Hotel Kernan

Hotel Kernan
Hotel Kernan, August 2011
Location 306-312 W. Franklin St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°17′42″N 76°37′15″W / 39.29500°N 76.62083°W / 39.29500; -76.62083Coordinates: 39°17′42″N 76°37′15″W / 39.29500°N 76.62083°W / 39.29500; -76.62083
Area less than one acre
Built 1903 (1903)
Architect Allen, J.D. Co.; Thomas, D.W. & G.H.
Architectural style Renaissance
NRHP reference # 99001079[1]
Added to NRHP September 3, 1999

Hotel Kernan, also known as the Congress Hotel, is a historic hotel located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a six-story plus mansard roof, French Renaissance Revival-style structure detailed in brick and terra cotta. It is constructed of steel and reinforced concrete and is "U"-shaped in plan. It was designed in 1903 by Philadelphia architect John Allen for theatrical impresario James Lawrence Kernan (1838-1912), who lived at the hotel until his death in 1912.[2]

Hotel Kernan was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Betty Bird and Heather Ewing (November 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hotel Kernan" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.


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