Butchers Hill, Baltimore

Butchers Hill Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The corner of Chester and Pratt Streets, March 2012
Location	Roughly Bounded by Patterson Park Ave., Fayette, Pratt, Chapel, Washington, and Chester Sts., Baltimore, Maryland
Area	57 acres (23 ha)
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	82001582
Added to NRHP	December 28, 1982

Butchers Hill is a neighborhood in Southeast Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is north of Fells Point, east of Washington Hill, and northwest of Patterson Park. It is south of Fayette Street, west of Patterson Park Avenue, north of Pratt Street, and east of Washington Street. It is in the 21231 zip code.

As its name suggests, Butchers Hill was once home to butchers and poultry preparers, many who were German American and Jewish American. It was a village prior to the Civil War. Although today it is considered to be less affluent than Fells Point, it was once the more prosperous community of the two. This is reflected in the larger size of the rowhouses. Butchers Hill is in proximity to more gentrified sections of Fells Point, the draw of Patterson Park, and the employment center on Johns Hopkins Hospital. Many artists reside in the neighborhood. A portion of it is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

This area has recently seen a lot of renovations and urban development and is improving quite a bit.

Laura Lippman's novel Butchers Hill tells the story of a private investigator working in this part of Baltimore.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,967 people residing in the neighborhood. The racial makeup of Butchers Hill was 51.9% White, 25.4% African American, 3.3% Native American, 2.6% Asian, 3.4% from other races, and 2.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.7% of the population. 43.6% of occupied housing units were owner-occupied. 24.6% of housing units were vacant. Butchers Hill is a popular neighborhood for students from the nearby Johns Hopkins medical campus.

74.6% of the population were employed, 2.3% were unemployed, and 23.1% were not in the labor force. The median household income was $36,636. About 23.9% of families and 23.5% of the population were below the poverty line.

Butchers Hill is home to many Irish-Americans, Polish-Americans, and Ukrainian-Americans, as well as African-Americans, Lumbee Native Americans, and a growing Hispanic and Latino population.

External links

• "These East Baltimore Neighborhoods are Moving Toward a Resurgence," D. C. Culbertson, Baltimore Sun
• Butchers Hill Association
• Butchers Hill Historic District
• Demographics from Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
• Butchers Hill Historic District, Baltimore City, including photo from 2004, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Boundary Map of the Butchers Hill Historic District, Baltimore City