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The Homewood Museum is a historical museum located on the Johns Hopkins University campus in Baltimore, Maryland.
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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.
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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 hyphens[2] 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,[3] Guide to Historic Homes of America, in the two-hour segment on the Mid-Atlantic States.[4]
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