Homewood Campus Tour

Owen House, formerly known as the White House, is an old farmhouse that was part of the property donated to the University in 1902. In 1908, the trustees had it moved from the area where Remsen Hall now stands to its present site, on the north side of the Decker Gardens, as a residence for the gardener. In 1931, when the Psychology Department moved to Homewood, the department's Child Institute (a combined kindergarten and child psychology research center) took over the building. After the institute closed in 1937, the building was occupied at various times by the Department of Physical Education, the Student Health and Wellness Center, the Office of Counseling and Psychiatric Services, and the Arts and Sciences Development and Alumni Relations Office. Today, Owen House is the headquarters of the Program for Comparative American Cultures.

Owen House is named for nuclear physicist George Ernest Owen, a Hopkins professor (1951-1972), dean of the School of Arts and Sciences (1972-1978), and dean of the Homewood faculty (1978-1982). Owen was an accomplished violinist and artist, and illustrated three of his six books. He died February 24, 1984, at the age of 62.

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