Carroll Mansion - Baltimore MD
Posted by: Don.Morfe
N 39° 17.319 W 076° 36.275
18S E 361619 N 4350036
Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737–1832), the last surviving, and only Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence, wintered here during the last twelve years of his life.
Waymark Code: WM13NHP
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2021
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TEXT from the Historical Marker erected by the Mayor of Baltimore City:
Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737–1832), the last surviving, and only Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence, wintered here during the last twelve years of his life.
Built circa 1808, the mansion is the grandest Federal era (1780–1820) merchant’s townhouse standing in the City of Baltimore today. The ground floor was used for business and family gatherings, the second for formal entertaining, and the third for sleeping.
The mansion was sold to the Sisters of Mercy, who had come to Baltimore from Pittsburgh in 1855. By the mid-nineteenth century, German and Irish immigrants were renting rooms in the Mansion, and by 1857 a saloon was located here. It operated until 1889.
By the 1890’s, Russian Jews, many of them skilled tailors, rented rooms in the Mansion. It was transformed into a “sweatshop” for clothing manufacture. It continued as a sweatshop and home to immigrants into the early twentieth century.
In 1914, as part of the nationally sponsored Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Celebration, the Carroll Mansion was purchased by the City of Baltimore for preservation.
It became the first vocational school in the city. From 1929 until 1954, the Mansion housed a recreation center. In the early 1960’s Mayor Theodore McKeldin spearheaded the effort to completely renovate the Carroll Mansion and to transform it into a publicly owned historic house museum.
Street address: 800 E Lombard St Baltimore, MD USA 21202
County / Borough / Parish: Baltimore City
Year listed: 1973
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Person
Periods of significance: 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Museum
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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