Flaghouse Homes

The Flag House Homes were a Baltimore segregated public housing project built in 1955. The project was demolished in 2001.

Background

The Flag House homes were located in the Jonestown section of Southeast Baltimore North of Little Italy and East of downtown bounded by Pratt Street on the South, Baltimore Street on the North, Central Avenue on the East and President Street on the West. At the time of their construction, the area housed a diverse mix of people living in rowhouses. ^[1] City officials declared the area blighted and opened the Flag House Courts in 1955. The project included three large high-rise apartment buildings and 15 low-rise buildings. ^[1] The property initially opened with a mixed population of residents. Six years later, a majority of the population residing there was black. ^[2]

They were demolished in 2001. In 2006, Albermarle Square was built in their place.

In media

The Flaghouse Homes are shown in Homicide: Life on the Street in episodes 6.1-6.3, the three part sixth season premiere titled as "Blood Ties". They are mistakenly called the Perkins Homes, a nearby housing project. This is proven in the following manner: The Flaghouse Homes were North of Little Italy across Pratt Street unlike the Perkins Homes which are east of Little Italy across Central Avenue. Additionally, the Flaghouse Homes were high-rise buildings as depicted on the show unlike the Perkins Homes which are no more than three stories high at any given location.

References

1. "Flag House Courts and Albemarle Square". Explore Baltimore Heritage. Retrieved June 12, 2025.{{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
2. Williams, Rhonda Y. (September 9, 2004). The Politics of Public Housing: Black Women's Struggles against Urban Inequality. Oxford University Press. p. 113. ISBN   978-0-19-988276-2.

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