Cheswolde, Baltimore
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Cheswolde is residential community in northwest Baltimore, Maryland. It is located along the Western Run. The main roads running through the area are Greenspring Avenue
, Cross Country Boulevard, and Taney Road.
The history of Cheswolde dates back to the 18th century. At that time, Charles Carroll
of Carrollton
owned the land to the north of the Western Run in the vicinity of Greenspring Avenue
and Pimlico Road.
During the 19th century, the land along the Western Run was used for a mill that was damaged in a flood in 1868.
The majority of Cheswolde's current homes were built in the 1950s and 1960s.
Cheswolde is one of four areas of the Jewish community of northwest Baltimore. The others are Cross Country, Fallstaff
, and Glen
.
Greenspring Avenue
Greenspring Avenue is a road in Baltimore, Maryland and its northwestern suburbs. At one time, Greenspring Avenue was Maryland Route 519 from Worthington Road to Dover Road, but the road has since been decommissioned and no longer has any numerical designation....
, Cross Country Boulevard, and Taney Road.
The history of Cheswolde dates back to the 18th century. At that time, Charles Carroll
Charles Carroll (barrister)
Charles Carroll was an American lawyer and statesman from Annapolis, Maryland. He was the builder of the Baltimore Colonial home Mount Clare , and a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1776 and 1777....
of Carrollton
Carrollton, Maryland
Carrollton is a locality in Carroll County, Maryland, USA.It is not to be confused with Carrollton Manor in Frederick County, from which Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a prominent signer of the Declaration of Independence, took his name....
owned the land to the north of the Western Run in the vicinity of Greenspring Avenue
Greenspring Avenue
Greenspring Avenue is a road in Baltimore, Maryland and its northwestern suburbs. At one time, Greenspring Avenue was Maryland Route 519 from Worthington Road to Dover Road, but the road has since been decommissioned and no longer has any numerical designation....
and Pimlico Road.
During the 19th century, the land along the Western Run was used for a mill that was damaged in a flood in 1868.
The majority of Cheswolde's current homes were built in the 1950s and 1960s.
Cheswolde is one of four areas of the Jewish community of northwest Baltimore. The others are Cross Country, Fallstaff
Fallstaff, Baltimore
Fallstaff is a neighborhood in the Upper Park Heights area of Northwest Baltimore, Maryland, and is one of the city's northwestern-most communities...
, and Glen
Glen, Baltimore
Glen is a neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland. It was developed in the early 1920s and 1930s, with the remaining development coming in the 1940s through the 1960s. Glen is one of the largest communities of Northern Park Heights in Baltimore...
.