Roland Park

Location

Between Tuscany Road, Canterbury Road and Wilmslow Road on the east, University Parkway, Falls Road and Jones Falls Espressway on the south and west and Northern Parkway on the north. Adjacent neighborhoods include Hampden, Hoes Heights, Evergreen, Gallagher Park, Homeland, Mount Washington and Guilford.

Zip Code: 21210

Description

1000 residences, three small business districts; Cold Spring Lane, Falls Road and the Village of Cross Keys comprise a neighborhood settled within a rolling landscape of Maryland piedmont forest.

History

 Roland Park Company was formed to purchase the Woodlawn and Oakland estates in 1891. Land plan was initiated in 1892 and backed by British investors. Originally part of Baltimore County and incorporated into the City of Baltimore 1918. Plat one was designed by Kessler. Subsequent plats were designed Frederick Law Olmsted and/or Olmsted Brothers utilizing picturesque planning principles of the time.