Fell's Point, Baltimore

Fell's Point
Neighborhood of Baltimore
The Fell's Point waterfront at sunset
Nickname:  Fell's
Country	United States
State	Maryland
City	Baltimore
Settled	1670
Incorporated	1729
Founded	1732
Named for	William Fell
Fells Point Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Storefronts along the Belgian blocks of Thames Street
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Location	Bounded on the north by Eastern Avenue, on the east by Chester Street, on the south by the Patapsco River and Harbor, and on the west by Central Avenue; southeastern Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates	39°16′59″N 76°35′34″W / 39.28306°N 76.59278°W / 39.28306; -76.59278
Area	75 acres (30 ha)
Built	1763
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Italianate, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	69000319[1]
Added to NRHP	March 28, 1969

Fell's Point is a historic waterfront neighborhood in southeastern Baltimore, Maryland, established around 1763 along the north shore of the Baltimore Harbor and the Northwest Branch of the Patapsco River. Located 1.5 miles east of Baltimore's downtown central business district, Fells Point is known for its maritime history and character.

The neighborhood has numerous antique, music, and other stores, restaurants, coffee bars, a municipal markethouse with individual stalls, and over 120 pubs.

Across its 250 year history, Fells Point has hosted large large immigrant communities, including Irish, Germans, Jews, Poles, Ukrainians, Russians, Czechs, and Slovaks. Since the 1970s, middle- to upper-middle-income residents have increasingly adopted the area, restoring and preserving historic homes and businesses. Sometimes now called "Spanish Town," Upper Fell's Point to the north along Broadway has gained a sizable Latino community, primarily Mexican and Central American immigrants, mostly since the 1980s

This Fells Point waterfront is an upscale residential area and tourist destination featuring first rate hotels and restaurants. A short walk from the Inner Harbor, the neighborhood can be reached by foot, water taxi barges, bus or car. It is one of several areas in and around Baltimore listed on the National Register of Historic Places, (maintained by the National Park Service), the first designated from Maryland, and is one of the first registered historic districts in the United States to combine two separate waterfront communities (along with Federal Hill to the southwest across the Patapsco River and the Harbor on the "Old South Baltimore" peninsula of "Whetstone Point" at Fort McHenry).^[2][3]