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Baltimore Architecture: Then and Now The Stephen Broadbent "Glen Mary" Evergreen Mansion: 4545 North Charles Street image info Architects: Charles L. Carson (1885) Lawrence F. Fowler (1928) This house, known today as "Evergreen," originally was built circa 1846 by Stephen Broadbent (1811-1882), a downtown dry goods merchant, as his country seat under the name of "Glen Mary." The Broadbent family ceased to occupy it during the Civil War, and after housing a number of prominent Baltimoreans it was sold in 1878 to B & O magnate John Work Garrett (1820-1884) as a home for his son, Thomas Harrison Garrett (1850-1888). Architect Charles L. Carson was engaged to add a wing to the north end of the original house, and this was completed in 1885. T. H. Garrett's widow raised their three sons in "Evergreen" and upon her death in 1920 it was inherited by the eldest, John Work Garrett (1872-1942). John promptly converted the Carson wing from a gymnasium to a theater, and then engaged Lawrence Hall Fowler to add a balancing south wing to hold his collection of coins and rare books. Mr. Garrett bequeathed "Evergreen" and its contents to his alma mater, the Johns Hopkins University, reserving a life interest to his widow. On Mrs. Garrett's death in 1952 the University began the process of converting the house from a residence into a unit of its library system. The structure today houses the John Work Garrett Library, a part of the Special Collections unit of JHU'S Eisenhower Library. The theater, decorated for Mrs. John W. Garrett by Leon Nickolaevich Bakst, is occasionally used for special performances. Image information: left: Full Sketched View of the Evergreen Mansion. right: View of the Evergreen Mansion.(CC3009, MdHS/BCLM Photograph Collection). Photos courtesy of John Orrick, 2002. Previous 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 Evergreen Mansion "The Glen Mary"

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