A Visit to Johns Hopkins University

I had the distinct pleasure to visit JHU and join in on a class that is studying Johns Hopkins, the Founder. The class is taught by Professor Sydney Van Morgan who has become a good support to the Friends of Historic Johns Hopkins House. I visited on a day when she was talking about Johns Hopkins and his time at Whites Hall in Anne Arundel County where he lived until he was 17.

As part of my visit, I visited Homewood Historic Home Museum that is located on the campus. A National Historic Landmark, Homewood is one of the best-surviving examples of Federal-period Palladian architecture in the nation. Built circa 1801 for members of Maryland’s prominent Carroll family. The Homewood Estate was offered as a wedding gift in 1800 by Charles Carroll of Carrollton, (1737–1832), the longest surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, to his son Charles Carroll Jr. It occupied 140 acres acres in northern Baltimore and was first known as "Merryman's Lott." Carroll had purchased the parcel of land in 1794. Charles Carroll Jr. began construction on a stately and modern country home of his own design in 1801 and had mostly finished by 1808. It cost $40,000, four times the budgeted expenses.

Enjoy some pictures of this beautiful home.