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Coldstream Homestead Montebello | |
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Neighborhood | |
| Nickname: C-H-M | |
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| Coordinates:39°19′24″N76°35′42″W / 39.32333°N 76.59500°W /39.32333; -76.59500 | |
| Country | United States of America |
| State | Maryland |
| City | Baltimore |
| First settled | 1870s |
| Population | |
• Total | 7,223[1] |
Coldstream Homestead Montebello Historic District | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by The Alameda, Kennedy & Kirk Aves., Harford Rd., E. 32nd & E. 33rd Sts.,Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°19′24″N76°35′42″W / 39.32333°N 76.59500°W /39.32333; -76.59500 |
| Area | 0 acres (0 ha) |
| Built | 1908 (1908)-1937 |
| Architect | Frank Novak, Dr. Theodore Cooke |
| Architectural style | Italianate, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 13000848[2] |
| Added to NRHP | October 23, 2013 |
TheColdstream-Homestead-Montebello community, often abbreviated toC-H-M, is a neighborhood in northeasternBaltimore,Maryland. A portion of the neighborhood has been listed on theNational Register of Historic Places as theColdstream Homestead Montebello Historic District, recognized for the development of a more suburban style ofrowhouses.[3]
The neighborhood captures its name from the nineteenth century grandeur of Baltimore's elaborate summer estates and small country villages along radiatingturnpikes from the center of the city to the outlying major towns.
Baltimore City College was built in the 1870s on the site of "Abbottston", a country estate of industrialistHorace Abbott. Horace Abbott was the famous owner of ironworks in the Canton waterfront of southeast Baltimore. Previously owned byPeter Cooper, these ironworks are where iron plate was rolled for the revolutionaryU.S.S. Monitor ironclad ship in theAmerican Civil War. Later the estate passed to Abbott's daughter and son-in-law, of the Gilman family, atJohns Hopkins University and was known as the Gilman-Cate estate until its razing in 1924. Abbottston Street and Abbottston Elementary School in the neighborhood are reminders of its memory.
Prior to the passage of theFair Housing Act of 1968,racially restrictive covenants were used in Baltimore to excludeAfrican-Americans and other minority groups. A 1923 article in theBaltimore Sun mentions that the real estate developerFrank Novak built racially "restricted" houses in Montebello.[4]
In 1950, this neighborhood was rated the #1 neighborhood in the city of Baltimore. However, since therace riots, and the "white flight", this neighborhood has been notorious for a decline in income and an increase in crime, specificallyblue collar crime.[citation needed]
The neighbourhood is located in northeasternBaltimore, is bounded byHarford Road on the east;Loch Raven Boulevard on the west; 25th Street on the south; and 32nd and 33rd Street on the north and includes Baltimore's scenic Lake Montebello, a holding pond for the city's Department of Public Works regional water system and the Montebello Filtration Plant (constructed 1913) to the immediate north.[5]
Baltimore City College is a magnet academic-specialized selective public high school for the humanities,liberal arts,social studies, and is also the third oldest public secondary school in America. It was founded for young men in downtown Baltimore on the former Courtland Street (now Saint Paul Place/Preston Gardens area) in 1839, and re-located to its fifth site at the present Collegiate Gothic landmark building in 1928. Nicknamed "The Castle on the Hill", Baltimore City College, which has been co-educational since 1979, is on a 39-acre campus with a 150-foot stone tower on one of the highest spots and scenic views in the city.
Located to the west across Loch Raven Boulevard is the former Eastern High School. Founded in 1844 for young women, it was built in 1938 of brick in a Tudor English Gothic Revival style. Facing the 33rd Street Boulevard, it was inspired by the garden parkway plans for Baltimore in the early 20th century ofFrederick Law Olmsted, famed landscape architect of New York City's Central Park. Closed in 1984 and merged with nearbyLake Clifton High School inClifton Park off Harford Road, the landmark Eastern building was renovated as offices by theJohns Hopkins University and Medical Institutions.
Across to the northwest is the former site ofMunicipal Stadium (also known as the Baltimore Stadium) built in 1921-22 forfootball and rebuilt in 1950 with an upper deck added asMemorial Stadium for the footballBaltimore Colts and the baseballBaltimore Orioles professional teams. The Memorial Stadium was discontinued by the Colts when they moved toIndianapolis in 1984 and only briefly afterwards used by several other teams such as theCanadian Football League'sBaltimore Stallions and the transferred NFL franchiseBaltimore Ravens fromCleveland in 1996 to 1998 and also by the Orioles whenOriole Park at Camden Yards was built in 1992. It was razed in 2004 after much controversy, and replaced by a mixed development called Stadium Place, consisting of housing and facilities for the YMCA of Central Maryland.
These two institutions have an important impact on the neighboring C-H-M communities.
The 2000 United States Census General Demographic Characteristics of CHM show that there are 8,750 residents of which 99% areAfrican American. There were 3,265 housing units of which 80% were single unit-attached (rowhouses). 84.5 of all housing units were occupied with 55.9% of them being owner-occupied. Nearly 32% of the residents are enrolled in school (grades pre-k to 12) and 60% of the residents have attained a high school diploma or better. The median family income is (dollars) $27,471.[6]
Residents of C-H-M actively work to better their neighborhood through the Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello Community Corporation which meets every second Thursday at 7 p.m. on the campus of theBaltimore City College (B.C.C.), at 33rd Street and The Alameda. The C-H-M offices are located in the former Music/Industrial Shops/Power Plant annex of 1958 across the faculty upper parking lot.
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In addition to meeting on a regular basis, holding community clean-ups and providing its residents with City government related information, the Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello community corporation also provides a variety of services and programs for its residents. The corporation provides housing counselors for its residents, a summer film series for families, women's self-defense classes, organized walks for seniors and the coordination free services for its residents.[7] Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello community residents qualify for various programs including Project Lightbulb those that provide free energy saving lightbulbs, showerheads, kitchen faucets and water heater wraps.[8]
| Community | State District | Congressional District | City Council District |
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| CHM | 43rd | 7th | 14th |
| Representatives | Anderson,Washington,McIntosh | Cummings | Clarke |
The north side of the boulevard is ready for extensive development. This section Mr. Novak has set aside for the construction of cottages under restricted conditions.
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