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Baltimore Architecture: Then and Now Samuel Hoffman, later the Dr. William Osler Mansion, 1 West Franklin Street image info Architect: Probably Samuel Hoffman (circa 1830's) The stately mansion that formerly stood on this site probably was built in the early 1830's for Samuel Hoffman (1783-1852), an auctioneer and commission merchant. The mansion remained as the family home until 1893. At this point Miss Maria Dora Hoffman (1833-1899), an unmarried daughter of the builder leased it to Dr. William Osler (1849-1919), one of the Johns Hopkins Hospital's "Big Four" physcians, whom occupied it until the spring of 1905. At that point, the Hoffman family sold the land and the house was demolished for the construction of the seven-story "Rochambeau Apartments," whose name recalls the tradition that Rochambeau's troops camped in the vicinity in the course of their march from New York to Yorktown in the summer of 1781. The apartment building has since occupied the site for almost a century. Image information: left: Current View of the Rochambeau Apartment Building. right: View During Dr. Osler's Occupancy at 1 West Franklin Street (CC3009, MdHS/BCLM Photograph Collection). Photos Courtesy of John Orrick, 2002. Previous Next Baltimore Architecture - Homepage Site Contents 1 Masonic Building 2 Enoch Pratt House 3 Graham-Hughes House 4 American Brewery 5 Belvedere Hotel 6 Camden Station 7 Alex Brown Building 8 Williams-Small House 9 Timanus Mill 10 The Pembroke Apartments 11 Merchant's Exchange 12 Old B and O Building 13 Denny & Mitchell Building 14 Guardian Trust Building 15 Old Post Office Building 16 St. Joseph's R.C. Church & Washington Firehouse 17 The Maryland Casualty Building 18 Church of the Redeemer Building 19 The Popplein Family Mansion/Marlborough Apartments 20 Samuel Hoffman, later the Dr. William Osler Mansion 21 Cohen Brothers, later the Dr. Robinson Building 22 Saint Peter's Catholic Church 1770 23 The Baltimore Humane Impartial Society Building 24 Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad Calvert Station 25 The Richmond Market Building Site 26 Dr. Charles Howard's Site and Mount Vernon Place M.E. Church 27 The Stephen Broadbent Mansion "Ever Green"

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