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Built around 1811, the Carroll Mansion was situated in what was then a highly affluent part of town. Charles Carroll, who was in his later years the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, lived there with his daughter and son-in-law for the last twelve years of his life, often receiving distinguished visitors. His family lived there until 1846.
Throughout the next 100 years the mansion served many purposes as the once-wealthy neighborhood changed. In the 19th century it was a saloon, apartments, furniture store, and reportedly in 1904, a sweatshop to make clothing, before finally being deeded to the City of Baltimore by 1914. It became the city’s first vocational school in 1918. Afterwards, the mansion was restored again and opened for the display of antiques, then became a recreation center in 1937. The mansion was slated to be torn down to build a gas station in the 60s, but many residents of Baltimore protested these plans, and with his election in 1962, Mayor Theodore McKeldin pledged that the mansion would be turned into a museum. Today, it’s one of Baltimore’s best surviving examples of Federal architecture.
Step inside and see what it is was like to live in high society in the 1800’s!
- Accessibility: Partially Accessible
- Parking: Free On-Site Parking
- Photography: Permitted
