Robert Long House
| Robert Long House | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Residential |
| Location | Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Address | 512 South Ann Street |
| Coordinates | 39°28′22.10″N 76°59′1.35″W / 39.4728056°N 76.9837083°W |
| Completed | 1765 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
The Robert Long House is a rowhouse in the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore. The house is the oldest known surviving urban residence within the city of Baltimore, built in 1765.[1] It was built as the home of Robert Long, a local Baltimore merchant, and today serves as the home of the Fells Point Preservation Society, who saved it from demolition in 1969 by purchasing it and restoring it.[2][3]
The house is atypical of the surrounding area, with the architecture of the house matching that of homes built in the southern part of Pennsylvania where Long was a native of, rather than the standard rowhomes that make up the Fells Point neighborhood.[4] The home was originally a two-story rowhome, with the third floor added sometime in the mid to late 1800s,[4] covered with a mixture of tar and granite, known as "flint coat".[5]
References
- ^ Siegel, Andrea F. "A house with a long history". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "Robert Long House". Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fells Point. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ Oordt, Darcy. Haunted Maryland: Dreadful Dwellings, Spine-Chilling Sites and Terrifying Tales. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 23. ISBN 9781493023905.
- ^ a b "This Old (est) House". Maryland Historical Society. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ Greff, Jacqueline (2005). Fell's Point : Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-439-61309-2.
External links
- "Preservation Society - Robert Long House". preservationsociety.com. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- "This Old(est) House | underbelly". mdhs.org. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
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