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Jul 28, 1983
National Register of Historic Places - H. L. Mencken House
Statement of Significant: For nearly seventy years, this modest three-story brick row house on Union Square in west Baltimore was the residence of H. L. Mencken (1880-1956), a journalist who became one of the most influential editors, authors, essayists, and social critics in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. The house, which remains intact, reflects the personal side of the man who as editor and co-founder of the American Mercury (1924-1933) and, earlier, editor of The Smart Set (1914-1924) enjoyed literary influence and fame and championed such new and bold American writers as Theodore Dreiser, James Branch Cabell, and Sinclair Lewis. Mencken was also the foremost authority on the American language through his multi-volume The American Language.
National Register of Historic Places - H. L. Mencken House
Statement of Significant: For nearly seventy years, this modest three-story brick row house on Union Square in west Baltimore was the residence of H. L. Mencken (1880-1956), a journalist who became one of the most influential editors, authors, essayists, and social critics in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. The house, which remains intact, reflects the personal side of the man who as editor and co-founder of the American Mercury (1924-1933) and, earlier, editor of The Smart Set (1914-1924) enjoyed literary influence and fame and championed such new and bold American writers as Theodore Dreiser, James Branch Cabell, and Sinclair Lewis. Mencken was also the foremost authority on the American language through his multi-volume The American Language.
Jul 28, 1983
Posted Date
Aug 15, 2023
Historical Record Date
Jul 28, 1983
Source Name
National Register of Historic Places
