Old Goucher College Buildings

Old Goucher College Buildings is a national historic district in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is an approximate 18-block area in the middle of Baltimore which developed in the late 19th and 20th centuries.

Old Goucher College Buildings
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Old Goucher College Buildings, September 2012
Location	Roughly bounded by W. 25th St., Guilford Ave., North Ave. and Howard St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates	39°18′52″N 76°36′59″W
Area	25 acres (10 ha), boundary increase 75 acres (30 ha)
Built	1879
Architect	White, Stanford; Carson, Charles
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Romanesque, Italianate, Renaissance, Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	78003143 (original) 94001163[1] (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 25, 1978
Boundary increase	September 26, 1994

The neighborhood is characterized generally by two- and three-story brick row houses constructed mostly in the 19th century and several large-scale institutional and commercial buildings dating from both centuries. Stylistically, the area is characterized primarily by Italianate, Romanesque, Colonial Revival, and Art Deco influences.

The area once served as a campus for the Women's College of Baltimore, now Goucher College, until the school relocated to Towson. The school was named for clergyman John Goucher, who once served as a pastor at Lovely Lane Church.^[2]

Former Goucher College Bennett Hall and Annex

The district includes a series of large scale, multiple story brick and stone structures built for college. Three buildings designed by the nationally famous architect Stanford White are found here.^[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1] The former main campus building has been converted into the Baltimore Lab School, and many of the other structures have been re-purposed for commercial and residential use. The site has been the focus of a number of preservation efforts by local advocacy groups.^[4][5]

Lovely Lane Methodist Church

External links

• Old Goucher College Historic District, Baltimore City, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Boundary Map of the Old Goucher College Historic District, Baltimore City, at Maryland Historical Trust