Remington (Baltimore, Maryland)

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Remington shared its early history with other nearby communities that grew up alongside the mills built along the Jones Falls. In addition to water-powered factories, quarries in the Remington area provided an enormous amount of stone for the building of Baltimore, furnishing material for thousands of foundations, walls and steps. As the population grew, America’s first electric railway, built in 1885, brought new residents. Remington became an attractive suburb and was annexed into the city in 1888. Extensive building occurred from 1914 through the 1920s, with daylight and marble row houses being the dominant types.

Remington is often divided into three distinct sub-neighborhoods. Upper Remington refers to the area north of 29th Street. Although primarily residential in character, it contains many of Remington's notable businesses and landmarks. Middle Remington refers to the part of the neighborhood bounded by 29th Street on the north and the CSX rail corridor on the south. Middle Remington is more commercial in nature, with numerous historical corner businesses, light industrial uses, restaurants, and auto repair shops interspersed among the rowhouses that dominate the neighborhood's housing stock. Lower Remington (also known as "Fawcett") refers the area south of the CSX rail corridor. The majority of the land area here is commercial and light industrial, but there are also a few blocks of rowhouses that feel secluded due to their isolation from other residential neighborhoods.