Cathedral Hill Historic District

The Cathedral Hill Historic District is an area in , . It lies in the northern part of just south of . Roughly bounded by Saratoga Street, Park Avenue, Hamilton Street, and St.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Walters Art Museum.

Church
Photo: Basilica1, Public domain.
The , also called the Baltimore Basilica, is a Catholic cathedral in .

Museum
The is a public art museum located in the neighborhood of , . Founded and opened in 1934, it holds collections from the mid-19th century that were amassed substantially by major American art and sculpture collectors, including William Thompson Walters and his son Henry Walters.

Library
The is a library connected to the Johns Hopkins University, focused on research into the 19th century. It was formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute of music in the City of Baltimore, and is located on the Peabody campus at in the Mount Vernon-Belvedere historic cultural neighborhood north of downtown , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and Downtown Baltimore.

Neighborhood
The U.S. city of , is home to a small . Historically, Baltimore had at least two districts that were called "Chinatown" where the first one existed on the 200 block of Marion Street during the 1880s.

is 's central business district and seat of the city government. While home to some iconic Baltimore architecture, and the city's economic heart, visitors, and even locals, tend to keep their distance from this often seedy and decidedly unloved city center, unless they are going to the Baltimore Arena, the Hippodrome Theatre, or visiting Poe's grave at Westminster Hall.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, located immediately north of the city's . It is named for George Washington's estate in , as the site of the city's .

Cathedral Hill Historic District

Latitude
39.294° or 39° 17′ 38″ north
Longitude
-76.61552° or 76° 36′ 56″ west
Elevation
102 feet (31 metres)
Open location code
87F579VM+HQ
Geo­Names ID
4350608
Wiki­data ID
Q5052247
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Chinese—“Cathedral Hill Historic District” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Cathedral Hill Historic District
  • Chinese: 大教堂山歷史街區

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Penn-Fallsway and Seton Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include First Unitarian Church and Enoch Pratt Free Library.

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