Lauraville, Baltimore
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Lauraville is a neighborhood located in northeast Baltimore, Maryland. The neighborhood is bounded on the east by Harford Road, on the north by Echodale Avenue, on the South by Argonne Drive and Herring Run Park, and on the west side by Mount Pleasant Park and Morgan State University, with East Coldspring Lane passing through the center of Lauraville.
[edit] History
Lauraville is named for the daughter of John Henry Keene, who was a local property owner and businessman active after the Civil War. The area was developed as a Baltimore neighborhood during the period between 1920 and 1930.
In 1918, residents of Lauraville were incensed that the nearby Ivy Mill property, where Morgan State would eventually be built, had been sold to a "negro college." They attempted to have the sale revoked by filing suit in the circuit court in Towson, which dismissed the suit. They then appealed the case to the state Court of Appeals.[1] The appellate court upheld the lower court decision, finding no basis that siting the college at this location would constitute a public nuisance.[2] Despite some ugly threats and several demonstrations against the project, Morgan State was allowed to be constructed at this site and later expand.
[edit] References
- ^ Harrison, Miles Jr.; Chip Silverman (2001). Ten Bears. USA: Positive Publications, 19. ISBN 0-967992-21-4.
- ^ Diggs v. Morgan College, 105 A. 157, 133 Md. 264 (1918)
[edit] External links
Lauraville Improvement Association
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