Upton, also known as the David Stewart Residence or Dammann Mansion, is a historic home located at Baltimore

Baltimore

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, Maryland

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, United States

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. It is a large brick Greek Revival

Greek Revival architecture

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 mansion constructed about 1838 as the country residence of David Stewart (1800-1858), a prominent Baltimore attorney and politician. It is two and a half stories high on a raised basement, three bays wide and two rooms deep, with a center-passage plan. In the late 1950s, a brick stair tower was constructed.

Upton was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1994.

External links

• Upton, Baltimore City, including photo from 1993, at Maryland Historical Trust
• High Ground, Low Profile (retrieved May 14, 2010)