Butchers Hill Historic District is an irregularly shaped area roughly bounded by East Fayette Street on the north, Patterson Park Avenue on the east, East Pratt Street on the south, and South Chapel, North Washington, and North Chester Streets on the west. An overwhelmingly residential neighborhood densely built with brick rowhouses at the crest of Hampstead Hill, Butchers Hill is an architecturally and historically distinct pocket of development in the regular grid of East Baltimore streets. The unique combination of dates of construction (1850-1915), sizes, and styles of buildings, with a hilly topography and a peculiar pattern of development, as well as a generally high degree of integrity which is being enhanced by rehabilitation, sets Butchers Hill apart from the surrounding rowhouse communities. The district contains approximately 1000 buildings, 97% of which are contributing structures. Bordering the oldest, northwestern corner of Patterson Park, the District's streetscapes afford exceptional views of Baltimore's harbor to the south, and downtown Baltimore to the west.

Butchers Hill from E. Sachse & Co.'s bird's eye view of the city of Baltimore, 1869

To learn more about Butchers Hill, we recommend Becoming Butchers Hill for a brief annotated history compiled by Rick Gilmour

Do you know your house's history? We have put together some Resources for researching your house. If you already know some interesting facts about your house, tell us about it by completing this form. We are compiling a database of information about all the houses in the neighborhood.

Butchers Hill has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. National Historic District information includes another interesting map.