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FH.......__, (tt-71) B-47 United States Department of the Interior .. • "'':J - • "~ .. Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Jational Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries-complete applicable sections 1. Name historic Evergreen House (Preferred) andtor common Evergreen on Avenue - Glen Mary 2. Location street & number 4545 North Charles Street NlA__ not for publication city, town Baltimore _vicinity of NA congressional district 3rd state Maryland code 24 county Independent city code 510 3. Classification Category Ownership Status Present Use _ district _ public __x_ occupied _ agriculture ~museum L building(s) _x private _ unoccupied _ commercial _ park _structure _ both _ work in progress ....x_ educational _ private residence _ site Public Acquisition Accessible _ entertainment _ religious _ object _ in process _JL yes: restncted _ government _ scientific ·- being con'sidered · · · ·_· ·_ yes:·unrestrlcted · _ industrial. · · ~ transportation .JL 1J/lf _ no _ military · · _ other:· 4. Owner of Property name The ·Johns· Hopkin~ · University street & number Charles and 34th Streets city, town Baltimore _ vicinity of state Maryland 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, re~ istry of deeds, etc. Baltimore street & number Calvert and ~ington Streets . -- ·-·- - -- . - -- . 1 -. - - city, town Ba timore state Macy land 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Maryland Historical Trust title Historic Sites Inventory has this property been determined eleglble? _ yes ~ no date 1982 - federal -X.- state _ county _ local .. depository for survey records Maryland Historical Trust, 21 State Circle ---''--~....:...~~~-"--~~~~~ Annapolis Maryland 21401 city, town state 7. Description B- 47 Condition Che ck one Check one ~ excellent __ deteriorated __ unaltered 1L_ original site _ good __ ruins ~ altered __ moved date - ------------- _ fair __ unexposed Describe the present and original (if known) phys ical appearance GENERAL DESCRIPTION ( for DESCRIPTION SUMMARY see Continuation Sheet 09) Evergreen House , at 4545 North Charl es Street, Baltimore, Maryl and, i s believed to have been buil t by the Broadbent f amily between 1850 and 1860. It is a masonry house designed in the Cl assical Revival styl e. The house sits on 26 acres of landscaped grounds . From the entrance gates on Charles St., the dri ve winds past wooded lawns up to the house. Another road, which branches off of the drive, l eads to the coach house and stables, and to several cottages on the estate. The house originally was 48 feet wide by 50 feet deep, with a servi ce wing to the rear, 18 feet wide by 50 feet deep. The house and wing are three stories tall, constructed of brick, with a low pitched, metal hip roof. The brick was painted and it is bel ieved that the present cream col or on the wall s is basically the same col or as was used originall y. The windows have limestone sills and bracketed l imestone lintels. The first floor wi ndows of the main house are French windows reaching a l most to the floor. The wood cornice is a correctl y detailed Classical entablature and, along the edge of the roof above the cornice, are acanthus leaves. These remain in those areas of the original house that have not been altered. The entrance facade of Evergreen faces west towards Charles Street. It is five bays widj} with a two story portico, 43 feet wide by 11 feet deep, across the center three bays. flight of stone steps, the width of the portico, rises up five feet to the stone paved floor . The round cushions at the bottom of the columns sit on the floor without square bas.e . The f l uted shafts of the wood columns rise approximately 25 feet to Corinthian capitals. The first floor has a nine foot wide center hall. Originally, a pair of parlors, each 17 feet by 23 feet , were on the right side. Sliding doors connected the two parlors. The east windows of the back parlor led onto a one story porch , which could also be reached from the center hall. On the l e ft of the hall, in the front of the house, is a 17 by 16 foot room with Gothic Revival de tailing. This was probably used as a library or family sitting room. Behind it is the stair hall which opens into the center hall. Under the stair landing was a door leading to a one story porch. The carriage drive passed this porch, as we l l as the portico, and this would have been the entrance used by the family on all but special occasions. Behind the stair hall i s a 17 by 20 foot dining room. From the dining room, a back hall led past an 11 foot square room which may have ~ served as a pantry or a servants ' sitting room. Behind this is the back stair, also with an outside entrance under the landing leading to a small porch; and behind the back stair is the 16 by 20 foot kitchen. The entire first floor has a 14 foot ceiling height. The second and third floor plans are basically the same as the fir st floor ' s , with the exception of a small room at the end of t he center hall in the front of the house . On the second floor , this was most like ly designed to be used as a dressing r oom. Th e second floor has 12 foot ceilings and the third floor, approximatel y 9 foot ceilings. SEE CONTINUATION SHEET #1 .. '""...... ( 11-79) B-47 United States Department of the Interior ~~~--. --- - - r.--.,.._.--:---------4! Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service i=~; HcRs use-o ~~ · ·. i t~~··:.' ;: ~ ·~.-.... :r! .. ~~. .: ' , received :-~ :_. : · · National Register of Historic Places : : 't , ; .:'- •"':. -~. ~- ... ..-....• :. •. Inventory-Nomination Form date entered " · Continuation sheet #1 Evergreen House , Bal timorEltem number 7 Page Although the architect of the original Evergre~n House is unknown, it is possible that the Bal timore firm of Niernsee & Neilson may have been responsible for its design. J . Rudol ph Niernsee and J . Crawford Neilson were the architects of l West Mount Vernon Place, built between 1848 and 1851 for the Thomas family. This is a l so a three story Classi cal Revival house with a low hip roof. Both houses have French windows o n the first floor that reach almost to the floor , both houses are brick and were originally painted, and both have rows of acanthus leaves around the edges of their roofs. The Broadbents sold Evergreen House in 1862, and after passing through several owners, the estate was purchased by the Garrett family in 1878. In 1884, T. Harrison Garrett inherited the house. In 1885, extensive ·additions were made. These were designed by Charles L. Carson, a Baltimore architect. To the north of the house, a 19 by 110 foot wing was added, con taining a billiard room and a bowling alley on the first floor, and a gymnasium over the bowling alley. A 15 foot wide, semi-circular bow projected beyond the biliiard room. This wing was connected to the service wing by a porte cochere. A new service entrance and servant's dining room were constructed between the porte cochere and the original service wing. Over the porte cochere and the billiard room were two additional bedrooms. The exterior detailing of the additions continued the Classical Revival style of the original house. The porte cochere has arched openings supported by stone columns with the Roman Doric details . Between the windows in the bow are stone panels carved with Renai ssance ornament. The exterior brick walls were painted to match those on the existing house while the brick within the porte cochere were of buff colored Roman brick. The billiard room, measuring 17 by 29 feet , including the bow, contains richly detailed paneling and an ornamental plaster ceiling. Mr. Carson also designed an addition to the small room behind the dining room which then became the butler's pantry. In the room above, the first bathroom wa s installed. The floor, fireplace and walls were cove red with mosaic tiles. The bathroom fixtures were set in walnut frames with brass trimming. From the room's glimmer and air of opulence , it was dubbed the Gold Bathroom. Several bay windows were added to the second floor bedrooms at this same time. Three years later, the Garrets added a new dining room to the east of the double parlors. The 17 b-/ 28 foot room had mahogany paneling and a corner fireplace. At the east end of the new dining room was a large bow window to serve as a conservatory. A 13 foot extension was added behind the center hall to provide access from the back hal l to the new dining room. At the east end were doors l eading out to the gardens. The original dining room was converted into a print room to house and display part of Mr . Garrett' s collection of engravings. He also used the northwest room for more of his print collection. It is bel ieved that at this time the second floor hall was lined with f loor- to-ceiling bookcases . After Mr. Garrett' s death in 1888, his widow continued living i n Evergreen House . Over the next s~veral years , she added a sun room and roof terrace over the new dining room, greatly enlarged the coach house and stable, and added new greenhouses in the formal gardens . •. SEE CONTINUATION SHEET #2 FHll......-0 (1'-71) B-47 Unite d States Department of the Interior ..· ~. - .~"'"'-~ -::'!:"--r.- -::--~- ~~ Herita ge Conservation and Recreation Service FoiHCRS use only .