Homewood Museum

Infobox_nrhp | name =Homewood
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caption = Homewood house at Hopkins
location= Baltimore, Maryland
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 19
lat_seconds = 46
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 37
long_seconds = 9
long_direction = W
locmapin = Maryland
area =
built =1801
architect= Unknown
architecture= Other, Federal
added = September 10, 1971
governing_body = Private
refnum=71001033cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Homewood Museum is a historical museum located on the Johns Hopkins University campus in Baltimore, Maryland.

History

The house was offered as a wedding gift in 1800 by Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, to his son Charles Carroll Jr. It was situated on a 140 acre (570,000 m²) estate in northern Baltimore. Construction in 1801 and had mostly finished by 1808. It took five years to build and cost $40,000, four times the budgeted expense.

Homewood was donated to Johns Hopkins University in 1876 and later became its main campus. Johns Hopkins operates Homewood Museum, which opened to the public in 1987, and its beautiful Georgian architecture, with its red brick and white marble, serves as the inspiration for the campus' architecture.

Architecture

Homewood is one of the nation's best examples of Federal Period architecture and a National Historic Landmark. It was built on a Palladian-inspired five-part plan, that reflects harmony in the proportions and extravagant details in its construction. The main block of the house serves to divide two hyphenscite web |url= http://en.allexperts.com/q/Architecture-2369/heifunon.htm |title= Q & A about the term "heifunon." |author= Richard Taylor, AIA |format= html |work= All Experts at About.com |date= 10 April 2007 |quote= Question: In the film "At First Sight" the word "heifunon" was mentioned as a supposed architectural term… Is there really such a word? I can find nothing with that spelling. Answer: My guess is that they're talking about a "hyphen" … a connecting piece between two larger masses of a building. It's most commonly used when referring to Colonial-era houses - especially the Georgian style. Take a look at the photo [of the James Brice house] at [http://www.bsos.umd.edu/anth/aia/james_brice_house.htm the top of this page.] The hyphens are clearly visible on either side of the main house block. The masses connected to the main house by the hyphens are called dependencies. ] and two wings. Homewood is furnished today as it would have been in the 19th century. It is home to the Homewood Museum, which features period furnishings that compliment its architecture.

Homewood was featured in Bob Vila's A&E Network production,cite web |url= http://www.bobvila.com/BVTV/AE/America.html |title= "Guide to Historic Homes of America." |author= Bob Vila |format= html |work= A&E Network |date= 1996 |quote= ] "Guide to Historic Homes of America," in the two-hour segment on the Mid-Atlantic States.cite web |url= http://www.bobvila.com/BVTV/AE/Atlantic.html |title= "Bob Vila's Guide to Historic Homes of the Mid-Atlantic." |format= html |work= A&E Network |quote= ]

ee also

* Homewood Field

References

External links

* [http://www.museums.jhu.edu/homewood/ Homewood Museum] - official site
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/baltimore/index.htm Baltimore, Maryland, a National Park Service "Discover Our Shared Heritage" Travel Itinerary]
* [http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=64&FROM=NRNHLList.aspx Homewood, Baltimore City] , including photo in 1996, at Maryland Historical Trust
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.md0084 Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD: 34 drawings, 176 photos, 6 data pages, 9 photo caption pages] , at Historic American Building Survey
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.md1722 Homewood, Privy, North Charles & Thirty-Fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD: 1 drawing, 10 photos, 1 data page, 1 photo caption page] , at Historic American Building Survey