COLDSTREAM HOMESTEAD MONTEBELLO
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Coldstream Homestead Montebello Community Corporation
3220-A The Alameda, Baltimore MD 21218
Phone   410-235-6715            E-mail   chmc.corp@verizon.net

Homestead:  Built by Thomas Gorsuch around 1731.  The estate lasted until
1851 when Robert Gorsuch Jr. subdivided the estate into the village of
Homestead-Coldstream, which was built around 1793.

Montebello:  The most exquisite country estate that comprised the
neighborhood.  Montebello had two nationally prominent owners: built by
General Samuel Smith and John Garrett.

Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello contains diverse (federalist and colonial
style town and single family) housing types constructed during the second
half of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century, most houses
are of the daylight type built in the late 1910’s and 1920s, many by Frank
Novak and by E. J. Gallagher. These two-story homes with large porches
were designed so that daylight would reach all rooms. Both builders
advertised the high and healthy location of the neighborhood as well as its
proximity to the Harford Avenue streetcars, Olmsted Brothers Boulevards,
City College, Clifton Park, and Lake Montebello.  

At Present
We continue to celebrate our most valuable assets through TEAM
(Transforming Environments and Minds) efforts. Launched in 2003, the TEAM
initiative promoted an atmosphere of cooperation, education and
volunteerism. Armies of residents continue to work together to improve the
community house-by-house and block-by-block.  Committed community
partners compliment our efforts to make life better for those who live, work
and play in the CHM community.
The Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello community
is bounded by Harford Road on the east; Loch
Raven Boulevard on the west; 25th Street on the
south; and 32nd and 33rd Street on the north. The
Baltimore's elaborate summer estates.

Coldstream:  Purchased by William Patterson
(donor and namesake of Patterson Park) in 1805
where the family entertained their friends with
strawberry parties, ccompanied by champagne and
followed by dancing on the lawn.