Homewood and the ArtWalk Tour #3

Homewood - the rear portico/piedment - recently restored.

So after Burt gave us the scoop on the outside of the property, he placed us in the capable hands of an equally knowledgeable man, who's name unfortunately escapes me.

This gentleman gave us a tour inside Homewood. Wow! It's been meticulously restored thanks the the generosity of a JHU alum named Merrick. The painstaking work it took to research and acquire the contents is apparent.

We learned Carroll of Homewood ended up tapping his father for about $40,000 to complete the grand house. Amazingly, all of the reciepts for furnishings were kept by the elder Carroll and that helped guide the restoration process. The records are down to the smallest of details. . ."framing for 18 prints of the City of Philadelphia." The records are that complete.

Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on your perspective, I have no interior photographs. We were the only two with the docent and I didn't want to distract him or interrupt him by continually clicking pics.

Homewood and the ArtWalk Tour #11

C: "I'm not feelin' the rabbit on the anvil."
d: "Maybe the rabbit's not feelin' you either."

Homewood and the ArtWalk Tour #12

C and I were the only two on the tour and our guide was amazing. If you go, Burt will give you a top-notch tour. He was extremely knowledgeable about a whole host of subjects.

The tour covers what was once Carroll of Homewood's summer estate. When Carroll of Homewood married into the prominent Philadelphia Chew family, his father Carroll of Carrollton gave him a wedding gift - 130 acres and $10,000 to build a home.

The Artwalk tour covers that property. The Baltimore Museum of Art is situationed on at least a portion of the original property (including it's outdoor sculpture garden).

Homewood and the ArtWalk Tour #9

For our first FreeFall Baltimore event, we opted for the Homewood/BMA Artwalk tour. The tour can either start at Homewood Mansion/Museum OR the Baltimore Museum of Art. You need to call ahead for reservations but we made ours just a few hours before going and it was fine.

We opted for the 2 o'clock tour leaving from the BMA. The tour does not include interior exhibits of the BMA (although that is also free). We plan to check it out thoroughly soon.