The Cloisters (Lutherville, Maryland)
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The Cloisters | |
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The Cloisters in December 2009 | |
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| Location | 10440 Falls Road, west of Lutherville, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°24′39″N 76°40′17″W / 39.41083°N 76.67139°WCoordinates: 39°24′39″N 76°40′17″W / 39.41083°N 76.67139°W |
| Area | 53 acres (21 ha) |
| Built | 1930 |
| Architect | Sumner A. Parker |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| Governing body | Local |
| NRHP Reference # | 79001115[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 7, 1979 |
The Cloisters, also known as Cloisters Castle, is a historic home located at Lutherville, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It was built about 1930 and is a 2 1⁄2-story house that is highly picturesque and irregular in elevation and plan that features a multiplicity of architectural ornament. It is built of large, random-sized blocks of a native gray and gold colored rock known as "Butler stone" and features a flagstone roof, with details principally of sandstone, wood from the site, plaster, and wrought iron. The main façade is dominated by two asymmetrically placed, projecting sections topped by massive half-timbered gables which were originally part of a Medieval house in Domrémy, France. It also features a massive stone octagonal stair tower, which contains a stone and wrought-iron spiral staircase and is crowned by a crenellated parapet and a small, round, stone-roofed structure from which one can exit onto the roof of the main tower.[2] The house's roof is constructed of overlapping flagstones secured by iron pins, the only roof of this kind in America.[3]
The property is owned by Baltimore City, despite being located in Baltimore County. The city ran a children's museum in the building until 1996, at which time it moved the museum to the Inner Harbor area and renamed it "Port Discovery". The Cloisters is currently operated as a rental facility.
The Cloisters was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ↑ "Maryland Historical Trust". National Register of Historic Places: The Cloisters. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-10-05.
- ↑ "Greenspring/East Pikesville Community Action Plan". September 29, 2009. p. 20. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
External links
- The Cloisters, Baltimore County, including photo from 1977, at Maryland Historical Trust
- The Cloisters website
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