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The Mencken House was the residence of H.L. Mencken, the most renowned journalist and social critic of the first half of the 20th century. Since age 3, he spent all of his life, except five years of his short marriage to Sara Haardt, at 1524 Hollins Street.
The Mencken House was built in 1883 by local builder Jacob Saum in the Italianate style and is a well-preserved example of a late 19th century middle class row house. Mencken’s original desk and typewriter can be seen in the second floor Study which overlooks Union Square. In this spacious and light-filled room (originally his parents’ bedroom) Mencken conceived and wrote many of his critically acclaimed works.
Mencken said, “I have lived in one house in Baltimore for nearly forty-five years. It has changed in that time, as I have – but somehow it still remains the same.”
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- Parking: Street Parking
- Photography: Permitted
Photo Credit Dom Guida