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    Baltimore Neighborhoods
    Baltimore Neighborhoods
    Baltimore Neighborhoods
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    Baltimore Neighborhoods

    By Marsha Wight Wise

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    Baltimore s rich diversity is represented by its many neighborhoods 95 at last count. Some neighborhoods meander for several city blocks while others claim only a few. This volume of vintage postcards provides unique glimpses into the past of many of Baltimore s neighborhoods. Included are the elegant homes of Roland Park, Guildford, and Sherwood Gardens; the workingman s Highlandtown, South Baltimore, and Locust Point; the streetcar suburbs of Mount Washington, Overlea, Ten Hills, and Hunting Ridge; and the city park anchored communities of Patterson Park, Federal Hill, and Gwynns Falls. Readers will find no two communities alike.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateApr 27, 2009
    ISBN9781439619414
    Baltimore Neighborhoods
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    Marsha Wight Wise

    Marsha Wight Wise, author of several Arcadia titles, grew up in South Baltimore among rows of white marble steps. She currently resides in Hunting Ridge.

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      Baltimore Neighborhoods - Marsha Wight Wise

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      THE NORTH

      CHARLES VILLAGE, GOVANS,

      GUILFORD, HAMPDEN, HOMEWOOD,

      MOUNT WASHINGTON, ROLAND

      PARK, TUSCANY/CANTERBURY,

      WAVERLY, WYMAN PARK

      SETON HIGH SCHOOL, 2800 NORTH CHARLES STREET (CHARLES VILLAGE). Seton High School, alma mater of the author, began in 1865 as the St. Joseph School of Industry at Carey and Lexington Streets. The Daughters of Charity, founded by St. Elizabeth Anne Seton, opened the first school for girls, which taught trades such as dressmaking, stenography, and typing. In 1907, the school moved to the North Charles Street location. In 1926, the name was changed to Seton High School and the curriculum refocused on an academic and business program. In 1988, the school merged with Archbishop Keough High School and moved to its West Baltimore campus. The building is now owned by Johns Hopkins University. (WH.)

      FIRST M. E. CHURCH, 2200 ST. PAUL STREET, POSTMARKED 1921 (CHARLES VILLAGE). The church was designed by Stanford White in 1884 as a centennial monument to the founding of the Methodist Episcopal Church. White borrowed architectural elements from churches in Ravenna, Italy. Now Lovely Lane United Methodist Church, the building is on the National Register of Historic Places. The artifacts and archives of the American Methodist Historical Society are housed at the church and are open to the public (www.lovelylanemuseum.com). (WH.)

      WOMEN’S COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE, 2220 ST. PAUL STREET (CHARLES VILLAGE). The college was founded in 1885 by John Franklin Goucher, a Methodist minister. The school was completed in 1888 on land donated by Reverend and Mrs. Goucher. The college opened with 140 students, who paid a $100 tuition. Before that time, there were no colleges in the state of Maryland dedicated to educating women. In 1909, the school changed its name to Goucher College to reflect that of its benefactor. (MWW.)

      WOMEN’S COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE, GLITNER HALL ENTRANCE HALL (CHARLES VILLAGE). The college provided dormitory accommodations for its non-local students. Glitner Hall, as seen here, provided the girls with a homey, elegant environment. The curriculum offered four courses of study: classical, modern languages, natural science, and mathematical. In addition, art, music, and elocution were offered to ensure the girls were prepared to take their place in polite society. (WH.)

      GOUCHER COLLEGE, GOUCHER HALL MEMORIAL WINDOW (CHARLES VILLAGE). By 1908, the college had three buildings, including a gymnasium considered one of the best in the country. In the 1920s, the college had outgrown its St. Paul Street campus and purchased 421 acres in Towson. The Great Depression set the school back financially, and the new campus was not completed until 1955. Today Goucher College is coed and has a student population of over 1,700 (www.goucher.edu). (WH.)

      BECK’S DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC, ST. PAUL AND TWENTY-THIRD STREETS (CHARLES VILLAGE). Originally a private residence, the home was built in 1886 for James E. Hooper (1839–1908), a textile mill owner in nearby Hampden. The home was most likely designed by Goucher College’s architect, Charles L. Carson. Adorned with massive amounts of oak paneling, the home contained the city’s largest pier mirror (11 by 6 feet) on the second-floor landing. Hopper launched the Maryland chapter of the Automobile Association of America (AAA) in his home.

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