Gay Street Historic District is a national historic district in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a notable example of a late-19th and early-20th century commercial corridor in a developing urban area. It includes a high concentration of small-scale commercial buildings or light manufacturing enterprise structures. It contains buildings displaying Victorian Eclectic, Beaux Arts, Italianate, and Romanesque elements, including two full-front, cast-iron buildings.[2]
Gay Street Historic District | |
Location | Bounded by N. Gay, Fallsway, Low and N. Exeter Sts., Baltimore, Maryland |
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Coordinates | 39°17′35″N 76°36′26″W / 39.29306°N 76.60722°W |
Area | 11 acres (4.5 ha) |
Architect | Davis, Frank E. |
Architectural style | Federal, Late Victorian |
MPS | Cast Iron Architecture of Baltimore MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 03001173[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 21, 2003 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]