Johns Hopkins Birthplace

  • Historically Known As: Whites Hall

  • Address: Johns Hopkins Rd
  • Vicinity: Riedel Rd
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
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.

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Particulars for Johns Hopkins Birthplace:
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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