Mount Washington, Baltimore

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Coordinates: 39°22′6″N 76°38′59″W / 39.36833°N 76.64972°W / 39.36833; -76.64972
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Mount Washington Mill Historic District
Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates39°22′6″N 76°38′59″W / 39.36833°N 76.64972°W / 39.36833; -76.64972
Area4.8 acres (1.9 ha)
NRHP reference No.90000727, 01001376[1]
Added to NRHPMay 4, 1990, December 28, 2001 (Boundary Increase)

Mount Washington is an area of northwest Baltimore, Maryland. It is a designated city historic district and divided into two sections: South Road/Sulgrave to the southeast and Dixon's Hill (or Dixon Hill)[2] to the north.[3] The Mount Washington Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 with a boundary increase in 2001, with five contributing buildings and four contributing structures.[4]

Description

Historically, Mount Washington was a small area. However, residents and businesses of many other nearby neighborhoods in the 21209 ZIP code and a small portion of the 21215 ZIP code (west of

Baltimore County as Pikesville
.

The Mount Washington neighborhood is served by the Mount Washington Improvement Association,[5] which, though not speaking on behalf of all the neighborhood's residents, wields significant political clout in Baltimore.

Mount Washington is mostly residential, though it has two small commercial areas:

  • Mount Washington Village, off the west side of the
    Mount Washington Station
    .
  • Mount Washington Mill, a refurbished
    Jones Falls Expressway
    near the Kelly Avenue bridge, commonly referred to as Historic Mount Washington.

These two areas were at one time viewed as a single area, but since the construction of Interstate 83 these areas have been separated, and travel over a longer distance is required between them.

History

In 1854, George Gelbach and Elias Heiner purchased 314 acres near Washingtonville, a mill village. Though the original homes were designed as summer houses, Gelbach envisioned that Mount Washington would eventually become a suburb of Baltimore. Building picked up after the Civil War, with developers, such as John Graham (a resident of Mount Washington) developing small groups of houses around the South Road section. The northern section of the area, what became Dixon's Hill, was the result of Thomas Dixon purchasing 20 acres from Gelbach in 1855 and developed in the 1860s. Mount Washington is considered by some to be Baltimore's first suburb. It was part of Baltimore County until it was annexed in 1914.[6]

Major roads in Mount Washington

Some of the main roads that run through the Mount Washington area are:

Immediate:

Extended:

Other communities near Mount Washington include:

Public transportation

Mount Washington is well known for its public transportation operated by the

BWI Airport
every 10–15 minutes at most times.

MTA also operates three public bus lines in Mount Washington Village, all of which originate at the

Greenspring Station and Stevenson University
.

Schools

The zoned local public schools are The Mount Washington School

magnet schools, City or Poly
. Most of the upper-middle-class families send their children to some of the many private schools in the area.

Athletics

The neighborhood has been the home of the

Kelly Avenue, with the all-girls Bryn Mawr School.[8] Mount Washington is also home of Meadowbrook Swim Club, established in 1930, which has hosted many famous swimmers in the 1930s and 1940s and is now a venue rented by of the most prestigious swimming clubs in the world, the North Baltimore Aquatic Club
or NBAC for short. The NBAC is a team of many Olympic swimmers including Michael Phelps, Chase Kalisz, Katie Hoff, Patrick Kennedy, Theresa Andrews, Anita Nall, Beth Botsford, Whitney Metzler, and Allison Schmitt. NBAC is also home to Paralympians Ian Silverman, Jessica Long and Becca Meyers.

Notable residents and natives

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ISBN 9781467120425
    .
  3. ^ Historical & Architectural Preservation, City of Baltimore, 2010, Retrieved: January 24, 2019.
  4. ^ Fred B. Shoken (July 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mount Washington Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  5. ^ "About". Mount Washington Improvement Association. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  6. ^ "Mount Washington". 15 November 2015.
  7. ^ "The Mount Washington School". mtwashingtonschool. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  8. ^ Jamie Stiehm, Traditions survive in sale of men's club; Bryn Mawr to share lacrosse fields, facilities, The Baltimore Sun, May 31, 1999, retrieved May 28, 2010.
  9. ^ Douglas C. Turnbull Jr., 91, All-American lacrosse player, The Baltimore Sun, April 13, 1993.

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