Choate House - Randallstown MD
Posted by: Don.Morfe
N 39° 22.590 W 076° 48.894
18S E 343675 N 4360129
Choate House is an important example of rural nineteenth and early twentieth century domestic architecture of southwestern Baltimore County. Throughout the nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century this area remained rural.
Waymark Code: WM147VD
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 05/09/2021
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National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
Choate House is an important example of rural nineteenth and early twentieth century domestic architecture of southwestern Baltimore County. Throughout the nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century, this area and most of Baltimore County remained rural expanses of farm land with development limited primarily to the suburban regions around Catonsville and Towson, and to town and cross road areas like Reisterstown and Hereford.
Scattered along the roadways were farm houses, the occasional business establishment, and places like Choate House which began as a tavern, but by the middle of the nineteenth century became a single dwelling. A number of these rural dwellings like Choate House, reflect the development of the county in their own history with waves of remodeling responding to periods of prosperity.
Choate House is one of the few examples remaining in this section of Baltimore County. It retains a high percentage of its original character (primarily configuration, decorative detailing, materials, and location) which conveys information on the architecture of the period.
The Italianate renovations of the circa 1880s, particularly to the exterior decorative detailing, are some of the finest examples of that influence in the area. The Craftsman interior work added in the 1920s reflects the last period of major change in the region before the mass building that began in the mid twentieth century and ended the rural character of southwest Baltimore County.
Street address: 9600 Liberty Road Randallstown, MD United States 21133
County / Borough / Parish: Baltimore County
Year listed: 1989
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1800-1824
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
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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