Neighborhood Boundaries: North - Southway, South – University Pkwy. Oakenshawe East – Greenmount Ave., West – North Calvert Street

Neighborhood Associations: Events: Map: Oakenshawe Improvement Association Terrace Party Co-Presidents: Halloween in Oakenshawe Mark Counselman Oakenshawe House Tour 410-769-6480 Spring Wine Tasting [email protected] Board: Chris Allen George Atkinson Doug Bothner Nat Creamer Wayne Curtis Daphne and Chris Daly Rachel Eisler Mary Ellen Evanko Marcy Feeney Laurie Feinberg George Fisher Jacky Jennings Mark Klotzbach Courtney Malvik Matthew Mosca Miye Schakne Julie Somers Home Prices: Jenny Sorel Public Transportation: Median Sale Price (Jan. – March 2009): $85,000 Gretchen van Utt Demographics/Economic Indicators: 2000 US Census: Population: 14,704 Neighborhood Leaders: Black: 40.70% Asian: 5.76% Hispanic: 2.76% White: 48.68% Median Household Income: $22,426 Library: Nearby Cultural Institutions: Enoch Pratt Free Library Waverly Branch

Schools: Waverly Elementary/Middle School Barclay Elementary/Middle School

Businesses: Non-Profits: GHCC Parks/Recreation/Green Spaces: Median Sale Price (Jan. – March 2009): $85,000

Places of Worship: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Our Savior Lutheran Church St. Paul Baptist Church of City City Council: Notes: District 14, Mary Pat Clarke City Hall 100 N. Holiday Street, Room 550 Baltimore, 21202 (410) 396-4814 (410) 545-7585 (fax) [email protected]

MD General Assembly: U.S. House of Representatives: District 7, Elijah E. Cummings Senator: 2235 Rayburn House Office Building District 43, Washington, DC 20515 Miller Senate Office Building, 2 West Wing (202) 225-4741; fax: (202) 225-3178 11 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401 web: www.house.gov/cummings/ (410) 841-3145, (301) 858-3145 e-mail: [email protected] fax: (410) 841-3135, (301) 858-3135

Delegates: CURTIS STOVALL (CURT) ANDERSON (410) 841-3291, (301) 858-3291 e-mail: [email protected] Important Programming:

ANN MARIE DOORY (410) 841-3476, (301) 858-3476 e-mail: [email protected]

MAGGIE McINTOSH (410) 841-3990, (301) 858-3990 e-mail: [email protected]

Neighborhood History: Oakenshawe is an example of an early 20th century Streetcar Suburb. The name Oakenshawe derives from Henry Wilson’s estate, once located in this area. Built between 1916 and 1925 to coordinated designs by brother architects Flournoy and Flournoy, 337 houses were laid out in the manner of the English garden suburbs in “terraces” which employ the design of each dwelling to make larger symmetrical groupings. Georgian Revival building materials were used: red brick, gray slate roofs, wood sash and casement windows. The original advertisement proclaimed that no two houses were exactly alike.

Oakenshawe also includes Calvin Avenue. These victorian homes were built 126 years ago. According to the Maryland Historical Society, Calvin Avenue was one of the first, if not the first, integrated streets in the United States.

The National Register of Historic Places is a list of properties acknowledged by the Federal government as worthy of preservation for their significance in American history and culture.

The National Register is maintained by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior and administered by the National Park Service. In Maryland, the National Register program is administered by the Maryland Historical Trust, the State Historic Preserva- tion Office.

The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, Division of Historical and Cultural Programs maintain the Maryland Rehabilitation Tax Credits. The Heritage Preservation Tax Credit Program, administered by the Maryland Historical Trust, provides Maryland income tax credits equal to 20% of the qualified capital costs expended in the rehabilitation of a “certified heritage structure.”

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