A Library with a Trap-Door: Exploring Baltimore's Evergreen Mansion

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  • Опубликовано: 1 янв 2025

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  • @Lourdes793
    @Lourdes793 Год назад +10

    The library just took my breath away! I love that the home was passed down through generations and then donated to the John Hopkins University. I love that it has been preserved in its mostly original form and furnishings. Thank you for this.

  • @BOEHHO89
    @BOEHHO89 Год назад +6

    It was nice to see some more color photos .

  • @Mark723
    @Mark723 Год назад +26

    We have so many wonderful buildings here in our struggling city of Baltimore - so much history and beautiful architecture. Thank you, Ken, for featuring one of the jewels of the city. Those tiles in the kitchen are beautiful - it's a shame no family member would have ever seen them. Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves are always impressive. Truly a book-lover's paradise. Nonetheless, that 23-karat bathroom is the crowning glory. Thanks, Ken, for displaying this amazing home.

    • @monkeygraborange
      @monkeygraborange Год назад +2

      Personally, I wouldn’t consider pooping on a toilet of less than 24 karat. How utterly gauche!

  • @denisecaringer4726
    @denisecaringer4726 Год назад +5

    Interesting tour. Thank you.

  • @Alejoninla
    @Alejoninla Год назад +22

    my working class upbringing loves the kitchen, the roman in me loves the bathroom...what a beautiful house and great way to leave a legacy! 👋

    • @pegasus5287
      @pegasus5287 Год назад

      I love the kitchen too, that stove is great

  • @megfuchs9425
    @megfuchs9425 Год назад +11

    It's nice to hear a story of a happy family enjoying their house for years and then donating it to a worthy place/cause!

  • @oltedders
    @oltedders Год назад +5

    Best period bathroom of any house shown so far, IMO.

  • @cmccloskey56
    @cmccloskey56 Год назад +7

    JOHNS Hopkins University. It was drummed into us - the "S" on Johns.
    That said, gotta visit this!

  • @monkeygraborange
    @monkeygraborange Год назад +9

    I have to say, *all* the rooms were my favorite rooms. What an absolute insane and lovely place, and so nice to see rooms denoted as “libraries” actually containing books!

  • @mitchellbarnow1709
    @mitchellbarnow1709 Год назад +14

    3:50 I was very impressed with the incredible rooms in this house, but my eye caught the "book elevator" that was part of the floor that enabled heavy books to not have to be carried up and down the stairway to the basement! Thank you so much for this incredible tour. I have found that because of the lack of fire escapes tour groups rarely take you up to the level with the bedrooms or higher. One would have to be privileged enough to have a private small tour to see above the floors without fire exits for the tour groups.

  • @seattlebeard
    @seattlebeard Год назад +4

    Nice to see a wedding cake facade that isn't completely white. The yellow adds beautiful contrast to all that ornamentation.

  • @andrewbrendan1579
    @andrewbrendan1579 Год назад +7

    I'm a book lover and have boxes of unread books in my efficiency apartment, but Evergreen mansion is book-loving on steroids! And good for the people who brought and kept all those books in the house. --- I've seen the front of Evergreen before, hadn't realized how much there is to the house. Wonderful place.

  • @The_Smith
    @The_Smith Год назад +4

    Normally my answer to your question on which is my favourite room it usually is the library . . . but in this house? . . . great video Ken.

  • @ML-xi2rt
    @ML-xi2rt Год назад +5

    This is my FAVORITE house of your videos! I LOVE the library and additional areas for books. I am obsessed with books and have collected them for my entire life. Unfortunately I don’t have the room to keep them readily at hand….EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AS ALWAYS!

  • @kgreene460
    @kgreene460 Год назад +5

    I had a trap door in an office I worked in many years ago - it was a fomer Knights of Columbus club house that was abandoned half completed when the stock market crashed in the 1920's.

  • @proudvirginian
    @proudvirginian Год назад +6

    Wow! Part of that is a library with a house built around it. I'm not a book person, but the library was my favorite. I definitely need to go visit!

  • @Davesgotitmade
    @Davesgotitmade Год назад +3

    Incredible House! I really like the theater room. Very Special! ❤

  • @williamtyre523
    @williamtyre523 Год назад +1

    I had a chance to visit here in 2022 and it is a spectacular house. Hard to pick a favorite, although I always favor the libraries, and this one is amongst the grandest I have ever seen. But I was also enchanted by the theater, so unexpected and delightful. Thanks as always for a great exploration!

  • @gandfgandf5826
    @gandfgandf5826 Год назад +2

    2 minutes ish the dining room is a bright yellow. I have a picture of it I cut out a magazine decades ago. The hanging panels on the walls have a rich deep red background. It's a beautiful room. My favourite though is the library which I hadn't seen before. Thanks Ken.

  • @leslie-anneblake6000
    @leslie-anneblake6000 Год назад +2

    Loved the bathroom with the mosaic tile fireplace!❤

  • @christopherkraft1327
    @christopherkraft1327 Год назад +5

    This home is lovely & I'm glad that it's open for the public to enjoy!!! My favorite room is definitely the library!!! 👍👍🙂

  • @SpanishEclectic
    @SpanishEclectic Год назад +4

    I love the impressive portico and the vine-motif metal door. The library and books are incredible! So glad to learn they have been preserved. The gold bathroom is definitely a show-stoppper, and hard to forget!

  • @jefflawrentz1624
    @jefflawrentz1624 Год назад +5

    Wow! I would love to check out their book collection next time I’m in Baltimore. The library was probably my favorite room. At abt. 4:46 you described the furniture as stenciled but I think it is actually either Dutch or Italian marquetry inlaid. Thanks Ken for letting us know about this treasure house!!

  • @sherirunnels545
    @sherirunnels545 Год назад +5

    Another fascinating episode. So well done. Thank you!

  • @claudiamann7111
    @claudiamann7111 Год назад +2

    Thanks for another great video. I'm so glad the house has been preserved so well.

  • @honestmom1958
    @honestmom1958 Год назад +2

    Wow, it's hard to pick out the favorite room. I love the library as well as all the books in other areas of the home. The kitchen was amazing, as was the golden bathroom with a fireplace.

  • @LJB103
    @LJB103 Год назад +3

    Excellent video. I was here and 2 other Baltimore mansions only once so I unfortunately did not remember much about it (except the gold bathroom). Thank you for the memory refresh.

  • @lizlittle1641
    @lizlittle1641 Год назад +1

    I love the Reading room and the library but then I love books. I love all the spaces with books.

  • @pegasus5287
    @pegasus5287 Год назад +3

    It would be spnfun to have a huge home library, i think people might not ever see me again! Unless the came to the library

  • @choryferguson2196
    @choryferguson2196 Год назад

    Ken! This is my favourite yet! Thank you! The library-house is the perfect house…who said "if a house has a garden and a library…"? WOW!

  • @rickyt3961
    @rickyt3961 Год назад +1

    6:50
    thank you!
    luv the gold? toilet!😁

  • @kendranewton9071
    @kendranewton9071 Год назад

    The woodworking in the staircase was awesome. I love the library and the cabinets in the butler’s pantry. So much beautiful woodwork!

  • @brendaroth100
    @brendaroth100 Год назад +1

    Love the library. So many books throughout the house

  • @divox9pqr
    @divox9pqr Год назад

    This episode was extremely informative. Having lived in Baltimore close to 75 yrs, I never knew of this handsome patriarch and his largesse arising during the gilded age, and wisely maintained for posterity.

  • @emilyrosewell308
    @emilyrosewell308 Год назад +1

    The library! The books!😍

  • @wdjones4735
    @wdjones4735 Год назад +1

    The kitchen was the best! The stove was 🔥!

  • @toniadugger3954
    @toniadugger3954 Год назад +1

    The kitchen was a dream!🥰

  • @vickilindberg6336
    @vickilindberg6336 Год назад +1

    Finally a house with enough book cases!

  • @jenpink4298
    @jenpink4298 Год назад +3

    What a beautiful home! And I’m so glad that the family lived there and enjoyed it for such a long time! I would like to sneak in and take a bubble bath in the bathtub with a fire in the fireplace😂

  • @denisemanley5318
    @denisemanley5318 Год назад

    The library and reading room were my favorites. It is a stunning house!

  • @danielintheantipodes6741
    @danielintheantipodes6741 Год назад +1

    Loving the library!

  • @janeblue-ts8hq
    @janeblue-ts8hq Год назад +1

    Lovely home . By the way, it’s Johns Hopkins, not John. Thanks for the many architectural gems.

  • @johnmiller8975
    @johnmiller8975 Год назад +1

    As a Librarian I approve of this house (holy crap!)

  • @lowmagnet
    @lowmagnet Год назад +2

    The library was amazing, and the acoustics I'd have to imagine would be quite muffled with the book-lined walls!

  • @pennykling1999
    @pennykling1999 Год назад +1

    Beautiful!!!

  • @gracekennings
    @gracekennings Год назад

    Superb home! My favorite space was the additional book storage area, which very much is reminiscent of the Gould Memorial Library in the Bronx.

  • @MrJearley6
    @MrJearley6 Год назад

    This is Beautiful !!! Thank you!!!

  • @mariakettlehut7399
    @mariakettlehut7399 Год назад +2

    The outside entrance to the house says it all.

  • @bethbartlett5692
    @bethbartlett5692 Год назад

    Now this house has a balanced Architecture and Exterior Decor Appeal.
    Clean lines, appealing colors, it inspires class, clarity, and ease.
    This continues in the interior, with less and light, it offers a semblance of Balance and Harmony in a period of overwhelming thick layers of overdone.
    It is largely inviting, and has far less "unnerving" to my senses.

  • @DLeadVox
    @DLeadVox Год назад

    ❤❤❤ Good Job Ken!

  • @lightofthejul
    @lightofthejul Год назад +1

    I use yo be a professional docent for this house ! The collections are amazing ! And the grounds are stunning ! Very unusual interior design ! I have the entire book on it from My training !

  • @CorrindaCampbell
    @CorrindaCampbell Год назад

    This is one of my favorite houses

  • @KeVonBouVie
    @KeVonBouVie Год назад +1

    Shoutout too my hometown of Maryland

  • @pauldc1066
    @pauldc1066 Год назад +1

    gorgeous

  • @flyhigh00000
    @flyhigh00000 Год назад

    👍
    From
    Calgary
    Thanks for all the great stories and the way you're able to put it together. Have you ever thought about doing a series on trains or buses planes boats???

  • @larry3034
    @larry3034 Год назад

    I love the library.

  • @agentlemadness1348
    @agentlemadness1348 Год назад +1

    The library!

  • @123pb
    @123pb Год назад +2

    This rivals any of the Vanderbuilt mansions

  • @heru-deshet359
    @heru-deshet359 Год назад +6

    All former mansions of the rich wind up becoming museums if not demolished, which is far better than a damn greedy developer getting their hands on them.

  • @wilburmcbride8096
    @wilburmcbride8096 4 месяца назад

    I got to see this place! I wonder if I could drive by and see this place or is it in a gated community. If so, I just have to enjoy online!

  • @singularseeker
    @singularseeker Год назад +1

    Far East Room FAV..

  • @loriboufford6342
    @loriboufford6342 Год назад

    Bathroom!!!!

  • @teresacorrigan3076
    @teresacorrigan3076 Год назад

    This reminds me of eldon house in london Ontario Canada. Any ghosts? Eldon house has a ghost. 😊🇨🇦

  • @jimwiskus8862
    @jimwiskus8862 Год назад +1

    All of it.

  • @firecracker3911
    @firecracker3911 Год назад

    Books!!!

  • @fd9987
    @fd9987 Год назад

    Sounds like my long Johns with the trap door. 😂

  • @janedee6488
    @janedee6488 Год назад

    I think they liked to read 😊

  • @CharlesBelfoure-c1c
    @CharlesBelfoure-c1c 9 месяцев назад

    You should start each segment with the location of the house. Sometimes,it’s hard to figure out where the house is.

  • @mikenixon2401
    @mikenixon2401 Год назад

    This looks like an old county courthouse to me.

  • @susprime7018
    @susprime7018 Год назад +1

    Library

  • @TedBeyr
    @TedBeyr Год назад +1

    I wonder who had the world’s first golden crapper….

  • @erldagerl9826
    @erldagerl9826 Год назад

    Fun fact: the only person to ever perform on that stage was Mrs Alice Garrett, the lady of the house. Pity for her listeners: apparently she had about as much talent as Florence Foster Jenkins. Her Italian voice teacher even politely suggested she pursue other endeavors.

  • @bifeldman
    @bifeldman Год назад

    JOHNS Hopkins, please.

  • @fordtruxdad5155
    @fordtruxdad5155 Год назад

    John Hopkins 😂

  • @HankRatrie
    @HankRatrie Год назад +1

    Of course you meant Johns Hopkins University.

  • @ropeburnsrussell
    @ropeburnsrussell Год назад +1

    I will never be happy in my own home again

  • @jillatherton4660
    @jillatherton4660 Год назад +1

    👍

  • @LindaHaghgoo
    @LindaHaghgoo Год назад

    Johns Hopkins

  • @angellee9307
    @angellee9307 Год назад +1

    👀😳

  • @larry3034
    @larry3034 Год назад +1

    I detest houses built by huge egos, however since this guy loved books I'll excuse his excess.

  • @josephfitzgeraldnsw5794
    @josephfitzgeraldnsw5794 Год назад

    That’s Clickbait a trap door falls down, that’s just the door it goes up.

  • @patbowman6723
    @patbowman6723 Год назад

    How many rooms does a family need in their house? I think the whole house is over done. Books and books and more books? Why? Was the library open to the public, I think not. People put so much money into these mansions and very little to educate and feed the poor.

    • @anthonypopola5773
      @anthonypopola5773 Год назад

      It’s their money, they can do whatever they want with it…

  • @jrgnc1
    @jrgnc1 Год назад

    Way too much house for anybody!

  • @krazmokramer
    @krazmokramer Год назад

    The library room is beautiful. But this is definitely a house, not a home. VERY cold and sterile. The narrow rooms with high ceilings look very claustrophobic, to me.

  • @DaBurt42O
    @DaBurt42O Год назад +2

    my fav room is the bathroom with its golden toilet

  • @ShirleeKnott
    @ShirleeKnott Год назад +4

    "did you know the pesky algorithm uses community interaction?
    why not help the channel by leaving comments, replies and or likes to both?"

    • @denisecaringer4726
      @denisecaringer4726 Год назад +1

      You're right -- so I am replying to your comment!

    • @ShirleeKnott
      @ShirleeKnott Год назад

      @@denisecaringer4726😀😀😀😀😀