Brooklandwood
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Brooklandwood, December 2009 | |
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| Location | 11152 Falls Road (MD 25), Brooklandville, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°25′50″N 76°40′36″W / 39.43056°N 76.67667°WCoordinates: 39°25′50″N 76°40′36″W / 39.43056°N 76.67667°W |
| Area | 62 acres (25 ha) |
| Built | 1790 |
| Architectural style | Early Republic, Palladian |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # | 72000567[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 11, 1972 |
Brooklandwood, or Brookland Wood, is a historic home located on the grounds of St. Paul`s School for Boys, in Brooklandville, Baltimore County, Maryland. It is a 2 1⁄2-story, five-bay dwelling. The central block and two later wings are brick, painted white. The central-block section is original and built about 1790, with porches and Palladian-style windows forming a symmetrical, functional unit. It was owned by a number of prominent individuals including Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Carroll's daughter and son-in-law Mary and Richard Caton parents of Emily Caton who married John MacTavish the British Consul to Baltimore in the early 1800s,[2] and Isaac E. Emerson, the inventor of Bromo-Seltzer.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 11, 1972.[1]
Gallery
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Brooklandwood Marker, December 2009
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ↑ Robert Erskine Lewis: "Brooklandwood, Baltimore County" in: Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. XLIII, No. 4, December, 1948, pp. 280-293,
- ↑ "Maryland Historical Trust". National Register of Historic Places: Brooklandwood. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-10-05.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Register of Historic Places. |
- Brooklandwood, Baltimore County, including photo from 2006, at Maryland Historical Trust
- National Register of Historic Places
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