This welcoming enclave of mid-century modern attached houses was designed as part of a larger city-sponsored redevelopment of the Bolton Hill neighborhood. Bolton Hill had long been known for its fine nineteenth-century brick Italianate and Romanesque Revival row houses. By the 1950s, however, the neighborhood had suffered a long decline with blocks of row houses abandoned. The Baltimore Urban Renewal and Housing Agency demolished several blocks including Jordan and Mason streets, holding a design competition for up-to-date replacement housing. Jacobson’s winning design encompasses thirty-five units with private gardens that center on a common green space. The Bolton Square row houses maintain the scale, varying heights, and red brick facades of the neighborhood’s older row houses yet provide a fresh new face. The minimalist modern facades feature horizontal bands of floor-to-ceiling bays and alternating flat and gabled roofs separated by parapet fire walls. They are arranged in a slightly staggered, arching pattern with green setbacks to the front and walled gardens and the commons to the rear. The result is a private verdant setting within an otherwise harried urban environment. In 1969 Bolton Square received the American Institute of Architects’ coveted Honor Award for Excellence in Architecture.