St. Paul's Church Rectory
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St. Paul's Church Rectory
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St. Paul's Church Rectory, March 2012
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| Location | 24 West Saratoga Street, (between North Charles and Cathedral/North Liberty/Sharp Streets), in Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°17′34″N 76°36′57″W / 39.29278°N 76.61583°WCoordinates: 39°17′34″N 76°36′57″W / 39.29278°N 76.61583°W |
| Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
| Built | 1789 |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP Reference # | 73002197 |
| Added to NRHP | March 20, 1973 |
St. Paul's Church Rectory, located a block west of Old St. Paul's Episcopal Church (formerly "Protestant Episcopal" since 1789, Anglican/Church of England before) is a historic Episcopal rectory located on steep "Cathedral Hill" at the northeast corner of Cathedral Street (which merges with North Liberty Street, which becomes Hopkins Place and South Sharp Street further south) and West Saratoga Streets in downtown Baltimore, Maryland, United States. In the rear of the old rectory is a small alley-like extension of West Pleasant Street and to the east behind the North Charles Street former residences and now commercial structures, is another small alley extension of Little (or North) Sharp Street.
It is located on ground donated by Col. John Eager Howard, (1752-1827), commander of the famed "Maryland Line" regiment of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and who was noted at the Battles of Brooklyn (Long Island) in New York, Monmouth in New Jersey, Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina, and the Cowpens in South Carolina. He was also former Governor of Maryland and U. S. Senator along with being an influential Baltimorean. He owned the large estate of "Belvidere" north of the town which was also known as "Howard's Woods", with his Georgian/Federal style mansion located at the modern intersection of East Chase and North Calvert Streets (which was razed around 1875, when Calvert Street was extended further north to the old city limits at Boundary Avenue (now North Avenue). Many land donations of his went to churches, schools and other public institutions such as the Lexington Market as the town grew north and west. Most notably the land on which the City's most important landmark, the Washington Monument now sits (built 1815-1827), with its four surrounding park-like squares (East and West Mount Vernon Place along with North and South Washington Place - laid out early 1830s) which has added so much character to the neighborhood and made Baltimore famous, came from his generousity. Plus after his death, his sons and family descendents further developed the extensive estate and land holdings, constructed or bought many townhouses and mansions on the newly platted grid of streets in the coming Victorian era. The Howards grew richer and more prosperous on the development rights in what became known as the Mount Vernon-Belvedere neighborhood and what became known as the "Western Precincts" of the rapidly expanding city, then the fourth largest in America.
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