Mount Winans, Baltimore
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Mt. Winans is a mixed use residential, commercial and industrial neighborhood in southwest Baltimore, Maryland. Its north, south and east boundaries are marked by the CSX Railroad. Hollins Ferry Road draws its west boundary.
The neighborhood was named after Ross Winans
, an inventor of railway steam engines
.
, the oldest common carrier
railroad in the United States, built its original main line through Mt. Winans in 1828 to 1829. Additional tracks to reach the new Camden Station
were built through the area in 1868. The rail lines are currently owned by CSX and operated as its Baltimore Terminal Subdivision.
The neighborhood began as a tiny village, established on the west side of Hollins Ferry Road in 1869-1870, known as Hullsville. In 1871, the Sharp Street Methodist Church purchased a lot in Hullsville for the Mount Auburn Cemetery. A small chapel was built on the lot in 1876, originally known as the Sharp Street Mission, later renamed the Mount Winans United Methodist Church.
Ross Winans purchased a portion of the 2,368 acre Mount Clare estate, originally owned by Dr. Charles Carroll
, in the 1860s. After building streets, orchards, greenhouses, and a railroad station on the property, Winans began selling lots in the new community of Mount Winans in the 1880s. Many of the original houses and orchards in Mount Winans were destroyed by a fire on April 3, 1905.
The neighborhood was named after Ross Winans
Ross Winans
Ross Winans was an American inventor, mechanic, and builder of locomotives and railroad machinery. He is also noted for design of pioneering cigar-hulled ships. Winans, one of the United States' first multi-millionaires, was involved in politics and was a vehement states' rights advocate...
, an inventor of railway steam engines
Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...
.
History
The Baltimore and Ohio RailroadBaltimore and Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was one of the oldest railroads in the United States and the first common carrier railroad. It came into being mostly because the city of Baltimore wanted to compete with the newly constructed Erie Canal and another canal being proposed by Pennsylvania, which...
, the oldest common carrier
Common carrier
A common carrier in common-law countries is a person or company that transports goods or people for any person or company and that is responsible for any possible loss of the goods during transport...
railroad in the United States, built its original main line through Mt. Winans in 1828 to 1829. Additional tracks to reach the new Camden Station
Camden Station
Camden Station, now also referred to as Camden Yards, is a train station at the intersection of Howard and Camden Streets in Baltimore, Maryland, served by MARC commuter rail service and local Light Rail trains. It is adjacent to Oriole Park at Camden Yards...
were built through the area in 1868. The rail lines are currently owned by CSX and operated as its Baltimore Terminal Subdivision.
The neighborhood began as a tiny village, established on the west side of Hollins Ferry Road in 1869-1870, known as Hullsville. In 1871, the Sharp Street Methodist Church purchased a lot in Hullsville for the Mount Auburn Cemetery. A small chapel was built on the lot in 1876, originally known as the Sharp Street Mission, later renamed the Mount Winans United Methodist Church.
Ross Winans purchased a portion of the 2,368 acre Mount Clare estate, originally owned by Dr. 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....
, in the 1860s. After building streets, orchards, greenhouses, and a railroad station on the property, Winans began selling lots in the new community of Mount Winans in the 1880s. Many of the original houses and orchards in Mount Winans were destroyed by a fire on April 3, 1905.