Park Circle Historic District is a national
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
located at
Baltimore, Maryland
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. The district is historically important as an example of an early suburban Jewish neighborhood. Jewish immigrants from
Eastern Europe
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began to settle in the neighborhood, moving from East Baltimore. This set the pattern for the future expansion of Baltimore's Jewish community.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2008.
References
External links
* at Maryland Historical Trust
Boundary Map of the Park Circle Historic District, Baltimore at Maryland Historical Trust
Historic Jewish communities in the United States
Jews and Judaism in Baltimore
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore
Polish-Jewish culture in Baltimore
Russian-Jewish culture in Baltimore
Ukrainian-Jewish culture in Baltimore
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