Morrell Park, Baltimore

Morrell Park is a neighborhood located in southwest Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

History and Geography

Morrell Park, together with Westport, Violetville, and Mount Winans, were originally part of a tract of land named "Georgia," or "Georgia Plantation," and later called "Mount Clare." This survey, which measured 2,368 acres (9.58 km²), was deeded to Dr. Charles Carroll in 1732.

The current Morrell Park is bounded by Hollins Ferry Road, the B&O Railroad tracks and Gwynns Falls to the east, I-95 to the north, Caton Avenue to the west and CSX Transportation tracks to the south.

At one point the neighborhood had trolley tracks running down Washington Boulevard; today the only mass transit serving the neighborhood is MTA Bus line 36.

Bessie's Cleaners is the oldest continuous business in Morrell Park & is still owned and operated by the original, resident owners, John & Bessie Panagiotopoulos, for over 50 years.

Housing

Morrell Park is a mix of typical Baltimore rowhouses, duplexes and single-family dwellings. Houses in Morrell Park are still considered quite affordable, The prices have experienced an increase in recent months and seem to be on an upward re-bound from the recession as Baltimore becomes more popular with people who commute to Washington, D.C., especially since Morrell Park is quite convenient to both I-95 and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. And the view of the city is outstanding add a rooftop deck and you can see fireworks all over the city from your location on the 4th of July.The Morrell Park & St Pauls Improvement Association conducts a tour of homes to potential homebuyers.

Schools

Morrell Park has one public school in the neighborhood: Morrell Park Elementary/Middle School which is due for complete reconstruction in 2015. There are no private or parochial schools in Morrell Park, although the Seton Keough High School and Mount St. Joseph schools are quite close. Digital Harbor High School serves Morrell Park families, although it is not located in the neighborhood.

Recreation

Morrell Park has a Community Center over 18,000 square feet The newly constructed center at a cost of over 4.5 million dollars is state of the art and will Serve as a community center, Senior Center, and Recreation Center and is also the meeting place for The Morrell Park & ST Pauls Improvement Association, And The Morrell Park Community Recreation Council and BALTAP The Baltimore Theatere-Arts Project. located near the Elementary/Middle school. Plans to possibly construct an indoor aquatic center in the future are being presented by TRINIC the tri Neighborhood community group in the area. The Tolley Street Field, at the other end of the road, is the home of Morrell Park Little League teams. DeSoto Park also contains playing fields and a playground and is due for a face lift in the very near future.

Churches

Evangelical Bible Church
St. Marks United Church of Christ

Coordinates: 39°16′3″N 76°39′32″W / 39.26750°N 76.65889°W / 39.26750; -76.65889

Neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland

Northwest	Arlington Ashburton Cheswolde Dorchester Fallstaff Forest Park Glen Howard Park Heights Pimlico Reisterstown Station Television Hill

North	Abell Barclay Bellona-Gittings Better Waverly Cameron Charles Village Cedarcroft Chinquapin Park-Belvedere Cylburn Edgecomb Evergreen Govans Guilford Hampden Harwood Homeland Homewood Keswick Koreatown Lake Evesham Lake Walker Loyola-Notre Dame Little Korea Town Medfield Mount Washington Oakenshawe Pen Lucy Poplar Hill Radnor-Winston Remington Roland Park Sabina Mattefeldt Tuscany-Canterbury Village of Cross Keys Waverly Woodberry Wyman Park Wyndhurst

Northeast	Belair-Edison Cedonia Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello Ednor Gardens-Lakeside Frankford Gardenville Hamilton Hillen Lauraville Loch Raven Mayfield Mid-Govans Northwood Ramblewood Stonewood-Pentwood-Winston Wilson Park Woodbourne Heights

West	Bridgeview/Greenlawn Coppin Heights Edmondson Franklin Square Harlem Park Lexington Midtown-Edmondson Mondawmin Mosher Poppleton Rosemont Sandtown - Winchester Upton Walbrook Windsor Hills

Central	Barre Circle Bolton Hill Charles Center Chinatown Downtown Inner Harbor Madison Park Mount Vernon Otterbein Reservoir Hill Ridgely's Delight Seton Hill Station North Westside

East	Barclay Berea Broadway East Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello East Baltimore Midway Ellwood Park Four By Four Greenmount West Latrobe Homes Madison-Eastend McElderry Park Middle East Old Town Oliver Orangeville

Southwest	Beechfield Carrollton Ridge Dickeyville Franklintown Gwynn's Falls Hollins Market Irvington Morrell Park Pigtown Sowebo Ten Hills Union Square Violetville Wakefield Washington Village Yale Heights

South	Brooklyn Cherry Hill Curtis Bay Fairfield Federal Hill Harborview Lakeland Locust Point Mount Winans Pratt Monroe South Baltimore Wagner's Point Westport

Southeast	Bayview Brewer's Hill Butchers Hill Canton Fell's Point Graceland Park Greektown Harbor East Highlandtown Jonestown Joseph Lee Kresson Linwood Little Italy Patterson Park St Helena Upper Fells Point Washington Hill

Public housing	Allendale Armistead Gardens Bel Park Towers Claremont Douglass Homes Ellerslie Homes Flaghouse Homes Govans Manor Homes Heritage Crossing Johnston Square Lafayette Court Latrobe Homes Mason Homes Lakeview Towers McCulloh Homes O'Donnell Heights Perkins Homes Pleasent View Gardens Poe Homes Primrose Place Somerset Courts

Parks	Clifton Park Cylburn Arboretum Druid Hill Park Gwynns Falls Park Leakin Park Patterson Park Sherwood Gardens Wyman Park

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