Morgan Park

Morgan Park is a residential neighborhood whose history reaches beyond its proximity to Morgan State. Live Baltimore describes a varied collection of houses, including bungalows, cottages and ranch-style homes. The City map keeps the neighborhood distinct from the adjoining university area and Lauraville.

A community connected to civil-rights history

The Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum’s Carl Murphy account describes Morgan Park as a community that attracted Black faculty and staff from Morgan College. It preserves Frances Murphy’s recollection of her father, publisher Carl Murphy, walking here with W.E.B. Du Bois while they discussed civil-rights work and fundraising. That family account connects residential streets with organizing that reached across Baltimore.

Read the houses as homes

The museum’s account offers a way to understand Morgan Park without turning private residences into assumed visitor attractions. A historical association with a house does not establish public entry or tours. The museum itself is at 1320 Eutaw Place, elsewhere in Baltimore; its online archive is a useful starting point before researching the neighborhood’s individual people and buildings.