore, Maryland.[1] The neighborhood is bounded on the north by West Mulberry Street, on the south by West Baltimore Street, on the west by North Carey Street, and on the east by the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.[2][3] Previously, Poppleton was construed in a broader sense extending further south to West Pratt Street or Lombard Street, but today this area is commonly described as the separate neighborhood of Hollins Market.[4][5][6]

Poppleton is the site of several Baltimore landmarks noted for their historical and/or architectural significance, including Old St. Paul’s Cemetery, Poppleton Fire Station, St. Peter the Apostle Church, Lithuanian Hall, Carter Memorial Church, the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, and Perkins Square.[7] The neighborhood also features some of the city's remaining alley houses, structures which were once prevalent in Baltimore but which are now uncommon. These houses are also noted for having been continuously inhabited by working-class African-American residents since just after the Civil War.[8][9]

  1. ^ Baltimore's Neighborhood Statistical Areas (PDF) (Map). City of Baltimore Department of Planning. December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
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  4. ^ Stanton 1975, p.22: "The Poppleton area boundaries are those of combined census tracts 1801, 1802 and 1803. Tract 1803 is bounded by Baltimore, Pratt, Carey and Fremont. Tracts 1801 and 1802 lie to the north running perpendicular to 1803, bounded by Baltimore, Mulberry, Carey and Fremont, with 1801 on the east and 1802 on the west (their center boundaries are not certain).".
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  7. ^ "Poppleton - Baltimore Heritage". Baltimore Heritage. June 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  8. ^ Shen, Fern (July 16, 2021). "Baltimore Heritage calls on city officials to spare Poppleton". Baltimore Brew. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  9. ^ Reutter, Mark (July 8, 2021). "Ground down and depopulated, Poppleton makes a last stand". Baltimore Brew. Retrieved December 5, 2021.