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Sign Our Petition
Help Save Historic Johns Hopkins House Sign Our Petition The Friends of Historic Johns Hopkins House, Inc, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit...
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Sep 9, 20251 min read


National Night Out in Crofton
The Greater Crofton Chamber of Commerce is proud to partner with the Western District Police Department to host National Night Out —a...
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Aug 4, 20251 min read


Furniture at Johns Hopkins House 7
Whites Hall, the home of the Hopkins Family for 191 years, changed over the years as the home was passed along to other generations of...
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Aug 4, 20252 min read


Furniture at Johns Hopkins House 6
As the Hopkins family evolved during the nineteenth century, their furniture purchases may also have changed evolved. There are three...
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Jul 17, 20251 min read


Furniture at Johns Hopkins House 5
Johns Needles (1768-1878) was a well-respected Quaker and a noted Maryland abolitionist. He was born in Easton and moved to Baltimore in...
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Jul 8, 20251 min read


Furniture at Johns Hopkins House 4
As the Hopkins were building their new house in the 1780s, it is likely that they made additional furniture purchases for the house. They...
donaldbailey
Jun 29, 20251 min read


Furniture at Johns Hopkins House 3
The Hopkins family moved into Whites Hall house at its completion around 1780-81 and lived there until it was sold in 1910. In that 130...
donaldbailey
Jun 18, 20251 min read


Community Information Night
On Monday, June 16, 2025, 5:30-7:30, the Friends of Historic Johns Hopkins House will host a Community Information Night. There will be a...
donaldbailey
May 31, 20251 min read


Happy Birthday Johns Hopkins!
Johns Hopkins was born 230 years ago on May 19, 1795 in an upstairs bedroom at Whites Hall in the Gambrills/Crofton area. He lived in the...
donaldbailey
May 19, 20252 min read


Furniture at Johns Hopkins House Part 2
Just like in part 1 of this series of furniture blogs, I am going to share some more about the furniture that the Duckett family had when...
donaldbailey
May 18, 20252 min read


MOD Pizza Fundraiser
Help save the HIstoric Johns Hopkins House by joining us for a MOD Pizza fundraiser. We will be at the Gambrills location all day but,...
donaldbailey
May 15, 20251 min read


Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage
I had a wonderful time Saturday in Southern Anne Arundel County. I was touring many old and new homes that were part of the Maryland...
donaldbailey
May 11, 20252 min read


Furniture at Johns Hopkins House
I am not an expert on antique furniture but, have always had an amatuer interets in it. There are a lot of great books on furniture of...
donaldbailey
May 4, 20252 min read


Historic Hancocks Resolution
On Sunday, the Friends of Historic Johns Hopkins House went to Historic Hancocks Resolution to take part in their Spring Festival. The...
donaldbailey
Apr 14, 20251 min read


Visiting Other Historic Sites
I was able to visit Tudor Hall, the home of the famous family of actors from the 1800s. the Booths. It is on Tudor Lane in Bel Air,...
donaldbailey
Apr 6, 20251 min read


Anne Arundel County is NOT Purchasing Whites Hall.
It is with great sadness that we let you know the Anne Arundel County government notified us this week that they have decided NOT to...
donaldbailey
Feb 12, 20251 min read


Final Illness and Death of Johns Hopkins
In December of 1873 Johns Hopkins became ill. It was said that he had a simple cold and according to the first two Baltimore Sun...
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Feb 5, 20251 min read


Christmas Eve at Green Mount Cemetery
The President of Friends of Historic Johns Hopkins House, Don Bailey, joined a group of friends and family at the graveside of Johns...
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Dec 26, 20241 min read


Hopkins Portraits
Meet a young Johns Hopkins and his mother Hannah. We recently received these 16x20 prints from Sydney Van Morgan, a professor at Johns...
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Nov 21, 20241 min read


Previous County Executive joins the team!
Jim Lighthizer, former County Executive, heard about our work to save Historic Johns Hopkins House and contacted us with intertest in the...
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Nov 12, 20241 min read
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