James E. Hooper House

James E. Hooper House is a historic home located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a large Queen Anne style freestanding masonry structure, situated among the buildings of the Old Goucher College Buildings complex. It is a rectangular building with a steeply pitched gable roof, a small, two-story wing extending, and a ​2 1⁄2-story bay window extension, with a small gable roof. There are two stories in the main section of the house, and two more stories in the gable. It is constructed of dark red bricks with terra cotta, brownstone, and granite trim. The exterior features a slate shingle roof, and a square oriel, three bays wide and one bay deep, made of wood, and painted green. The house was constructed in 1886 for James E. Hooper (1839–1908).[2]

James E. Hooper House
James E. Hooper in November 2008
Location100 E. 23rd St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates39°18′56″N 76°36′56″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1886 (1886)
ArchitectCarson, Charles L.; Bennett, Benjamin Franklin
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No.82004746[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 15, 1982

James E. Hooper House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1] In 2001, the building was purchased by Morphius Development Consortium, who returned the exterior wood trim to its original green color and restored other various interior features, including multiple pocket doors and hand cut decorative wooden wall panels. The building is currently the headquarters of Morphius Records and Lord Baltimore Recording Studio.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Jeffrey Hunick (November 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: James E. Hooper House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.


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