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Charles Village is an active and diverse community with a strong sense of self-identity. The neighborhood has a strong local business climate and an abundance of well-known cultural and educational resources, being the home to such institutions as the Johns Hopkins University and the Baltimore Museum of Art.
The Old Goucher Neighborhood, formerly South Charles Village, is well known for its mix of ethnic restaurants, white-collar professional firms, and non-profits, contained in its late Victorian streetscape. Lovely Lane Methodist Church and the handsome granite buildings nearby were part of the original campus of Goucher College, which moved to Towson in the 1950s. Howard Street has become Baltimore's "Automotive Alley" with its heavy concentration of car-related services. And St. Paul Street, around the corner from JHU, has evolved into a student-orientated retail strip.
Another neighborhood association identifies itself as a separate organized identity within Charles Village. The Peabody Heights Resident Homeowners Alliance represents the blocks between 25 and 31streets, bounded by Maryland Avenue and Guilford Avenue east and west, respectively.
Greater Charles Village is generally considered to include the Charles Village, Abell, Harwood and Old Goucher Neighborhoods. |
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Johns Hopkins University, Lovely Lane Church (designed by renowned architect Stanford White), Wyman Park, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Waverly Farmers Market, the Book Block.
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Charles Village is known for its large and stately Victorian rowhouses, some of which have been divided into apartment units. Many of the porch-front rowhouses have been given bright multi-colored paint jobs. In fact, Charles Village is now well-known for these "Painted Ladies." There are several high-rise apartment buildings in the neighborhood, as well as a recent surge in new condominium construction around the university. |
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Plans for Peabody Heights, the first name given to the area now known as Charles Village, had been drawn up shortly after the Civil War. The main objective of the Peabody Heights development was to profitably anticipate the growth of the City in the northern direction. By 1911, Peabody Heights and the surrounding areas were developing rapidly. As the former rural atmosphere disappeared, land values climbed, especially along the Olmsted-designed Charles Street boulevard. During the 1960s, a renaissance began in the community as new homebuyers were attracted to the area's architectural variety and quality. In addition to the functional beauty of its large buildings, the neighborhood offered a convenient location near good public transportation and prominent institutions. A new name, Charles Village, was coined by local resident Grace Darin in 1967. Charles Village is now part of the Charles Village Community Benefits District, a special assessment district which also includes the neighborhoods of Abell, Harwood and Charles North, and provides extra service and support to neighborhood residents and businesses.
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Click here
for more information on this Neighborhood's History. |
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This list may not include all schooling options for this neighborhood. For more information on Baltimore schools visit the LBMC School Directory
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- Margeret Brent
- Barclay
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Dallas-Nicholas
- Barclay Middle School
- Roland Park Middle School
- Northern High School
- Polytechnic High School
- Western High School
- City College High School
- Johns Hopkins Barclay Elementary
- Green School (charter)
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Average Home Sales— Prices by neighborhood
Baltimore I-Map — City mapping tool for cultural, civic, and property information
Baltimore Citistat— City agency accountability tool
Crime Mapping— Search recent crime data by address through the Baltimore Police Dept.
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance— Track a variety of data through their interactive mapping system
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