Historic Partners USA

Elegant and refined historic townhouse c.1890 in desirable Mount Vernon. 10' ceilings, restored woodwork, pocket doors, 5 gorgeous fireplace mantles, gourmet kitchen w/stainless steel appliances, large windows, 2 staircases, 5 spacious bedrooms w/maid or inlaw suite, courtyard, garage, 2 parking spaces - this is a home of rare and beautiful distinction.

Close to restaurants, shops, entertainment, museums, transportation and minutes to the Baltimore waterfront.
Located in downtown Baltimore in the desirable Mount Vernon neighborhood.


RENOVATIONS & UPDATES
2004-2006 Renovations:
New plumbing and wiring throughout
Dual-zone heat (two high efficiency gas furnaces)
Dual-zone air conditioning
Replacement Pella dual-glazed wood windows throughout
Tile floor and Berber carpet in select rooms
Refinish original hardwood floors, pocket doors, moldings and
staircase
Solid wood doors and new hardware throughout
New kitchen - cherry cabinets, stainless steel appliances, granite
counters
New master bath, new hall bath, new powder room
Recessed lighting throughout
Drywall finish to interior walls
Washer & Dryer hookup in breakfast room

2007-2008 Renovations:
Secured period carriage house garage with remote access
Re-poured concrete parking pad for additional parking space
Finished stone patio with privacy fence and period wrought iron fence
and posts
Installed exterior security lighting
Installed two period marble mantles and three period slate mantles
Installation and renovation of five ventless gas fireplaces and period
hearthstones
"Hidden" coat closet under staircase
Second waslierldryer hookup in basement
Installed fill1 bath in nanny suite on fourth floor
Cotnpletion of stailway restoration/installation of reproduced
matching balusters
Finished lower level
Custom silk draperies throughout




ROOMS
Main Level (10' ceilings)
Entry Hall 17' x 6' - Ceramic Tile Floor, Mirrored Bench Seating, Guest Closet, Period Light Fixture, Pocket Doors to Front Parlor
Front Parlor (Dining Room) 18 ' x 10' - Oak Floor with Inlaid Border, Marble Mantle, Gas Fireplace Insert, Pocket Doors to Entry Hall, Recessed Lights, Custom Draperies
Middle Parlor (Living Room) 15' x 14' - Oak Floor with Inlaid Border, Marble Mantle
Gas Fireplace Insert, Wood Window Blinds
Powder Room 8' x 8' - Marble Floor, Pedestal Sink, Custom Drapes, Wood Window Blinds
Kitchen 15' x 11' - Back Stairs to Second Floor, Ceramic Tile Floor, 42" Cherry Cabinetry, Granite Countertops, Center Island, Recessed Lights, Hanging Light Fixture,
Pass-Through Window to Breakfast Room, Wood Window Blinds, Frigidaire Gallery Series - Stainless Steel Side-by-Side Refrigerator/Freezer with Ice Maker, G.E. Profile Stainless Steel Microwave, Frigidaire Stainless Steel Self-Cleaning Gas Range, Frigidaire Ultra Quiet Stainless Steel Dishwasher, In-Sink-Erator disposal
Breakfast Room 11' x 9' - Ceramic Tile Floor, Window Coverings, Pass-Through to Kitchen, Access to Courtyard and Garage, Washer/Dryer Hookup (potentially convert to laundry room)

Second Floor (9' ceilings)
Master Suite 17' x 16' -wood Floor, Wood Window Blinds, Slate Fireplace Mantle, Gas Fireplace Insert, Wood Window Blinds, Window Valence
Walk-In Closet #1 - 9' x 7'
Walk-In Closet #2 - 8' x 6'
Master Bathroom 13' x 8' - Ceramic Tile Floor, Bow Window, Mini Blinds, Linen Closet, Slipper Soaking Tub, Separate Shower, His and Hers Pedestal Sinks, Recessed Lighting
Bedroom (Family Room) 17' x 16' - Wall-to-Wall Carpet, Exposed Brick Chimney, Slate Fireplace Mantle, Gas Fireplace Insert, Wood Window Blinds, Roman Shades, Recessed Lighting

Third Floor
Bedroom 17' x 16' - Wall-to-wall Carpet, Window Blinds
Bedroom (Library) 14' x 12' - Wood Floor, Marble-ized Slate Mantle, Gas Fireplace Insert, Window Valence
Office (or additional bedroom) 11' x 11' - Wall-to-Wall Carpet, Window Valences
Office Anteroom 8' x 8' - Wall-to-Wall Carpet
Hall Bathroom 12' x 5' - Ceramic Tile Floor, Skylight, Vanity, Shower Stall

Fourth Floor
Bedroom Suite 19' x 14' - Wall-to-Wall Carpet, Ceiling Fan, Balloon Shades
Bathroom 8' x 4' - Ceramic Tile Floor, Shower Stall, Pedestal Sink

Lower Level
Finished Recreation Room 40'x15' - Wall-to-Wall Carpet, Recessed Lighting, Walk-out to Rear Patio
Storeroom/Laundry

SYSTEMS
200 Amp, 240 Volt Electrical Service, 2 High Efficiancy Gas Furnaces, 2 Zone Air Conditioning, 60 Gallon Gas Water Heater, Security System

Elegant Facade

Vintage Photo from "The Baltimore Rowhouse"

EXTERIOR
Paved Courtyard off Breakfast Room, Period Wrought-Iron Fencing, Carriage House (one car garage w/auto opener), Concrete Parking Pad for an additional car

ABOUT MOUNT VERNON

Mount Vernon is a neighborhood located just to the north of downtown Baltimore, Maryland. Designated a National Landmark Historic District and a city Cultural District, it is one of the city's oldest neighborhoods and originally was home to the city's most wealthy and fashionable families. The name derives from the Mount Vernon home of George Washington; the original Washington Monument, a massive pillar commenced in 1815 to commemorate the first president of the United States, is the defining feature of the neighborhood.

Mount Vernon is home to some of the most beautiful and well-preserved 19th century architecture on the East Coast of the United States. The centerpiece of the neighborhood is the area around the Washington Monument, where stately palatial homes face onto four small parks that radiate from the monument. The parks, which have survived almost intact, are considered to be the finest existing urban landscapes by the beaux-arts architectural firm of Carrere & Hastings, who also designed the New York Public Library, portions of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., and the residence that houses the Frick Collection. Elsewhere in the neighborhood are many older apartment buildings and three and four-story rowhouses; most of the latter were originally single-family dwellings. Though many have been broken up into multiple apartments, a growing number are being restored back to single family use.

On the northeast corner of Washington's monument sits the Mount Vernon United Methodist Church. Conceived as a cathedral of Methodism, it was built on the site of the Charles Howard mansion - the house in which Francis Scott Key died. The southeast corner is occupied entirely by buildings comprising the Peabody Institute, and the southwest corner includes three buildings forming the Walters Art Museum.

ABOUT THE ARCHITECT
John Appleton Wilson 1851-1927

John Appleton Wilson, a member of the fourth generation of a rich and well-connected Baltimore family, was born at 11 E. Pleasant Street and raised, from 1855 on, at "Oakley." an Italianate villa set on thirteen acres near the present comer of Fulton and Edmondson Avenues in Baltimore. The Wilsons were enthusiastic Baptists, and J.Appleton's father, the Rev. Franklin Wilson, was an amateur clergyman. His mother, the former Mary Appleton, was from Portland, Maine. Wilson seems to have lived quietly, but good connections, both in Baltimore Society and in the Baptist denomination, played a considerable role in his professional life.

Wilson attended Columbian College, a Baptist college in Washington. DC, from 1871 to
1873. In the year 1873-74 he studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He seems to have entered practice in Baltimore in 1874, working first in the office of Baldwin and Price, then with E. Francis Baldwin alone, then with W. F. Weber. He had formed his own practice by 1877 and was for many years associated with his cousin, William T. Wilson, in the firm of' Wilson and Wilson.

Wilson designed about forty houses in Baltimore's "Belvedere" neighborhood in the 1880's, as well as many churches (not all Baptist) and a wide range of commercial and industrial buildings. He also worked extensively in the upper South, designing buildings in Virginia and North Carolina. By the testimony of his meticulous diaries, he worked rapidly. He performed many of the functions of modern structural and mechanical engineers.

From the 1890's on, he designed many houses in the suburbs of Baltimore and in the surrounding countryside. Many of his buildings survive. In this writer's opinion, he was at his best as an urban eclectic architect, and he was capable of very good design. Notable surviving work includes: Belvedere Terrace (east side) in the 1000 block of Calvert Street, the B.F. Newcomer house at 1211 St. Paul Street. the Charles Rous house at 104 W. Biddle Street, and the E. B. Bruce house at 1112 Calvert Street. The Georgian revival, which he adopted in the early nineties for city work and for some suburban houses, left his muse cold.

From the evidence of his diaries and his output, he drove himself hard for about 25 years. Beginning in the late nineties, however (probably after an inheritance), he traveled frequently in Europe, and his work load seems to have fallen off. He may have designed
several small downtown buildings after the fire, but his office diaries, exact in earlier years, become vague.

From 1885 to approximately 1892 he lived in a picturesque row house of his own design on the Oakley property. Oakley was sold for development in 1892, and Wilson moved to 1013 St. Paul Street, where he lived for the rest of his life. In 1877 he married Mary Wade, a Virginian. Two sons died in infancy. A daughter, Virginia A. Wilson (1881-1955), died unmarried.

Wilson was active in the Municipal Art Society and in numerous old-family patriotic societies. Fortunately for us, he was corresponding secretary of the Maryland Historical Society-thus his daughter left his papers (and several hundred photographs) to the Society.
From the Maryland HIstorical Society