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Carroll Mansion, (Caton-Carroll Mansion)
Architectural Survey File
This is the architectural survey file for this MIHP record. The survey file is organized reverse-
chronological (that is, with the latest material on top). It contains all MIHP inventory forms, National
Register nomination forms, determinations of eligibility (DOE) forms, and accompanying documentation
such as photographs and maps.
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versions of forms and architectural reports, photographs, maps, and drawings. Researchers who need a
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UNITE D ST ATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE RIOR NATIONAL P ARK S ERV ICE
S TAT E' :
Maryland
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM
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C OMMON :
Carroll Mansion AND.' OR t"llSTO RIC <
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Carroll-Caton House
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OWNERSHIP STATUS ACCESSI BLE
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OWNER -Of. PROPERTY · ·..:.
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The Carroll Mansion , at 800 Lombard Street in Baltimore, is located at the northeast corner of Front (originally Stillhouse) Street and Lombard (originally King George) Streets .
The exterior of the Carroll Mansion is an updated version of tradi tional Maryland architecture adapt e d to an urban setting . Bui lt of brick , its basic form is two stori es above a ground floor , a p<.i.vilion f.r.011t, <md cnc"l-r1i •bJes .r.ising :in to c himneys, reflecting the proportions of e ighteenth-century Marylund-styl e Over this t raditionalism is applied a thin veneer of architectural detail typical of Baltimore during the first quarter of the nineteenth century .
Of particular interest on the street facad e s (south and west) laid in Flemish bond , is the use of recessed panels between the first and second floor window openings . Moulded wood panels accentuate the five front (south), bays , which face Lombard Street, while recessed brick panels are used on the three bays of the west , Front Street, elevation . This use of facade panel reflects contemporary late Federal or Regency houses in Baltimore, such as "Homewood" and the houses on Pascault Row .
The marble belt course of the front facade, between the ground floor and the first floo r windows , is matched in height by the short parapet s upporting the wrought iron railing of the ones tory , central porch balcony. Reconstructed during the 1965 restoration , the design of the porch was based on existing foundations, the marble threshold , the sandstone Ionic pilasters and architrave of the door surro und, which has paneled reveals and an eight-panel door, and the existence of the jib door opening out from t he first floor stair hall . Thus , the restored porch, with its new sandstone Ionic columns set on a marble base the height of the original marble water table , defines the main entrance into the ground floor which tragitionally provided business rooms .
The conunon bond rear facade (north) is characterized by the synunetrical placement of the two doorways of the ground floor which open into the north yard . These doors from the "Family Dining Room" and the hall to the north alternate with the window openings , all the same head-height. The yard itself originally contained an attached, two-story , shed-roofed kitche wing, now demolished . At present , a modern brick and wrought iron fence encloses a modern landscaped garden.
The masonry openings of each facade, except the blank conunon bond east party-wall , have marble sills and brick jack arches . Typically , the window glazing consists of six-over-six sash, which are elongated at the first floor. At the Front Street facade, the window openings of the ground and first floor private rooms have been restored to their original false
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The Carroll Mansion was the final h ome of Charles Carrol l of Carrollton , the last surviving Signe r of the Declaration of Independence. ~n 1832 , Carroll died in the Baltimore house he had financed for his daughter a nd son -in-law, Richard Caton . While in residence on Lombard Street , Carroll received a stream of visitors who wanted to meet " the relict of the Revolution , " as he was called. l Carroll ' s association with the building gave the impetus t o the City of Baltimore to preserve it . After the centennial of the Star Spangled Banner, Baltimore became involved in the preservation of three properties : the Carroll Mans ion , the Star Spangled Banner Flag House and Mount Clare. The City used the Carroll Mansion as a school for a half century until 1963 when the house was restored. In 1967 i t was opened to the p ublic as a house muse um. The Carroll Mansion is the only building associated with Carroll the Signer that is operated as a house mus e um .
Architecturally , the Carroll Mansion is a major Baltimore City l a ndmark. John H . B . Latrobe , the son of the architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, called it "the finest house in Baltimore at the time ." 2 It is one of the few l ate Federal s.Jructures remaining in Baltimore that illustrates the elegant life style of the Lombard Street neighborhood in the early 19th century . The row on the south side of the street complime nts , but does not equal the architectural proficiency of the Carroll Mans i on .
1wilbur H. Hunter , "The Story of the Carroll Mansion " , pamphlet The Carroll Mansion, Baltimore, n.d .
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B-2 I 9 .. MAJOR 61suocRAPHICAL REFEREN_c_E __ s ___ ·- - ------- -·----------·-·--···- ---
Baltimore Municipal Journal . III (April 23, 1925), 10-11. Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland .
Hunter , Wilbur H. "The Story of the Carroll Mansion ." Pamphlet, the Carroll Mansion, Baltimore. n . d. Files of the Maryland Historical Trust .
Roland, Kate Mason . The Life of Charles Carroll o f Carrollton 1737-1832 . 2 vols . New York : G. P . Putnam ' s Sons, 1898.
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UNIT ru ~TAlf S D [ P/\Rl Mr NT or 1Hr IN1f l ~ I OR N/\ 1 IONA L PA RK S( f~V I CE
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
INVENTORY • NOMINATION FORM
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Balt.i.Jmore City FOR NPS USE ONLY
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#6. REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS continued
Landmark List 1970 x Local Commission for Historical and Arch itectural Preservation Room 402, City Hall Baltimore , Maryland Code 24
Maryland Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks 1969 x State Maryland Historical Trust 2525 Riva Road Annapolis , Maryland Code 24
#7. DESCRIPTION continued
appearance . Paneled shutters, which· were restored to the ground floor windows utilizing original hinge rebates , were permanently set into the false window reveals . Above, at the first floor level, the three false window reveals were set with louvered .~~ blinds, matching blinds were rehung at the second f loor windows . i..:J
An off center , semi-circular attic window fills the Front Street gable which rises into a wide, false chimney. The arched opening is divided into a triple window with the north mullion accommodating an attic partition. The glazing of the side lights has "Gothick" muntins like the upper half of the top , central sash .
The "Gothick" muntin detail is repeated in the design of the semi circular arched-top sash of the gabled dormers , three on each roof slope . At each front dormer the sash extends into an open , moulded pediment supported on fluted pilasters . The rear (north) dormer sash has architrave trim .
The main roof is slate as are - the roofs of the cheeks of the dormers . At the front , the eave extends over a moulded stone cornice which steps out, accommodating the pavilion . The eave o f the north slope of the roof is supported on a brick cornice which forms bases for the parapets of the gable rakes . The roof line is further punctuated with two additional interior chimneys , one on each roof slope at right angl'es to one another, each having a typical two- course cap .
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UNI TED STATES DEPAR TM ENT OF Tl !E I N TEl~IOR NATIONAL PARK SERVI CC
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Mary l and NATIONAL REG I STER OF HI STORIC PLACES
INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM
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COU NTY
Bal timore city FOR NPS USE ONL Y
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#9 . MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES continued
Scharff , John H. (ed.) . U.S. Charles Carroll of Carrollton Bicentennary Commission 1737-1937 . Baltimore Lord Baltimore Press , 1937 .
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l. STATE
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Maryland Baltimore City
TOWN VICINITY
STREET No. Lombard Street, between Fallsway & Albemarle St .
ORIGINAL OWNER ~00 ~. l..~~Sf-_ ORIG INAL USE
PRESENT OWN ER
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INVENTORY B-2
2. NAME Caton- Carroll Mansion
DATE OR PERIOD I <6JI STYLE
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4. NOTABLE FEATURES, HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND DESCRIPTION OPEN TO PUBLIC
5. PHYSICAL CONDITION OF nRUCTURE E ndongered
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3. PUBLISHED SOURCES {Author, Title, Pages)
INTERVI EWS, RECORDS, PHOTOS, <:TC.
Interior Exterior
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800 E. Lombard Street Circa 1811 *
Restored and opened to the public in 1967, the Carroll Mansion is Bal timore1s finest remaining town hoose of the early 19th century. Charles Carrol l of Carro ll ton, last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, bought the house from Christopher Deshon in 1822
-in the name of his daughter, Mary, and her husband, Richard Caton. Mr. Caton, a merchant, banker, used it as both a dwelling and an office. The "counting-house" on the ground floor stil I has the original safe with steel door paneled to match the wooden moulding of the room. The elder patriach, the most famous and weal thy Mary lander of his time, made his winter home here during the las't decade of his life. Many distinguished visitors paid their respec ts to him here, as recorded in pub I ished travel accounts. Carrol l died in this building in 1832. The house was deeded in trust to his .daughter Mary Caton and her daughter, Emi ly. Until 1914, when the building was purchased by the City of Baltimore on the occasion of the Star Spangled Banner Centennial, the Carroll Mansion was used for various businesses. As City property, it housed Baltimore's first Vocational School and later Baltimore's first recreation center.
Deed ref: SLC 2_894/ 478 Lot size: 50' x 1871
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