Westmoreland is a historic neighborhood in

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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 "In March 1986 Westmoreland, located about one half mile from the

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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

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was born." "Appropriately, the streets were named after other

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namesakes, such as

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, 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." " 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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* Monastery of the Sisters of the Visitation

External links

Historic Westmoreland

Sisters of the Visitation

References

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