Photo credit:
Nicole A. Diehlmann, 12/01/2022
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Upland
Inventory No.:
B-5339
Other Name(s):
Edith Houghton Hooker House
Date Listed:
1/29/2024
Location:
1022 St. George's Road, Baltimore, Baltimore City
Category:
Building
Period/Date of Construction:
1914-1948
Architect/Builder:
Edward L. Palmer, Jr.
Boundary Description:
The boundary consists of property tax parcel 27-15-4820E-017B in Baltimore City, Maryland. The irregularly shaped property extends northwest from the west end of St. George’s Road and contains the stone house, garage, root cellar, and 3.55 acres of land.
Related Multiple Property Record:
The Women's Suffrage Movement in Maryland
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Description:
Upland is a circa-1914, French Eclectic-style, three-story stone dwelling designed by noted Baltimore architect Edward L. Palmer Jr. The irregularly shaped parcel at 1022 St. George’s Road in Baltimore City, Maryland, extends northwest from the west end of St. George’s Road. The lot slopes steeply down from east to west, and the house is set into the hill with level ground created by massive stone retaining walls supported by stone buttresses, on the north, west, and south sides of the house. The primary entrance is in the second story. An enclosed courtyard and
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Significance:
walled garden are accessible from the first story. The dwelling has a steeply pitched slate cross-gable roof with a front gable on the west end. It has wood windows in a variety of configurations. The property also contains a circa-1914 stone garage, circa-1916 stone root cellar, and circa-1914 retaining walls.
Upland is significant at the state level for its association with Edith Houghton Hooker, a women’s suffrage leader who founded the Just Government League of Maryland, the most influential women’s suffrage organization in the state. Hooker lived in the house during the majority of her suffrage activism and hosted women’s suffrage events at the house between 1914 and 1920. After passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, she continued to support women’s rights and served as the editor Equal Rights, the primary publication of the National Women’s Party, while she lived in the house. In addition, the property is significant for its architecture as a notable work of master architect Edward L. Palmer Jr., who was known a pioneer in site design. The construction of Upland into the steep slope of the Jones Falls Valley display Palmer’s masterful ability to construct a residence in the most challenging of settings, using the landscape to his advantage. The house is an early and well-preserved
example of Palmer’s hallmark designs influenced by French and English country architecture.
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