Known as the White Ghetto, it was originally built by the Housing Authority of Baltimore City as public housing for white people coming to work in industries supplying World War II.

Most of these white workers were from states of Appalachia such as West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee and came to Baltimore to work at Glenn L. Martin Company and other major defense plants.

Because of the unit construction with common utilities, homes are not individually owned, but rather members have a 99-year lease with two 99 year options.

John Waters mentions both the neighborhood and the Bohemian National Cemetery in his book Role Models: Armistead Gardens, a neighborhood originally built as public housing for the influx of people coming to work in factories during World War II.

There is an amazing graveyard nearby where the star of my early movie Eat Your Makeup, Maelcum Soul, is buried.