Garrett Jacobs Mansion
The Garrett Jacobs Mansion is a historic home located in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Built in 1853 by Samuel George, the home gets its name from its last and most famous owner, Mary Frick Garrett Jacobs, who, with her husband Robert Garrett, transformed the home into a prime example of the Gilded Age mansions of the city.Photo: Smash the Iron Cage, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Walters Art Museum and George Peabody Library.
Walters Art Museum
Museum
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The Walters Art Museum is a public art museum located in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Founded and opened in 1934, it holds collections from the mid-19th century that were amassed substantially by major American art and sculpture collectors, including William Thompson Walters and his son Henry Walters.
George Peabody Library
Library
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The George Peabody Library is a library connected to the Johns Hopkins University, focused on research into the 19th century. It was formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute of music in the City of Baltimore, and is located on the Peabody campus at West Mount Vernon Place in the Mount Vernon-Belvedere historic cultural neighborhood north of downtown Baltimore, Maryland. George Peabody Library is situated 420 feet east of Garrett Jacobs Mansion.
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Church
Photo: Basilica1, Public domain.
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also called the Baltimore Basilica, is a Catholic cathedral in Baltimore, Maryland. Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is situated 940 feet south of Garrett Jacobs Mansion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Vernon and Chinatown.
Mount Vernon
Neighborhood
Photo: Iracaz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Vernon is a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, located immediately north of the city's downtown. It is named for George Washington's Mount Vernon estate in Virginia, as the site of the city's Washington Monument.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY 3.0.
The U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland is home to a small Chinatown. Historically, Baltimore had at least two districts that were called "Chinatown" where the first one existed on the 200 block of Marion Street during the 1880s.
Seton Hill
Neighborhood
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Seton Hill Historic District is a historic district in Baltimore, Maryland. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It includes St. Mary's Seminary Chapel, which is a National Historic Landmark.
Garrett Jacobs Mansion
- Type: Commercial building
- Description: former home of Dr. and Mrs. H.B. Jacobs
- Categories: building, historic site, historic building, and office
- Location: Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.29701° or 39° 17′ 49″ northLongitude
-76.61652° or 76° 36′ 60″ westLevels
4Open location code
87F579WM+R9OpenStreetMap ID
way 463790154OpenStreetMap feature
building=commercialOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q14691928
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