Westmoreland is a historic neighborhood in
Toledo, Ohio
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and is roughly bordered by Dorr Street, Parkside Boulevard, Bancroft Street, and Upton Avenue.
[Westmoreland neighborhood in Toledo, Ohio (OH), 43607 detailed profile http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Westmoreland-Toledo-OH.html#ixzz0YTMezicn
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"In March 1986 Westmoreland, located about one half mile from the
University of Toledo
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, was designated a historical district by the United States Department of Interior."
[Historic Westmoreland in Toledo, Ohio] "This national designation has helped the neighborhood preserve its unique character."
"The vision of real estate developers William B. Welles and Badger C. Bowen, the neighborhood was named because of its rolling hills that reminded them of the east Virginia county
here George Washington was born."
"Appropriately, the streets were named after other
Virginia
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namesakes, such as
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon is an American landmark and former plantation of Founding Father, commander of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States George Washington and his wife, Martha. The estate is ...
, Richmond, Potomac and Shenandoah."
"It was the home of some of Toledo's most prominent Business men and Industrialists."
"Names like Folgers, Spieker, Pinkerton, Siegel, McKesson, Moburg, Ohlinger, Fructhman all called Westmoreland home."
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he neighborhooddates back to 1918 when construction began and now has 217 of the original 323 built upon, which allows many green park like areas in the neighborhoods."
Neighborhood Sites of Interest
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Gesu School
* Monastery of the Sisters of the Visitation
External links
Historic WestmorelandSisters of the Visitation
References
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Neighborhoods in Toledo, Ohio