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S-Kunst t1_j9j2ui3 wrote

Historically Baltimore has not used the suburban term "Town Home" or "Town House" for their row houses. This is because Town home was reserved for the rich who maintained a country home and a city home. The recent use of town house was a term coined by the real estate market to give the public the idea that their now "attached houses" were not city houses. Another use of the term "town home" or "City house" is for a narrow two story frame house that fit on a deep, narrow lot.

Semidetached is what Baltimore calls their "duplex" houses. These are a great alternative to the row house, as it gives windows on all the rooms in the house. Yet Baltimore builders did not built them in the same numbers as the row house.

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UptownHiFi t1_j9j77lr wrote

I would consider the detached houses in the 2600 block of St Paul Street to fit your second definition of townhouse even though they are brick.

On another note, a pet peeve is the use of the term single family home in place of detached. I mean we’re the only family living in this row house.

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