Waltherson is a neighborhood located in Northeast
Baltimore
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, United States that runs between Harford Road to Belair Road and from Hamilton Ave in the north and Southern Ave in the south. It was later expanded to include the neighborhood of Wilson Heights extending its boundaries along Belair Road to Moravia Road to achieve the boundaries currently seen on Baltimore City's CityView page.
Those living along the Harford Road side of the neighborhood will often refer to the area as part of the more well known names of
Hamilton, Baltimore based on the business district that historically extended along Waltherson's western boundary. More recently the older name of
Lauraville, Baltimore has been used due to their participation in and as a result of the branding and marketing efforts of the now defunct Neighborhoods of Greater Lauraville, Healthy Neighborhoods, and later Hamilton-Lauraville Mainstreet. Healthy Neighborhoods refers to homes in Waltherson as part of Greater Lauraville on their website.
The eastern parts of Waltherson along Belair Road (and the adjacent
Frankford, Baltimore
Frankford is a neighborhood in northeast Baltimore. Frankford is the most populous of the city's designated neighborhoods, with over 17,000 residents.
Geography
Frankford is bounded by Belair Road, White Avenue, and Hazelwood Avenue to the n ...
) are often called Gardenville, a historic name for that area.
["The City as Suburb: A History of Northeast Baltimore since 1660" Holcomb, Eric] The name Gardenville can still be seen in the names of the shopping center at Frankford Ave and Belair Road, the Gardenville Belair Road Business Association, and the adjacent Gardenville Elementary School.
References
External links
Hamilton-Lauraville MainstreetWaltherson Improvement AssociationGardenville Belair Road Business AssociationLive Baltimore: Waltherson
Neighborhoods in Baltimore
Northeast Baltimore
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