B-4 Homewood House, (Carroll Mansion, Merryman's Lot)
Architectural Survey File
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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT:OF THE INTERIOR STATE" : (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maryland COUNTY : NATIONAL REGISTER OF HiSTORIC PLACES Baltimore City INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER DATE (Type all entries ,- co'inplete applicable sections)
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ACCESSIBLE OWNERSHIP STATUS TO THE PUBLIC z f. Yes: 0 Di s trict iJ Bui ldin9 0 Public Public Acquisi tion: ~ Occupied 0 Restricted 0 Site 0 Structure kl Privote 0 In Process 0 Unoccupied ti Unrestricted 0 Object 0 Both 0 Being Cons idered 0 Preaervotion work 0 t- In progress 0 No u PRESENT us E (Check One or More '"' Approptlelo) 0 Agriculturol 0 Government 0 Pork 0 Tronsportotion 0 Comments 0 Commercial 0 lndustriol 0 Private Residence 0 Other (Speclly) Educotional 0 Militory 0 Re ligious I~ Entertainment 0 Museum 0 Scientific ("· ...... ;.i , ;~OWNE~ PR()PERTY f .. ·.: •·.. . r z F;4' ·OF .- · .. :. OWNER'S NAME: :s:: .. Ill ~ L--=B~o~a=r~d~o~f~T~r~u=s=t..:::..:.e=e=s~, -.:::'rh.:::e:...... ::J~o=hn==s=--=H=o~p~k=i=·n=s=---U=n==iv..:.....:e=r=s=i~t~y~~~~~~~~~~~~~-J~ ~ w STREET ANO NUMBER: ' i-::~_.:::.:::.::::::....~..::::::.:::..::::::.;z.::....~~~J_.::::;'..=.=~=--~~~~-.-~--~~~~St. John ts Colleqe CaJnpus. Colleqe Avenue ~~~~~..,-~~-t~ 5~ ·· CITY OR TOWN: STATE COOE Cl> Annapolis Marv land 24 I ::···· :· ... ,., ::"· ./! .:±;'; . . ! T I TL. E OF SURVEY : zfTl ; Historic American Buildings Survey lJ ..., < OATE OF SURVEY: 1964 lXl Federal )(Xl Stole i:::; County Xii Local 0 I--~~~~~-~-=-..:.....::.~-~~~~~-==-~~~~~;__~~~ z ~ bEPOSI TORY FOR SURVEY RECOROS: c z .t ~ Ill V> Library of Congress c STREET . ..,ND NUMBER: ll"' V> m 0z CITY OR TOWN : ,- /STATE: COOE -< 0 District of r!.&r.,::!,lJ.l!l·--~'-· ~"-"~L-.L ..L1..L..... 1 -J ,. ; fTl ,r--~ .._ ( /) I . c S-Y • (Checlt One) I ~ E•cellenl 0 Good " 0 Foir 0 Deterioroted 0 Ruins 0 Unupoaed CONDITION (Cheek on!) l (Check One) 0 Altered Ga Unoltered 0 Moved tj Origlnol Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT ANO ORIGI NAL (II known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Homewood is designed as a five-part architectural composition. The central section is one-and-a-half stories over a raised basement. The flanking pavilions and connecting hyphens are one story in height. The house is 1constructed of brick laid in Flemish bond, with stone trim. · The central 1section is five-bays wide and has a finely scaled tetrastyle portico on both the north and south front. The south portico is pedimented and has plaster work bas relief swag and garland decoration in the tympanum. It is approacheB by a f light of stone steps and has marble tile flooring. The eight-panel south entrance door has a se.nicircular glazed transom above it. On either side are engaged pilasters which carry a fu~l entablature. Flanking the >orway are narrow windows with square s1:one panels above them. The house l nas a stone belt course and th~ tall, six-over-six PC!Jle, windows with stone sills and stone lintels with keystones. Above the windows are rectangular stone decorative panels, cut out on their lower edge to suggest consoles. The house carries a hipped ~'of above a finely detailed modillion cornice. m There are four interior symmetrically spaced chimneys and on each elevation two unusual arched dormer windows with Gothic sas·h. m The one-story hyphens have :three bays on the south front and two bays on .the .z: north. The central entrance bay on the south has a glazed semicircular transom and the two flanking bays are small palladian windows. The end pavilions are two bays wide .:md three bays deep with a hipped roof and a .... · ~ entral chimney. ::::0 I c The floor plan of the central section has a wide central hall on the south n s ide that is separated from the narrow cross hall by a wide ·doorway with -f a glazed arched transom and .side lights. Beyond the cross hall the central hall continues to the north entrance but is narrower. To the west are cupboards and to the east a narrow enclosed stair to the four room garret. 0 z The intersection of the cent:cal. halls apd th~ cross hall has a superb groin vaulted ceiling with delicat1~ plaster work ribs .and rosettes at their intersection. The halls sepr:i.rate the four principal rooms of the house. Flanking the south hall are tw~ . drawing rooms one of them with a splendid tray ceiling. Flanking the north hall are the dining room anq the pr~ncipal bedroom. Tne west wing contains the kitchen and service .. ro9m1=>, ..!;l:l~ g~St wing contains the nursery, the so"calied "state room" and a smaller chamber whose use is unknown. !J.'he interior trim of Homewood is of exception.ally high quality. The main rooms and halls have dado, chair rail, and architraves, and mantels which display the wood carvers art at its best in a profusion of restrained Adam style reeding, swags, foliag i~, and fretwork. -·· Form 10-3000 : ATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ( , T E (July 1969) NATIONAL ~RIC SERVICE M,.rvland NATIONAL R·EGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COUNTY INVENTORY • NOMINATION FORM Baltimore Citv FOR NPS USE ONLY E N TRY NUMBER I DATE (Continuation Sheet) Homewood I (Number all entrfee) 8. Signif icance Continued , page 1 Homewood and one hundred twenty acres at public auction in t he Bal timore Exchange. Samuel Wyman , a successful Baltimore merchant and founder of Tiffany , Wyman & Company, bought the property for $25 , 150. Wyman lived in Homewood with his famil y until "1865 . l~~.rnue l Wyman ' s son, William Wyman, commissioned Richard Upjohn to bui ld an • alianate house, Homewood Villa, on the Homewood t r act (1851- 1853) . The J ohns Hopkins University demolished this house in 1954. When Samuel Wyman died the Homewood estate was divided between hi s two sons in 1894. From 1897 to 1902 Homewood housed the Country School for Boys (now Gilman School) . The ingenuity and financial acumen aided by Wil liam Keyser (1835-1904) , a wealthy Baltimore merchant, made it possible to reassemb1e t he Homewood tract .in 1902, when it was offered to the Johns Hopkins Uni versi"ty as the site for a lnew campus . .' Th e architects for t he first University construction repeated the t raditional I, Federal motif of Homewood mansion in the design of tl'le buildings on the surrounding campus . In 1916 Homewood mansion became ?the University Facul ty Club and from 1932 until 1936 i t was a house museum restored through. the aid' of Mr. and Mrs . Francis P. .1Garvan. Since 1936 the Univers~ty has used Homewood for administrative offices . IIn 1969, under the supervi sion ~f Orin M. Bull ock, . Jr., F .A. I . A., the mor tar in the masonry at Homewooa was replaced and pointed. ( ·. B~ ~ :}. PERIOD ( Check One or Mew• ea Approprlale) 20th Century O Pre-Columbion : 0 16th Century 0 18th Century 0 O 15th Century 0 17th Century (ii 19th Century ot Appropriate) ARIEAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One More •• 0 Urbon Plonni ng Abor l9inal 0 Educotian 0 Pol itical Other (Spec ify) 0 Prehl at0 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Homewood was built from 1801 to 1803 in Baltimore, Maryland by Charles Carroll, Jr. This extravagant son of the Signer of the Declaration of Independence spent $40,000' reluctantly provided by his father, .to build one ~f the most sophisticated country houses of the Federal Period. Homewood % !Was designed as a five-part composition, the main central section is one 0 and one-half stories; the flanking pavilions and the low hyphens that connec· ~hem to the central section are one story. The design for Homewood has its roots in the small, intimate, essentially single story houses which became the fashion for the English and European nobility during the last half of the eighteenth century in a reaction against large multi-storied mam;;ions. Thomas Jefferson encouraged the style in Virginia and it also attained a higl iegree of popularity in Kentucky. Although Homewood is not among the earliest examples of this popular style, it is unquestionably one of the mos· -inely developed examples of it. % History w ~omewood, home of Charles Carroll (1775-1825), was built on the ~Merryman's LU r:,ott" tract, purchased May 1, 1794, by his father Charles Carroll of Carroll1 VI (1737-1832) , Signer of ·the Declaration of Independence. Between 1801 and 1803 Charles Carroll of cafrrollton (1737-1832) presented the land, and sufficient funds to build a house, to his son Charles at the time of the latter's marriage to Harriet Chew of Philadelphia. Carroll (1775-1825) had earlier directed the construction of this monument to his own innate good taste, while his father footed the bills amounting to $30 , 000 in access of the $10,000 estimate. In 1824 Charles Carroll of Carrollton bought the house from his self-indulgent, recalcitrant son whose wife had, by that time and with her father-in-law's blessing, left him and returned to Philadelphia The elder Carroll managed this "most imporvident waste , " until his son died in 1825. Homewood was then inherited by Charles Carroll (1801-1862) from his father, Charles Carroll (1775-1825}. Charles Carroll . (1801-1862) and his wife, Mary Diggs, lived there until he inherited Doughoregan Manor from his grandfather, Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832). In 1830 John Lee Carroll ~1830-1911), second son of Charles Carroll (1801- 1862) , was born in Homewood. John Lee Carroll was Governor of Maryland from 1875 to 1880. During. his tenure the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad strike of 1887 occurred. ~rior t:k> this Charles Carroll (1801-1862) in 1839 sold B- Y Form 10-3000 UNITE\, AATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ::.. . A TE. (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1'1.aryland NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COUNTY Baltimore City INVENTORY • NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER OA TE (Continu~tion Sheet) --.,I HOMEWOOD "I ,0.. ...... J. .... ~r -i I ... h... GPO 901.082 Form l0-3000 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR S "TE · (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ~_M_a_r_:y_l_a_n_d______~ 0 - U NATIONA~ o (Continuation Sheet) ENTRY NUMBER I o"TE iJ..--;,;;;;:;:jI (NVlftber •II;r::;:;::-;--~~~~~~~~~~~L..- entrlH) ~~--,_~___J_l~__J 9. Major Bibligraphical References Continued page 1 Gladys Carr, "Homewood - Its Romance and Tragedy," Marrland Cl ubwornan , XIII, (Dec. 1939-Jan. 1940), 7, 26. Johns Hopkins Alumni Magazine I (Jan. 1912), 37- 46 and XXI (Jan. 1933) , 127- 151. "A Most Improvident Waste," Johns Hopkins Magazine, XI (Jan. 1960) 12-13 , 26- 27 . The Sun, Baltimore, November 6, 1953, November 25, 1969 Arthur Clifton Powell, "How Hopkins Moved to Homewood;.• The Sun, (Baltimore), March 16, 1946. John c. French, A History of the University Founded by Johns Hopkins, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1946. .. Joseph Orun, Charles Carroll of Carrollton 17~7 - 1832, New .York: J.P. •. ··· Kennedy, 1932. Interview with Mr . John Peach, Associate Plant Manager, Johns Hopkins University, October 21 & 22, 1969. John E. Semmes, John H. B. Latrobe and His Times 1803-1891, Baltimore: Norma1 Remington, 1917. J ohn Martin Hammond , "Homewood, Baltimore, Maryland," .Architectural Record, LXI (May and June 1917) , 435- 447 and 525- 535. Bernard B. Perlman, "Construction and Cost of Homew~od," Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, XIV (March 1955), 26- 28. J. G.D. Paul, "The Hi.story of Homewood," Baltimore; Johns Hopkins University, no date, -on· file at the Maryland Historical Trust • .. 'Bernard G. Steiner, ·Men of Mark in Maryland, 3 vols. , Washington: Johnson- -:· Wyne, ,1907, III. ·· ~ Richard Howland and El eanor Spencer,Architecture of 'Baltimor e, (Baltimore, 1953) .. Baltimore American, June is , .:1938. J ohn Lee Carroll to I J, Doughorogan [si'cJ Manor , October 7 , 1 907 , Query File, Maryland Room, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Md • • >.. ------'------· L.ATITUOE ANO L.ONCHTUOE COORDINATES L.ATI TUOE AN 0 L.ONGI TUOE COOR DINA TES OEFINING A RECTANGLE L.OCATING THE PROPERTY 0 DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY R OF LESS THAN TF.N ACRES CORNER LATITUDE L.ONGI TUOE L. ATITUOE L.ONGITUD E Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds 0 NW . . 0 . . 39 ° 1 9. 46. 7~ 37 . 09" NE 0 . . o · . . SE 0 . . 0 . . C:IA/ 0 . . 0 . . APPROXIMATE ACRE ... GE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: 9 acres ILIST ALL STATES ANO COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIE~ STATE: CODE COUNTY CODE m m STATE: CODE COUNTY : COO£ STATE: CODE COUNTY : CODE z STATE: COOE COUNTY : CODE NAME AND T ITL E: W. Brown Morton III, Architect n ORGANIZATION -I N.P.S., O.A.H .P. , Historic Sites Survey STREET ANO NUMBER: 0 801 19th Street, N. W. z CITY OR TOWN: STATE COD E Washington hl~fj~:§t~l'.E _. l-,IAISON · OFFICER CERTl°F.ICAHON ·.'.'·.'.. , . NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 ( Public Law 89..665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion National Register. in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c riteria and procedures set forth.by the National Park Service. The recommended Chief, Olfice of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: National O State O Local 0 ATTEST: Title ------Keeper of The Natiooal Register Date------~ GP 0 9 O l .o 8 7 . ..; : :- ...... - .. ? •• ... - ·'i" .. • . -~· ... ;. ., ,. ( ..~ · . .'"":. · ~ . ' . ..-:. ~ ' •<;; ..: ~ . . ·. : "'' : ,, .. . .. · ,,.-. . •. :.. ~.. : ..:: . . ~ ··.. :~ . . .: .. .· . .·.. . MHT 8-4 Form 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE ! ' (Dec. 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Marvl and .. HATIOHAL REGI STER OF HISTORIC PLACES C OUNTY P,;i l timfl r P rit" PROPERTY MAP FO RM FOR NPS USE QNL Y (Type all entries • attach to or enclose with map) E N T R Y NUMBER I OATE V') I z 11· NAME .. 0 COMMON : Home\'1ood ANOI OR HISTORIC: 1-:om.::w)od 1-:cuse Carro 11 i·>ns inn ( ' SC ... LE: 1 I -.:..: :,. w 1 : 21 000 -, .--:·'-'\ OATE: ' ~ . ' ~ ·"?. .'-~' ~ : .. ': w photorcvised 1 966 --· ...... l"j\, V •·'· -···~ 14.· REQUIREMENTS .: :·. f t ~ ! ·- . /I V') . -, . ' .. ., --· ! TO BE INCLUOEO ON "LL M"PS ' ' 1. P roperty broundories where required. ~ \ Ll'i\ ~·.\. • . .; . ~ \}::, .. 2. North orrow. ·. \\ J !\\1J .J ~. ' : " / ">·' .>' .._'4, . . ._, 3. l a t itude ond longit ude reference. (& "': .. • ', • ·( : ! .....,.--..·· ;-, · · ~ .. · . / · l .IJ , ·:·· -·- : ., ... -- · - - := - - · ~------··- ··. ·.·'": ~ -·------·· .·. ··' . ·. .... ,·: . _..... ' ::i· ------. .- ...... ---: .. ·-·· •. .. .. . ~ . ·•. . . • ,· < i: ' .- _.,. ,. . ~ . ·.:t.. .. ...: ...... -=--..... -... . . ~ - •'. ·'- ...... • . , ...... ' ~· r..: . . ' rot . :• . .• " / I I · • (~·· ;: .·~ .::·~ ...... , _ o _,. ~ · ' · r "': ·1 11 .: 11 Homewood -> Baltimore, Maryland U.S.G.S. 7.5• Series Baltimore East, Md. Quadrangle . " 1953, revised 1966 , ...... -· ~ . I" ' ' · · - . : I • '\,,. ;•.. : !>; ... •, -"~:...... ~- ·""" ....,.... . 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LOCAT!ON ,. :· · .; · , , .. ~ TFl E E T ANf NUM9£R: North Charles and 34th Streets CITY OR TOWN: Baltimore CATEGORY ACCESSIBLE OWNERSHIP ST A TUS (Cl•rrk One) TO THE PUBLIC :z Yes: 0 O i stdct ~ Building Q Public Public Acqui sition: IXJ Occupied 0 In Process { ~ Restricted \J Si t• 0 Struc Ture [Xl Privale O 0 Un oc:vpicd Being C o nsidered 0 Unrestricted 0 Obje ct Q Both Q 0 Preser ... ot i on work ..... in ptogre.ss 0 No u P RESENT USE (Check One o r More BS Appro priattt) :::> 0 Agricuhurol 0 Government 0 Pork 0 Tron:sportot;on 0 Commenls ~ 0 Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Private Re~idence 0 01her (Sp:~·:-· : : .. OWNEP.'S NAM£: Board of Trustees . The Johns Hookins Universitv w . STREET A.NO NUMEl!;:R: w North Charl es and 34th Streets CITY OR TOWN: STATE: I cooi:: ...... J3al timQr~------· Marvl and I ?Ll .· .;:.:. S~ L.9._S_t_!ION OF-~. ~~_!-..!:._ DESCR~2_~0N .. - ·---·- ······-- ···--·- -- ..:.:_'-_ ____ ..: ,_ ----· .... COURTHOUSE. FICGISTRY o~· nrE:OS . r: re: ------n c;:J 0 Ha 11 of Records Cammi ss ion Oi:1>C 1------STREET ANO NUMSER:---- ~------~------'-'~zlrt-c-T ... k-'·~ St. John's Colleqe CalT}Q!ls, College Ave_ti_u_e_~------~-~I 5 CITY OR TOWN: STA.TE I<:;ODE f ""$ Annapolis Maryland ro 24 l ~ . "' .~· ·.· ., .·..... · ,; 16: . :REPR~SENTA Tl(:iN IN EXISTING SURVEY~ ,. · :;:-~ ···· TITLE OF" SURVEY: ... · Historic American 8uildi nQS Survey n ,, ;;;:-T~~~;;· ~- - - -19· 5'1 --··- ··- - - ·- -fXJ- Fede;-ai·---- lxj Stole LJ Count y - 0 ! · ·-tici·c-.~., -- J- :z ;o 10£1'>051 TORY FOR SURV EY_ REC OROS: c z ? "O C> "' Library of Congress . I "1 c 5TfiEE.T ANO NUME:IER: ! ll "'m 0 z CITY OR TOWN: STATE: I CODE 1- ~ Hashinoton District of Columbia l 11 1 ~ '--~~-~-'--'-----~---~-~------~---...... --~~~~~~~~~'-0-~--~~~___, L~,- ·:--,,- ~\ f • > r·lH T 8-4· i' (Ch.:ck Ontt) 0. Exce ll enl C] Good 0 Foir [ ] Deto ri o ro1od 0 Ruins 0 Unexpu~e d CONDITION ( Check One) (Chrck One) ·1 0 Af1e re d [~- Uno l 1 e re~ ----~-- 0 Moved ~ Ori9in ol Site DESCRIB E Tl > • "Ho1 11 e1·1oo d," bu ilt. bct\Vecn 1801 d11d W03 liy Churl es CJ.l'roll, Jr., "',.: . stands in 1971 on the Johns Hopkins University Campus as an example of .-, the late Georgian country house in Baltimore . The late Georgian· or 'Federal• style marks the full height of Georgian architecture in America . Homewood , in the pre-Revolutionary Maryland, tradition is a ~ymmetr ic.al five-part Palladian country house. The- hou..se.-has basic similariti es to earlier houses such as ~1Jhitehall , Tulip Hill and t~ye House--the flve-part plan with large central block, a sma 11 vii ng connected by a hypl1 e n on each e ncl, and the ful 1-hci ght tctra styl e portico . Tile l..iasic differ e nce is t hat wh ereas l-Jhitehall is a Nt:o Palladian mid-Georgian house , Homewood is a Federal-Adanresque house. The whole approach to Homewood is refined, delicate and sophisticat ed. This is evident through -a wealth of details, carved in a period that ma r~ed the height of the wood carving tradition in Ame rica (e . g . Samuel Mcintire) m and reflective of the contemporaneous Ad amesque fashion in England . The detail is all in lmv relief and is sma ll; the cornice, the capital s of m the col um ns, the doon1ay pilasters a nd entablature are filled h'ith minia ture reeding, fluting, running 1 s ' , and acanthus leaves . Tht: south ped i ment has Adqmesque garlands around a shield-sl1aped \vind0\'1. Tltc effect of Homewood is one of flatness ; the l ong , narrow windows are flush against the exterior wa ll and the only decorative t~eatments on the Ha ll s arc the -f marble window sills and panels above the central block windows . The roof ;o -is hipped and both north and south porticos abut into the main roof as a c pedimented gabl e . The roof of the main block has two round - head dorme rs n · with Gothic sash . The south side of each hyphen has a doorway wi th semi .circular fanl ight an_d i s flanked by a Palladian-style windov1 capped with -f a brick arch·. Th € main (south ) entrance door is topped by a semi -circular fa.nlight ~1ith delicate trace ry , surrounded by fluted pilas ters and cn 0 tablature; the north side door has a Federal feature--a large, elaborately z: traceried, semi -ci r c ular fanlight. The north side i s not as elaborate as the south side (except for the fanlight), especi a lly in the use of a flat portico w~th pediment mounted on the roof. The base, steps and columns appear to be r ecent . The stable is 550 feet due south of Homewood and is included in this nomi nation. Homewood is located on the Johns Hopkins University Campus at Chorles und 34th Streets, Ba l timore City, Maryland. ' ,.. ;· --~ , ' ~------· ·. · . .:·· .. 0 P re-Coh,m bion ! 0 16 th C e n t ury 0 18th Century .. 0 l5ih C o.:n tury [,] )7th Cen l ury [)() 19 1k Century SP EC I F I C O.:."l'E!S) (lfApplic n oTe rmd K nown) 1801-1801 A REAS OF SIGNIFICANCE ( C hec k Onb or Mor e 1'S App1oprlat<') ALor i ginnl CJ Fdu cot i or1 IXJ f> o loti cul t ·1 llrbon r f(11tr1io 9 L) Prchi>loric 0 Engineering 0 Religio n/ Phi. l) 01hor (Sl'o.:<'i lr) 0 Hi,toric 0 In dus t ry losophy 0 Agricullu10 0 I nvent ion [] Science !Kl Architecture 0 l ond>cope 0 5 c ulptu1,. 0 Art A rcht tectufe {29 5ociol/Hvmon- ·' 0 Co mm ~rc e 0 Literoture ~~ ;·: ; itorion ·.. ·'_ - ·;-.. ' 0 Communications 0 Military 0 Theater I.··; '°.._ - 0 C ons.ervotion 0 Mu$iC 0 Tronsportofion ',i , . ··:... Homewood, home of Charl es Carrol l (1775- 1825) , was built on the "Merryma n's Lott" tract, purchased May l, 17 94 , by his father Charl es Carroll of Carrollton (1737- 1832), Signer of the Declaration of I ndepen dence. Between 1801 and 1803 Charles Carroll of Carrol l ton (1737 -1832) :z presented t he l and, and suffici en t funds to build a house, to hi s son 0 , Charles at the time of the l atter' s marriage to Harriet Chew of Phil adelphia. Carroll (1775-1825) had earlier directed the construction of this monument to his own innate good taste, whil e his father footed the bills amoun ting to $30,000 in excess of the $10 ,000 estimate . In 1824 Charles Carro 11 of Carro 11 ton bought the house from his se1 f - i ndul gent, recalcitrant son whose wife had, by that time, and vv i t h hl? r father-in l aw 's bl essing, l eft him and ret urned to Philadel phia . The elder Carroll .· .. , "' . n:ia nage? this "most impro vident waste," until hi s son died in 1825. :z Homewood was t hen inherited by Charles Carroll (1 801-1862 ) from his father, Charles Carroll (1775-1825). Ch arl es Carroll (1 81J l-1 862 ) and his wife, Mary Diggs, lived there until he inherited Doughoregan t1!anor from LU his grandfather, Ch Cl rl es Ca rroll of Carrollton (1737-1 332) . UJ . In 1830 John Lee Carroll (1830-1911), second son of Charles Carroll ! (1 801-1862 }, wa s born in Homewood. John Lee Carroll was Governor of iv1aryland from 1875 to 1880. Du r ing his tenur e the Ba l timore and Ohio Rail road strike of 1887 occurred. Prior to this Charles Carroll (1801-1862 } in 1839 sold Hon]ewood and one hundred twenty acres at public auction in the Baltimore Exchange . Samue l Wyman, a successful Baltimore me rchant and founder of Tiffany, Wyman & Company, bo ught the property for $25,150. Hyman 1 ived in Homewood with hi s family until 1865 . Samuel Wyman's son, ·William Hyman, commissioned Richard Upjol1n to build an Italianate house, Homewood Villa, on the Ho mevJood tract (1851-1853) . • ·~ ,~ The Johns Hopkins University demolished this house in 1954. ;-;;· ~: . .. , ·~ · £>-'::~ vJhen Samuel Hyma n died the Homewood estate was divided between his .. ,'\-~· _ i ~. t\vO sons in 1894. From l 897 to 1902 Hcmev1ood housed the Country School . ~ • "J for Boys (now Gilman School) . ." . . ,· . The in9e11uity •.ind fi11anciul dCumcn 0icJed by Will i .:un Keyser .. -'-·. . .. (1835-.1904), a wealthy Baltimore merchant, made it possibl e to r eassemble the Homewood tract in 1902, when it was offered to the Johns Hopkins University as the site for a new campus. SEE CONTINUATION SHEET .·· ~:~·~7;- ~--~ ~-- -:·-. -- - ·' . ~,· - .. ·.'.:_'·.. . .ii '. ·. ....: ~ ·- ·111 D - C~ ~ ------·------·------·------r9 . /,iAJOR BISLJOGRAPHJCA------L REFC:RENCES ------... -.------· ------..----- Recorders : !·Janey 11i11 cr, IJ is tori a n, I ki ryl and lli storical Trust, Octol>e r 22;- 1969 . \.Ji 11 i am 0. Morgan , Field Surveyor, Maryl and Historical Trust, June 2, 1969 . Richard Hm·1l and, Architecture - of Baltimore, (Ba ltimore : Maryl and Historical Society) , l 9-S3~~ PP 29 .. SEE CONTI NU ATION SHEET rio --~~ ------~ --...... _ -.. - -- --... -·-- -- ·-·------·------· 0. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA . ----- 1..ATITUOE ANO l..ON<;ITUOE COORDINATES I LA TITUDE AND 1..0NCITUO!:. COOAO-----IN.A TES ·- DEFININC A RBCTANGLE L OCA T ING THE PROPERTY 0 DEFINING THE C E NTER POINT OF' A PROPERTY OF' L E SS THAN TF'N ACRES ' R CORNE R ~·- __LA Tl T U DE L ONGITUDE , 1..ATITUDE LONGITUDC .. . O ..gree• Minules Seconds D egrees M inutes Seconds Degrees M inutes s .. ~onds Degrees Minutes Second s ~ _,: 0 . 0 .. NW' 39° 19 . 49 .4" 76 ° 37 . 14. CJ . . " NE 39° 19 •49.4" 76 ° 37 ' 04 . 0 SE 39° 19 '41 .4 " 76 ° 37. 04.0 SW 390 19 'Ll l .4· 7n o "J,7 • 14 G APPRO)tlMATE .AC REAGE------OF' NOMINATF.O- PROPERT Y : 9 ___acr.es._ ____ !LIST Al..1.. STATES ANO COUNTIES FOR PROPERTI E S OVEl' STATE: CODE COUN T Y COD E m m STATE: CODE COUNTY : CO.OE "' . ; -_.:_, z. ~ -j STATE: •. CODE COUNTY: CODE - STATE: CUf">f. C OUNT\.: __rnnf._.. ___..: --f ;o .. ·" ·.;~; .. --- .· ..~ ... ·:;:··,; ~. ,. •.·. H·1: FORM PREPARED BY ... -· ' • ; ! --·-- -- -·- ·· ·------·-~---- · .. .. ····- c NAME ANO Tl Tl_ E: Mrs. Preston Parish, Keeper of the t:1a ryl and Register (') ORGANIZATION I DATE --f Maryl and Hi storica 1 Trust Apr il 14 , 1971 STREET ANO NUMBER: 0 94 Co 11 ege Avenue -- - z. CITY 011 TOWN: - --- s l" /l i · t::, cOOE ' . i Annapolis Maryland ?Ll ~ '". p2. STATE _LIAISON OFFICER CERJI FICA'l°ION ·:; ' .· .· .. NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Low 89-665). I hereby nominate this property for inclusion Nationa I Register. in the National Regisler and certify that it has been evaluated according ' to the c riterio and procedures set forlh by the Na! ional Pork S.:rvi<-~. Th<· rernm111e nclt«l Cl1ic•f, ()((i.-o 01 l\rr-11<•1Jll)(!)' :1t1< / lli.~tvri .- Pn•N c0 r.-:>l i <>11 level o r sii.:nifican<.:c of this non11nat1011 is: • ... National State Local r·'· rx 00 CXl ,< .: Date Name u~~d2£? l&cP~l~ ATTEST : Orlando Ridout IV Title State Liaison Officer 'ii ~ t for · Maryland -.. -; Keeper of Th<' Nali<>n;1/ RPlliMt:r ~<- , APR 1 4 - : ~ Date 1971 C,at~ 1 4 "11"1. a ..,...- - ·.• .. ~ . • 1. , . " :...... ,.. . .• t.:' --- I --TJ""------'l :liiiiiiii===;;;;;; STATE. F orm 10-'.IOO o UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HIE INTERIOR (J u ly 1969) NATIONAL PARi< SERVICE _MilrYJ 9ri9.. -·-· ...... J :-_y__ MATI ONA L REGI STF.H OF HISTORIC PLACES COllN TV .'. _ J3altimore. _Ci:ty ______...1 . . · I NVENTORY - FORM ~WMINAT I OH f- OR NPS USE ONL Y ~ .. ·-:. EN TRV NUMOE. f< OA TC (Continuation Sheet) ·' ------·------·------•. Home1·10o d ~ ..· .. . ·:~:; ...... ·~":. :.~ L .. #6. RE PRES ENTATI ON IN EX ISTI NG SURVE YS conti nued ,· ...... · ... . :· Mary.l and Re gi ste r ~ o~ hi stor i c ·sites ·and l andmarks I I !~ .. : -.1969 State -.· Maryland Hi st orical Tru s t -~ 94 Coll ege Avenue :Annapolis, Maryl a nd code: 24 Commf s sio~ for Historical and Ar chitectural Preservation . . . , . ":l·>t .· . : . ~·· ...... '/ -> } ",· - Local ...... ~ . . . .,.,~ ·• " ~ 402 City . " = ~: - Hall . ~. -, . . . Bal t i mo re, Maryl and cod e: 24 r .~£:... .· •· •~,.. · ~ : ·I. J' .. - . , ... t - • .. t' -1"-. .. . .;.. ' . . -. _.; .. ... #8. SIGl'1lFIC°ANCE continued . ~ . . " The .architects for the first Universi ty construction r epea t ed the traditional . · Federal mot i f .of .Homewood man s io"1·in the design of the buildings on the · sur.~ound i.ng campus. · -·: · · : · · · .q ·· ; i · ·-'.' ~ · _ . _· • ·• In 1916 ·Homewoo d mansion became t he Univ ersity Faculty Club and from ;.. 1932 until .·1936 it was. a hou se mus eum restored through the aid of Mr. and .. .. . Mrs.~. Francis P. Garvan. Since 1936 the Univer s ity has used Homewood for - admini s trative offices. '·· · ;"": "J .. In 1969, under the supervision of Orin M. - Bullock~ - Jr . , F.A.I.A., the -·mortar in, the ma sonr~ at Homewood was replaced and pointed. ·.. •' . - . . ~ -.. Behind Homewood is the original stable built by Charl es Carroll ..:,(1755-18?5). ·The timber and brick barn , built into a hill, is used as a Little .. - Theater by the students of the· Johns Hopkins University. . . •• ::.·. - ,' z. - ~,. .. ~ ... : ":". - - ··. .;_ .- · :- .. • I ·. ·------(l of 2 continuation sheets) . - ·v-. . : :t ·.. ··. ' ·' . . ../ · ~ . . .· ·i· _.. :. - ' . _-: ..: · . ' ' .. . 'l, "lj ._ ..... f <>1 m l0-30Cla UNITrD SlATES 01:.PARTMENT OF l HE INTERIOR !. ) A ' \ t-: IJv ly 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLAC E S C'OUNT Y Ba lti mo re City I N V E~TOR Y - t JOM IN AT I O ~ FORM FOR NP5 USE ON LY '------ENTR y NUM BER I DATE (Continu.:?tion She e t) L--- ..-- ·------·- -·--·------·--'-·----- . . . . -- - I (/\lut'Mbt'lr n ll <'nlrlt>•) Homelvood ... #9 . REFER ENCES continued .. . .t ,, " J. G.D. Paul, "The His tqry of:·Homewood, 11 Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, ~ ...... no date, on hle at the Marylard Historical Trust. ·" '• .. \ · Bernard. G. Steiner, Men of -Mark in Mar,)'land, 3 vols ., Washington: . Johnson- · ... ! ~·Jyrre-;- -tte 7, I I I . • • • # 1 ' Baltimore American , June 15 , 1938 . . Gladys Carr, "Homewood - Its Ro ma nce and Tragedy, 11 Maryl and Cl ubvJoman, . . . ,.! XIII, (Dec. 1939-Jari. 1940), 7, 26 . <4 .. ·• . • '" Johns Hopkins.Alumni Magazine I (Jan. 1912), 37-46 und XXI (J :--... -_ ....._. "A. Most Improvident l•Jaste," Johns Hopkins .Magazine, XI (Jan . 1960) 12-13, ~:· 26-27 . " ~ l .... t t.- •• ,.}·:"" . . . '·· :,.-1" The Sun, Baltimore, November 6, 1953, November 25, 1969 . . . Arthur .Clifton Powell , "How Hopkins Moved to Homewood," The Sun, (Ba l timore) , -.. -:-.. ·· .. ' . . :. : Ma re h l 6 , · 1 94 6 . ~ ..... "':> - ...... '-' - John c. . French, p. History of the ·university Founded by Johns Ho_.P.kins, . ·.· . ~ • Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Pre~s, 1946 . .. .t ' ,, . -i--· ..:1 ... • : Joseph Orun,.-.Char.les Carroll of Carrollton 1737-1832, New York: .": . . ~ ,:~. .. .: ,;~-... _·. . : ,"] . P. Kennedy, 1 93?., _ ., .. .; •':. _,. · Interview with Mr. John .Peach, Associate Plant Manager , Johns Hopkins University, .October 21 & 22 , 1969 . ·John E. Semmes; John H. ' Er: Latrobe and His Times ]803-1891 ,,Baltimore: ,.· Norma ·n Remington, 1917. · . . ' John Martin Hammond, "Homewood, Bal ti more, Maryl and ,a' Architectura 1 Record, LXI (May ·and June T9l 7), 435-447 and 525-535. ·"· ....,,- ...... -...... -~· • t 1..; Bernard B. Perl man, "Construction and Cost of Homewood, " Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, XIV (March 1955), 26-28 . Homewood v1as painted on the back of a nineteenth-century chair whic h is .. . located in the Ba l timore Museum of Fine Arts . (2 of 2 continuation sheets) ·. rour~ 1..,. NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTO RIC PLACES nu l ti 1110 re City PROPERT Y PHOTOGRAP H FORM ruR N PS USE ONL y £;.NTH' NUMUE R CATE (Type ;1 1! entri&s - atli:ch to or enclose with photograph). z 4ME ·· '· · · -·---._ ...__·--·------'--....--; ' . D ~o ...... ,o N : Homc:1·!0od · -~-"_.:_;, ~;_•. ' ~ ~:~::.'..' ~ ·- ...... H .ni~r,_i:m9d illv.5.c-L.S..,1 rn>JJ. .. 1'10.l!.~ ri . ..C L1PXY!'. ~ i:i.n' ~. J_ o_t_tL _____ ,__ __ -·- _], I- ' ~';:_PCA flON . ------·------<- STPEET A ND NUM0Cf\: u North Charles and 34th StreE) ts CITY O R TOWN: Bal ti 111ore STA TE ; I CODE j couNT Y: I CODE .;, Mar;yland I 24 I Baltimore City I ~I 0 z p. f.HO TO RE FERENCE ,· ... w N EG ATIVE FIL!: D AT: ..•"' --· UJ _, j4,; fOE NTIF ICATIOf'.I .... DE SC0 R I BE V-1e:- w- . _D_ t _R_ E_C_ T_l_O_N_ , _E_T_C-.------1 Southeast facade ; ' . ~- .. ·-·. ".. ------~ - -... - - . ·. . ·. · . -.--..-. - ~ r:~;~~4:r~ · ·~ - t """ • , ri. ' ' >-~ ~)~· . ' .. .. .,._ ~ - ~ .: ~. ... :;,, . p.,~~- " ·.~. ... \,,"'a . 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'( ,, / ~ ; .,,;. . -·· : .. ' .... , .. ~T~------, F orm 10 -'.'0 1 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT O F THE INT ERIOR I .. (Dec. 1966) NATIONAL PAR !< SfRVI CE 11J_i:yl C]_tld ____8 _: ~-- NATIOl'IA L REGIST ER OF HISTORIC PLAC ES COUN T'f J3aLUr:iore Ci_t_v PROPER TY MAP FORM roR NPS USE rJNL y (Type a ll entries - a tt<.ich to or enclose with map) E NT R Y NUMB ER I O .. TE I z fl. NAIAE ·. -·-----·----·------_.. _. ____ ., .... _._ ___ ...... ______- -·-- --- ···-- ·-··-·-· ·---·- 0 ~~ "'"'0 ": I IOii)l.'\•/OOd - -· . .. ----·- ~~~ ~T oF STRCET .. .,0 tl t; M 8E~c: North Charles and 34th Streets CITY OR TOWN : - Ba l ti more STATE: I CODE I CO U NTY: I CODE - --r:~a ry I and . I 24 I Ba ltimore City I 510 : - ;·'}' _ _·· - - -·--··-- -..·- ...... _ __ _ _.,. ______--~ -- .. · ~ z ~~AP __!3.~~ERE ~_f!_ ------· ,. . :. 50Uf .;' ··::::. 1.' <, . '·.· 'I ~ .. . '· .... / Ooo'-{ Form 10-445 1. STATE Mar yland HIH .ORIC AMER ICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY (5/ 62) COUNTY Baltimore City INVENTORY B-4 TOWN VICIN I TY STR EET No. Johns Hopkins University 2. NAME Homewood House (& Stable ) Campus DA TE OR PERIOD ORIGINAL OWNER STYLE ORIGINAL USE ARCHITECT PRESENT 0 WN ER BlJILD ER PRESENT USE WALL' CONSTRUCTION 3. FOR LIBRARY OF CONGRESS USE NO. OF STOR IE S 4. NOTABLE FEATURES, HIHORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND DESCRIPTION OPEN TO PUBLIC w ;;;"' w :;: < ~- 0 I. a.. .::iz -1: z 0 I <( ~ 0 u. :z ...J < 1- z UJ 5. PHYSICAL CONDITION OF ~TRUCTURE Endangered fnterior Exterior ~ L:.; ...J a.. a.. :::> !/') ~ 6. LOCATION MAP (Pion Optional) 7. PHOTOGRAPH 3. PUBLISHED SOU RCE S (Author, Title, Pages) 9. NAME, ADDRESS AND' Tl TLE (tF RECORDER INTERVIEWS, RECORDS, PHOTOS, 'OTC. DA TE OF RECORD B-4 Homewood House, Carroll Mansion, Merryman's Lot N. Charles Street & 34th Street Block 3690 Lot 001 Baltimore City Baltimore East Quad. • \ l3- t-f fOBnD lDUSE RFS!ORATIOO, BALTDDRE CITY Porject #24-74-00078-00 Facade - stair before restoration work g -J-f • , • ' • (f;- Lf /-lornewoa6 1-f /s-+or ,· c Pho f o