Robert Poole's Maple Hill
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Robert Poole's Maple Hill Estate, located between what is now 36th Street and Union Avenue, and bounded by Falls Road to the east, overlooked his factory in Woodberry. The mansion was demolished in the 1920s and the site was infilled with rowhouses.
This file appears in: Poole & Hunt Foundry and Machine Works
Poole & Hunt Foundry and Machine Works
At its peak in the late nineteenth century, the Poole & Hunt Foundry and Machine Works employed over 700 people, making it one of the largest employers in the Jones Falls Valley after the textile mills. The company manufactured an impressive…