Homewood Campus Tour

The Greenhouse was constructed in two stages. The Botanical Laboratory, the square brick structure at the east end of the building and the adjoining section of greenhouse, was built in 1908, the first building that the University erected on the new campus. It contained facilities for plant observation and experimentation and bordered the Botanical Gardens (see Decker Gardens), which contained "weeds used for purposes of study" as well as decorative flowers.

The Plant Physiology Laboratory, the brick building in the center of the complex, and the greenhouses to the west of it, were added in 1911-12. Both of these buildings were used primarily for botanical studies by the biology department and the McCollum-Pratt Institute until the early 1970s, although they also held offices of the Johns Hopkins Magazine. The building was then taken over by the University administration for offices, although some of the greenhouses are still used to grown plants used in landscaping the campus. Currently, Facilities Management/Plant Operations (410-516-8061) and the Program for Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality is housed in the Greenhouse.

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