Advertisement for Durant's Bayside Cottages, Norfolk Journal and Guide, 1962. Note: address given in advertisement (901 Atlantic Avenue) refers to W. Shore Drive, not the present oceanfront Atlantic Avenue.
Looking north on St. Paul Street at Preston Gardens. 14 East Pleasant is the three-and-one-half story 3-bay brick side-gable roof structure in the background just over the square sign in the median. It was the building where Dallas Nicholas and other African American attorneys had their practice. From 1939 through 1941, The Green Book carried the listing for the Monumental Golf Club with its location at Nicholas' office. Source: Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Baltimore, "WPA Project #16, Restoration of Preston Gardens,” 1934-1935. Maryland Department Photograph Collection. Courtesy of Enoch Pratt Free Library, Maryland's State Library Resource Center
