| Tuscany-Canterbury,
Baltimore
City Zip Code(s): 21218
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Location
Tuscany-Canterbury is
bordered by Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus on the south, and
tucked between Roland Park and Guilford.
Description
Tuscany-Canterbury is a
historic and distinctive neighborhood located in the northern part of
Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The Tuscany-Canterbury neighborhood
is part of the Stony Run watershed and is bounded on the East by Charles
Street, on the North by Overhill and Warrenton Roads, on the West by
Linkwood Road and on the South by University Parkway. Tuscany-Canterbury
abuts Stony Run Park and lies between Johns Hopkins University and
Loyola College.
Tuscany-Canterbury is predominantly a
neighborhood of apartment buildings??garden variety, Tudor-style
mid-rise, and high-rise??which have been built throughout the twentieth
century. Distinctive brick Tudor group homes are clustered in the west
along Tuscany and Ridgemede Roads, while more traditional American
groups have been built in the east on Canterbury and Cloverhill Roads,
below West Highfield Road.
History
Tuscany-Canterbury is one of Baltimore's registered historic
neighborhoods. It lies on land known in the 18th century as Merryman's
Lot and in the 19th century as Clover Hill. For more than two centuries
the history of the area was associated with the Merryman family. in 1694
Charles Merryman received a grant of 220 acres, called "Merryman's
Addition." It encompassed land north of Universitv Parkway. Along
with Nicholas Haile as partner, he also held other nearby tracts. In
1877 Canterbury Road was in place, though called Melrose Avenue. By the
end of the century a large quarry was being dug east of the Stony Run
and north of Merryman's Lane. About a dozen homes were constructed in
the second half of the nineteenth centurv along the west side of Charles
Street Avenue, which was extended north of Merryman's Lane in 1854. By
1914 Merryman's Lane had been renamed University Parkway, and a
streetcar line served it and St. Paul Street.
Demographics
According to the last census, 79.4% of the 3,445 residents are white,
4.5% are black and 13.2% Asian. 9.4% of the white residents are reported
as Irish, another 12.7% English, 15.9% German and 6.3% Italian. 93.5% of
the houses in Tuscany-Canterbury are occupied and 33.6% of that number
are owner occupied. The median family income is $68,409 with 2.5% of
those in the workforce unemployed. 96.7% are high-school graduates and
48.6% report having a graduate or professional degree.
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