Ten Hills Directory

This series contains records of the THCA, including correspondence between Association members and between city officials, minutes and unofficial notes taken during meetings, records of financial activity, and publications by the Association. The records of financial activity include tax booklets for corporate income taxes, receipts for copy services and purchases made for community events, and print outs of the THCA’s account statuses from 1990-20005. Also included among financial activity records are notes relating to member dues and fees. Financial materials containing personally identifiable information such as account numbers and checks have been removed from the collection and disposed of. Records documenting Ten Hills petition to become a Historical District are also kept in this series, along with materials used to assist this process, such as informational materials about the Rockville, Maryland Historic District. The publications included in this series are community directories and newsletters from approximately 1970-2005, flyers for neighborhood events, and real estate advertising materials from 1910-1930. Publications of other community associations such as Hunting Ridge, which were collected by the THCA, are included as well. Specific community issues, such as the renewal of liquor licenses for establishments in the area and covenant issues with residents are included as well. Materials from Baltimore City departments, such as planning and zoning, the police department, and city council, can be found in this series. Many of the records pertaining to Baltimore City departments are correspondence between officials and the THCA board, and publications sent out by these departments.

There are also records of the Education, Security, and Architectural Review/ Architectural Design Review Committees. Within these committees, records of correspondence, publications, and reports for the THCA Board were created. The Education Committee worked with school boards and organizations in the immediate area, and assisted with the hiring process of administrators for neighborhood schools. The materials from the Education Committee include correspondence with City officials and corporations tasked with overseeing local schools, notes from interviews with school principle candidates, and memos sent out to the Ten Hills residents. The Security Committee handled tasks such as managing a neighborhood watch, working with the City Police campaign Citizens on Patrol, and creating reports for the THCA Board. The records of the Security Committee found in this series include crime statistics reports for Ten Hills between 1992 and 1995, reports of local disturbances, and records of the Citizens on Patrol campaign which include a manual, community notices, and documents regarding the theft of the Patrol’s mobile phone which resulted in a dispute with the mobile service provider. The Architectural Review Committee, later becoming the Architectural Design Review Committee, handled issues with home renovations that may or may not violate the covenants of the community or zoning regulations. Most records from the committee are copies of guidelines written by the committee, and letters sent to members of the community regarding renovations. These records are mostly from circa 2000-2007, with a couple documents from 1997 and 1998. Other related materials can be found with records regarding the Commission on Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP), since the two worked together to designate Ten Hills as a Historic District, and most of the records relating to CHAP involve preserving the historic design and materials of Ten Hills homes.

Records of note in this series are those pertaining to PlanBaltimore!, Edmondson Village, 400 Old Orchard Road, and the Wyndholme Village Project. These four subjects contain many records of mostly correspondence and publications sent to the Ten Hills Community Association Board. The PlanBaltimore! Comprehensive Master Plan records include large amounts of agendas and minutes from meetings with various project committees and the public in order to develop a plan to improve Baltimore’s future and development. Some notes that were taken during these public meetings can be found among these records, and publications such as flyers and memos sent out Baltimore residents are also included. The Wyndholme Village Project documents pertain to a real estate development project for an elderly deaf community in southwest Baltimore during the late 1990s. Included among these documents are correspondence between the developers, city officials, and THCA President Thomas Devlin, promotional materials for the development project, and city council bills directly related to the project. A site map is also included.

The documents relating to Edmondson Village relate to the development of the Edmondson Village Shopping Center, and the zoning issues that the project faced. Records relating to this project include site maps for the shopping center, notes from community meetings and hearings on the subject, and correspondence between THCA President Thomas Devlin and city officials directly relating to the Village Shopping Center. Finally, the 400 Old Orchard Road materials pertain to zoning and covenant disputes between the property owner of 400 Old Orchard Road and the THCA. Records relating to this dispute include correspondence between the property owner and THCA President Betty Newcomb and later President Thomas Devlin, records from the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, and city planning and zoning documents directly relating to this issue.