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Potomac
- Broadway District
Colonial Revival
Spanish Colonial Revival
Second Empire
High Victorian Gothic
Foursquare
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The Potomac-Broadway Historic District consists largely of a late 19th and
early 20th century residential area with most buildings dating from 1870-1930.
Major architectural styles found in the district are Second Empire, High
Victorian Gothic, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival,
and American Foursquare. The district contains large prestigious mansions,
slightly smaller scale single-family houses, more modest houses and duplexes,
apartments, and urban townhouses. The townhouses contain both commercial
and residential uses. The mansions on the west side of North Potomac Street
and Oak Hill Avenue are set well back from the street by tree-shaded front
lawns. The homes on the east side of North Potomac Street and Oak Hill Avenue
and on Broadway and E. North Avenue contain smaller front yards than those
of the mansions. The townhouses on lower Potomac Street and on North Locust
Street are set against the sidewalk. Together these buildings and settings
portray the growth and development of Hagerstown from the late 19th century
through its major commercial/industrial boom period from about 1880 to the
1930's. The 400 block of North Potomac Street and 600 block of Oak Hill
Avenue contained the homes of Hagerstown's business leaders who either created
or rode the tide of the economic boom to great prosperity. The district
was also home to insurance brokers, jewelers and executives with numerous
manufacturing companies and banking establishments. Many salesmen, clerks,
mid-level executives and craftsmen lived on Broadway and North Avenue. The
district is located between the Oak Hill
and Downtown Historic Districts.
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