This idea of the “right people” was a major part of suburbanization. Besides leaving their homes for land and privacy, people were leaving because of racial tension. The Roland Park Company had many restrictions, such as: on how far from the street houses could be, and how much houses could cost. The restrictions that made more of an impact on the community would be the bans on commercial stores that were not owned and operated by the Roland Park Company and the race restrictions (Waesche, 67). The slogan for Homeland and Guilford subtly implied their discrimination “1,500 acres of restricted land” (Waesche, 113).

Several significant people in Baltimore’s history lived in Homeland. Henry Walters, who established the Walters Art Museum, resided and bred horses (Stevens, 32). John Garrett, the president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and his family had a house there. This house was a vacation house for the Garrett family. Before Homeland was fully developed, Homeland was predominately a vacation destination for the wealthy (Waesche, 30).