Garrett, John W., Baltimore MD #07576
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In 1926 the Olmsted Brothers drew a preliminary plan for the subdivision known as Kernewood in Baltimore, MD. John W. Garett, local resident and president of the B & O Railroad, contacted the firm “to develop about 30 acres of land on Cold Springs Lane just North of the Guilford property” and adjacent to his country house.
In 1926 the Olmsted Brothers drew a preliminary plan for the subdivision known as Kernewood in Baltimore, MD. John W. Garett, local resident and president of the B & O Railroad, contacted the firm “to develop about 30 acres of land on Cold Springs Lane just North of the Guilford property” and adjacent to his country house. [J.W. Garrett to Henry Hubbard__11-04-1925_LOCOAR-B-R389_im.1] The plan included 32 large individual single-family lots, and has since expanded and grown to 60 lots.
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| tour - bike | Bike Tour: Wyman Park to Herring Run and Neighborhoods | View |
| Job fIle (LOC) | LOC_07576(1925-1945)_OAR-B-R389_mss52571.05231 | View |
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