A port city's historic district, Pine Street rows and newer subdivisions
The Cambridge Historic District, listed on the National Register in 1990, runs from the Choptank River south to Glasgow Street and west to Glenburn Avenue, with buildings from the late 18th to the mid 20th century. The city's design guidelines name styles from Federal and Greek Revival to Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and Bungalow, and they say garages and sheds, including watermen sheds, are the most common outbuildings, usually reached by a driveway running straight from the street.
The Pine Street Neighborhood Historic District, one of the oldest continuously occupied African-American neighborhoods in the country, is mostly rows of two-story, gable-front frame houses built as factory worker housing. Past those districts come mid-20th century subdivisions and newer developments such as Cattail Crossing and Deep Harbour. Per the same Census survey, 21.4 percent of Cambridge's housing predates 1940, and 58.9 percent of occupied homes are rented.
