Whites Hall Explained

Whites Hall
Location:2173 Johns Hopkins Road
Gambrills, Maryland 21054
Coordinates:39.0208°N -76.6723°W
Built:1784
Governing Body:Private

Whites Hall, also referred to as Whiteshall or Whites Hall Farm, is the birthplace and boyhood home of famous Maryland native Johns Hopkins. Whites Hall is located in Gambrills, Maryland.

History

Whites Hall was originally part of an 1,800-acre land grant to Colonel Jerome White in 1665. The house itself was constructed between 1780 and 1784.[1] The home was designed as a two-story, brick side passage double pile plan dwelling, and was listed on the Maryland Historic Site inventory in 1969.[2]

Johns Hopkins was born at the home on May 19, 1795, to Samuel Hopkins (1759–1814) and Hannah Janney (1774–1864).[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Johns Hopkins' Birthplace In Gambrills on Market For $700K. 15 April 2016. 6 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Maryland Historical Trust. mht.maryland.gov. 6 January 2018.
  3. (20240116: link fails to resolve, as do others in the Reference section) ; note: the first and only book-length biography on Johns Hopkins. Used as source by Jacob cited above, Findalibrary.
  4. Web site: Development Sprouts Around First Johns Hopkins Home. 25 February 2014 . 6 January 2018.
  5. Web site: Demolition Proposed for Johns Hopkins Birthplace. Amanda. Yeager. 6 January 2018.
  6. Web site: Polm Companies Recently Completed Home Communities in Crofton and Severn, Maryland. Donohue Consulting. Inc.. www.polm.com. 6 January 2018.
  7. Web site: Preservation Maryland & Polm Companies Announce Joint Effort to Preserve Whites Hall, Johns Hopkins Boyhood Home. Preservation. Maryland. Preservation Maryland. 14 April 2016 . 6 January 2018.
  8. News: Descendant of Whites Hall residents on mission to save Johns Hopkins' birthplace . Melissa Driscoll . Krol . August 13, 2018 . . Baltimore Sun Media Group . August 1, 2020.
  9. Web site: The Johns Hopkins House, Inc. Given Tax-Exempt Status by the IRS . April 17, 2018 . The Johns Hopkins House, Inc. . August 1, 2020.
  10. Jacob, Kathryn A. "Mr. Johns Hopkins." Mr. Johns Hopkins. Johns Hopkins University, n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2013. > A family of Quakers], the Hopkins family were slaveholders before freeing theirs in 1807 in accordance with their local Quakers' decree.[3] Johns Hopkins lived on the property until 1812, when he left for Baltimore at the age of 17.

    The property remained in the Hopkins family until they sold it in 1910.[4] Today, the previous manor house is surrounded by residential development and the Walden Golf Club, and is within the planned community of Crofton.

    Planned demolition and preservation

    In 2016, Millersville-based housing developer Polm Companies planned to demolish the historic home for additional space for residential lots.[5] [6] Its potential demolition galvanized an effort by preservation and historic activists, who worked with the developer in an effort to save the mansion.[7]

    In 2017, the Maryland nonprofit organization, "The Johns Hopkins House, Inc.," was organized to save and restore Whites Hall.[8] It is recognized as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.[9]

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    References

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