Quarry Lake (Maryland)
Quarry Lake is a manmade lake in the Pikesville area of Baltimore County, Maryland. Originally a marble quarry, it is now one of the deepest lakes in the state. The lake is surrounded by Quarry Lake at Greenspring, a mixed residential development and commercial development that includes single-family homes, condominiums, shops, and office buildings.History
The lake itself is a flooded quarry that dates back to at least the 1940s, when it was known as the McMahon Quarry. It was later the Arundel Quarry, and finally the Greenspring Quarry. The quarry operated to produce crushed stone from a gneissic phase of the Cockeysville Marble. The Arundel Corporation of Baltimore survives as a subsidiary of Vulcan Materials Company. It is located off Greenspring Avenue, between Old Court Road and Smith Avenue.
In 1999, an agreement was reached to allow a new mixed-use development to be constructed on the property. Construction began in 2005, and the first businesses opened starting in 2006, which now include medical office space of LifeBridge Health, Walgreens, and The Fresh Market. The development also features 83 single-family homes and 500 condos.
The center of the development features is lake, which is deep, one of the deepest lakes in the state of Maryland.
