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Park,
Baltimore
City Zip Code(s): 21210
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Location
Between Tuscany Road, Canterbury
Road and Wilmslow Road on the east, University Parkway, Falls Road and
Jones Falls Espressway on the south and west and Northern Parkway on the
north. Adjacent neighborhoods include Hampden, Hoes Heights, Evergreen,
Gallagher Park, Homeland, Mount Washington and Guilford.
Description
One thousand residences, three small business districts; Cold
Spring Lane, Falls Road and the Village of Cross Keys comprise a
neighborhood settled within a rolling landscape of Maryland piedmont
forest.
History
Roland Park Company was formed to purchase the Woodlawn and
Oakland estates in 1891. Land plan was initiated in 1892 and backed by
British investors. Originally part of Baltimore County and incorporated
into the City of Baltimore 1918. Plat one was designed by Kessler.
Subsequent plats were designed Frederick Law Olmsted and/or Olmsted
Brothers utilizing picturesque planning principles of the time.
Contact / Links
Roland Park Community Foundation, Inc.
PO Box 16214
Baltimore, MD 21210
Tel: (410) 494-0125
Roland Park Civic League
www.rolandpark.org
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