Our Museum Houses
Historic preservation efforts in action
The NSCDA-MD is committed to the support of several important historic properties, including our own Mount Clare Museum House
Mount Clare Museum House
On a rise in the center of Carroll Park in southwest Baltimore City stands Maryland’s first museum house and one of the oldest and finest examples of Colonial Georgian architecture in the city.
Mount Clare Museum House is a 1760 Colonial Georgian home built by one of Maryland’s leading patriots and one of our first state senators, Charles Carroll, Barrister. Mount Clare Museum House was the center of Georgia Plantation, a self-sufficient plantation with a diverse community. Because of its exceptional value in interpreting our rich national heritage, Mount Clare Museum House was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971.
The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maryland has been the steward of Mount Clare Museum House since 1917, and owns the museum’s collection of nearly 3,000 objects from the 18th and 19th century which includes paintings, furniture, and decorative arts, a majority of which are on display at Mount Clare Museum House. Today, Mount Clare Museum House educates the public about all aspects of life on an 18th century plantation including the lives of enslaved Africans and indentured servants.
Please visit the Mount Clare website for more information
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