Evergreen on the Falls

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Evergreen on the Falls
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Evergreen on the Falls, September 2012
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Location3300 Falls Rd., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°19′37″N76°38′6″W / 39.32694°N 76.63500°W / 39.32694; -76.63500
Area9.7 acres (3.9 ha)
Built1860 (1860)
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No. 75002095 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 30, 1975

Evergreen on the Falls, also known as the Snyder-Carroll House, [2] is an historic 19th century home overlooking the Jones Falls valley and located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a 2+12-story, brick mansion in a rural version of the Victorian Italianate style. A serious fire in the early 1970s destroyed the furnishings and most of the interior. It was built about 1860 and was the home of the supervisor of the Mount Vernon Mills, Albert H. Carroll. It is headquarters of the Maryland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. [3]

Evergreen on the Falls was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Register Properties in Maryland". Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  3. Catharine F. Black (January 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Snyder-Carroll House; Evergreen on the Falls" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved March 1, 2016.