Johns Hopkins Birthplace
- Historically Known As: Whites Hall
- Address: Johns Hopkins Rd
- Vicinity: Riedel Rd
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1719/00/00 | Gerald Hopkins II and Samual Galloway I buy Whites Hall, a tract planted by Jerome White in 1665. | |||||
1792/00/00 | Main house on the main house on the Whites Hall Farm is probably built between 1784 and 1792. | |||||
1795/05/19 | Johns Hopkins | Born | Johns Hopkins is born one of eleven children born to Samuel Hopkins (1759-1814) of Crofton, Maryland, and Hannah Janney (1774-1864), of Loudoun County, Virginia. | |||
1807/00/00 | Johns Hopkins | Work | Due to the beliefs held by their Quaker faith, Hopkins family frees their slaves and Johns Hopkins becomes a field worker at Whites Hall. | |||
1910/00/00 | Hopkins family sells Whites Hall due to a mortgage default. | |||||
1952/00/00 | Telescoping wings are built on Whites Hall. | |||||
2016/01/00 | Empty, with the windows boarded up to prevent vandalism, property developer Polm Companies files for a permit to demolish Whites Hall. |
Particulars for Johns Hopkins Birthplace: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Significance | Birthplace |
Sight Category | Building |
Architectural Style | Georgian Architecture |
Building Type | House |
Criteria | Person |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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