| Homeland,
Baltimore
City Zip Code(s): 21212
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Location
Bound roughly on the North by Melrose Avenue,
On the west by Bellona Avenue and on
the south by Homeland Avenue, with a parcel North of the Cathedral, West
of Charles Street and South of Northern Parkway.
History
The neighborhood currently known as Homland can be traced to a
tract of land called "Job's Addition" surveyed by Job Evans in
1695. Further land was added in 1778. David Maulden Perine purchased the
original property and added to it, so that by 1875 it finally reached
its present size.
One of the original planned communities
in the U.S., Homeland was developed by the Roland Park Homeland Company
who purchased the 391 acre parcel, then know as the Perine Estate of
Homeland, in 1924 for the sum of $1,000,000. The advantages of the
location of the property included the fact that its highest point sat
more than 400 feet above sea level, thus making it one of the more
elevated sections of Baltimore. Additionally, the rolling terrain (and
subsequent naming of the streets) evoked the English flavor the Company
wished to portray. The new development of Homeland was advertised in the
Sunday Sun in 1924, with the sale opening at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, 11th
October 1924. At that time everything was still in the paper stage.
Despite that, at the end of the first day, 89 lots had been sold. At the
termination of the sale 16 days later, the number rose to 248. The first
house approved by the Company was in 1924, built in 1925 - 5108
Springlake Way. In 2001, Homeland was entered into the National Register
of Historic Places. Not only does this acknowledge Homeland as a premier
example of American suburban development, it provides residents with tax
credits to restore their homes with historically appropriate materials.
Contact / Links
Homeland Association
5603 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21210
Email: homeland@homelandassociation.org
Web: www.homelandassociation.org
Information courtesy of LiveBaltimore.com
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