Eutaw Street is a major street in
Baltimore, Maryland
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, mostly within the
downtown area. Outside of downtown, it is mostly known as Eutaw Place.
The south end of Eutaw Street is at
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
The Oriole Park at Camden Yards is a baseball stadium located in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the home field of Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles, and the first of the Baseball park#Retro-classic ballparks, "retro" major league ballparks ...
. After this point, the street continues as a pedestrian walkway inside the stadium. A sign above this entrance is marked "Eutaw Street."
Eutaw Street is famously known as the location of
Lexington Market
Lexington Market is a historic market in Downtown Baltimore, Maryland. The market is now housed in a 60,000-square-foot market shed building completed in 2022 that is home to 50 merchants and kiosks. The market has occupied many market buildings ...
.
The north end of Eutaw Street is at
Dolphin Street
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. The street continues past this point under the name Eutaw Place through the communities of
Bolton Hill and
Reservoir Hill
Reservoir Hill, also known as Whitelock, is a neighborhood in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is located south of Druid Hill Park, north of Bolton Hill, east of Penn-North, and west of Jones Falls. It is bounded by Druid Par ...
, and ends at
Druid Park Lake Drive
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. Eutaw Street is prefixed with North or South depending on whether it is north or south of
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. Eutaw Place does not have such a directional designation.
Eutaw Place was called Gibson Street until 1853.
This area was known as a home to the wealthy, particularly the affluent
German-Jewish
The history of the Jews in Germany goes back at least to the year 321, and continued through the Early Middle Ages (5th to 10th centuries CE) and High Middle Ages (''circa'' 1000–1299 CE) when Jewish immigrants founded the Ashkenazi Jewish ...
community of Baltimore.
The
Baltimore Metro Subway
The Metro SubwayLink is a rapid transit line serving the greater area of Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States, and is operated by the Maryland Transit Administration. The segment in Downtown Baltimore is underground, and most of the line outs ...
runs below a large part of Eutaw Street. Two of its stations,
State Center and
Lexington Market
Lexington Market is a historic market in Downtown Baltimore, Maryland. The market is now housed in a 60,000-square-foot market shed building completed in 2022 that is home to 50 merchants and kiosks. The market has occupied many market buildings ...
, are located along Eutaw Street.
Landmarks
Some major city landmarks are located on or near Eutaw Street. These include:
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Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower
The Emerson Tower (often called the Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower or the Bromo Tower) is a 15-story, clock tower erected in 1907–1911 at 21 South Eutaw Street, at the northeast corner of Eutaw and West Lombard Streets in downtown Baltimore, Mar ...
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Eutaw Place Temple
Eutaw Place Temple is a large, eclectically-styled former synagogue on Eutaw Place in the Bolton Hill neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. The temple was constructed to serve the German Jewish immigrant community. Originally built as a synagogu ...
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Francis Scott Key Monument
The Francis Scott Key Monument is an outdoor sculpture to Francis Scott Key in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Hippodrome Theater
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Lexington Market
Lexington Market is a historic market in Downtown Baltimore, Maryland. The market is now housed in a 60,000-square-foot market shed building completed in 2022 that is home to 50 merchants and kiosks. The market has occupied many market buildings ...
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Lillie Mae Carroll Jackson Museum
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Maryland General Hospital
University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus (formerly Maryland General Hospital) is a hospital in the downtown area of Baltimore, Maryland. The hospital was founded for teaching purposes in 1881 by a group of local doctors. The hospital h ...
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Oriole Park at Camden Yards
The Oriole Park at Camden Yards is a baseball stadium located in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the home field of Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles, and the first of the Baseball park#Retro-classic ballparks, "retro" major league ballparks ...
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University of Maryland at Baltimore
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is a public university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1807, it comprises some of the oldest professional schools of dentistry, law, medicine, pharmacy, social work and nursing in the United States ...
Gallery
File:Eutaw Place, Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1907-1911.jpg, Eutaw Place circa 1907
File:Eutaw Place Temple MD1.jpg, Eutaw Place Temple
File:Eutaw Place, Baltimore, MD (32595622170).jpg, Eutaw Place and Laurens Street
File:Eutaw Place, Baltimore, MD (32852047561).jpg, Brownstone on Eutaw Place at Dolphin Street
File:Marlborough Apartments, 1701 Eutaw Place, Baltimore, MD 21217 (32976829615).jpg, Marlborough Apartment Building
File:Most Worshipful Hiram Grand Lodge, 1205 Eutaw Place, Baltimore, MD 21217 (35328870694).jpg, Grand Lodge, 1205 Eutaw Place
File:Lillie Mae Carroll Jackson Museum, 1320 Eutaw Place, Baltimore, MD 21217 (34428379281).jpg, Lillie Mae Carroll Jackson Museum
File:The City Temple of Baltimore-Former Eutaw Place Baptist Church (1868-1871, Thomas U. Walter), 317 Dolphin Street, Baltimore, MD 21217 (35998376142).jpg, City Temple of Baltimore
File:Key Monument Eutaw Place Baltimore MD1.jpg, Francis Scott Key Monument
File:Hippodrome 2004.jpg, Hippodrome Theatre on Eutaw Street
File:BromoSeltzertowerBaltimore.jpg, Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower on Eutaw Street
References
{{Streets in Baltimore
Downtown Baltimore
German-Jewish culture in Baltimore
Historic Jewish communities in the United States
Streets in Baltimore
Upper class culture in Maryland