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News Release
Office of News and Information
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218-2692
Phone: (410) 516-7160
Fax (410) 516-5251
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July 17, 1999
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Beth Nowell
410-516-0341
bnowell@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
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Baltimore's Historic Houses Celebrate the
Holidays
Travel back into time and experience Holiday Traditions
in Old
Baltimore, an exclusive group tour of Baltimore's most
prestigious historic house
museums dressed up for the season on Sunday, December 12, 1999
from 12 p.m. to 5
p.m.
Sold out last year, this millennium event includes
continuous bus service provided
by Harbor City Tours stopping at the Mount Clare Museum House,
Star-Spangled
Banner Flag House, Homewood
House
Museum, Evergreen House, and new
this year, the
Garrett-Jacobs Mansion, home of the Engineers Club. Each house
will offer a variety of
sweets and savories, generously provided by prominent local
restaurants and caterers.
Guests will enjoy period music and entertainment. Holiday
shopping is a delight in the
museums' specialty shops, featuring gift items reflecting their
magnificent
collections.
A registered National Historic Landmark, Mount Clare Museum
House, a 1760s
Georgian mansion, is the only remaining pre-Revolutionary mansion
in the city and was
the first historic house museum in Maryland. Its collections
include rare 18th and 19th
century objects that belonged to Charles Carroll, Barrister,
Mount Clare's builder.
Visitors to the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House and 1812
Museum will
experience the history, patriotism and charm of Mary Pickersgill
and her home. It is here
that the seamstress created the 30 foot by 40 foot star-spangled
banner which, flying over
Fort McHenry, inspired Francis Scott Key to write the words that
became the United
State's national anthem.
At Homewood House Museum, come face to face with one of the
finest
restoration efforts in America that exemplifies Federal restraint
and classical inspiration.
A National Historic Landmark, Homewood was the residence of
Charles Carroll, Jr., son
of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of
Independence, who built
the house in 1801 with the finest materials and workmanship
available.
Evergreen House is a magnificent 1850s Italianate mansion
that was home to two
generations of the Garrett family, T. Harrison Garrett and John
Work Garrett.
Highlights of the 48 room mansion include collections of
post-Impressionist paintings,
rare books, Tiffany glass, Japanese netsuke and inro, and
Baltimore's only private
theater.
The Garrett-Jacobs Mansion is the largest and most expensive
townhouse ever
built in Baltimore. Designed by architects Stanford White and
John Russell Pope in the
late 1880s and
early 1900s, the mansion was home to Robert Garrett, president of
the Baltimore &
Ohio
Railroad and brother of T. Harrison Garrett of the Evergreen
House. The mansion has
been part of the social scene in Baltimore for over 100 years.
Tickets are $12 for members of participating museums, $15
for non-members, and
$8 for children under 12. Free parking is available at Mount
Clare Museum and the
Evergreen House. For more information about this holiday
celebration or to purchase
tickets, call the Evergreen House at 410-516-0341 or contact them
at
bnowell@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu.
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