Brief Community Description
Academy Heights is a community of 487 neo-Colonial style brick rowhouses located in Catonsville, Maryland. The community was built in the 1950's by the Welsh Construction Company, which at the time was owned by the Macht family. All 487 homes conform to the same basic rectangular footprints and have slate roofs, red brick walls and white fascia boards. They all have six-over-six double-hung sash windows, white doorways with Roman Doric pilasters and fluted pediments, and front doors with four inset panels surmounted by two small rectangular windows. In front they all have porches, staircases, and walks made of cement, with wrought iron railings on the porches. They all have small front and back yards, and service alleys in the rear. They all are two stories plus a basement (usually finished and containing a half-bathroom) and attic (usually unfinished). The first floor contains a living room in front, dining room in the rear, and a small eat-in kitchen adjacent to the dining room. Upstairs are two bedrooms in the rear with one bedroom and a bathroom up front. All the rooms on the first and second floors, except for the kitchen and bathroom, are hardwood, although many are now overlaid with carpeting. The houses come in seven sizes (plus a few anomalies), with square footage ranging from 1,200- to 1,512 square feet (not including the basement).
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