Inscription
National Register of Historic Places. One of nation's oldest planned garden suburbs. Named for Roland Thornberry, a Baltimore County landowner. English investors backed 100-acre development proposed by William Edmunds and Edward H. Boulton, and the Roland Park Company was incorporated July 30, 1891. Landscape architect George E. Kessler laid out first plat east of Roland Avenue in 1897. Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr., took up planning of steeper terrain on the west side. This tudor-sytle commercial sturcture pioneered the "shopping center" concept in America.
Details
| HM Number | HM10E |
|---|---|
| Tags | |
| Historical Period | 19th Century |
| Historical Place | Residential Community |
| Marker Type | Historic District |
| Marker Class | Historical Marker |
| Marker Style | Free Standing |
| Placed By | Roland Park Garden Club, Roland Park Civic League and Maryland Historical Society |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Friday, September 19th, 2014 at 5:48pm PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 359086 N 4356922 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 39.35026667, -76.63538333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 21.016', W 76° 38.123' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 21' 0.9600" N, 76° 38' 7.3800" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 410, 443 |
| Can be seen from road? | Yes |
| Is marker in the median? | No |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling South |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 4800 Roland Ave, Baltimore MD 21210, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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