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Johns Hopkins-Residences
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General Information
Timespanborn 1795,-died 1873
Websitehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Hopkins


}}What year Johns Hopkins came to live with his Quaker Uncle, Gerard T. Hopkins to learn the grocery business is unknown for certain. Most sources indicate he was seventeen which would bring him to Baltimore in 1812, two years before his father Samuel died. The purpose of this long term project is to assess where he lived in Baltimore and whether or not he owned any slaves that were located at any of his city-owned property prior to the Civil War. His country estate, Clifton, which he acquired in 1841, is treated separately. Unless otherwise noted, residential and business addresses are derived from the Baltimore City directories. A complete set of the surviving city directories to 1953 are located on edpapenfuse@gmail.com's Google Drive.


Johns Hopkins: business and residential addresses

1873/12/24: Died at his Baltimore residence, 81 Saratoga Street

1868/69: President Merchants Bank, office Commercial Bldg, dw 81 Saratoga

1860: BC Dir:

  • Hopkins Johns, president Merchants' Bank, 81 Saratoga
  • Hopkins Johns, office Commercial Buildings, n e cor Gay and Lombard, dw 81 Saratoga
  • Hopkins Joseph J. hardware merchant, 15 n Howard, dw Baltimore Co

1851 BC Dir compiled in 1850?: dw 177 W Lombard

  • Swann: 72 Franklin

1850 Sun article about late residence of JH on Lombard Street (see ecpclio 144).

1849/50: dw 177 w Lombard

1847/48: Hopkins Johns, dw 177 w Lombard st

1847: dw 177 W Lombard

1845: dw 177 W Lombard

1843: Johns Hopkins “bought a large house on Lombard Street, the second door east of Sharp Street” where he brought his mother, Hannah (19 May 1774 – 25 November 1846), and two sisters, Hannah and Eliza to live with him.  Source: Thom, p. 28.

1842: Hopkins Johns, firm Hopkins & Brothers, dw e side Sharp st 4 doors s of German  

  • In 1840 this address is in 9th Ward (now  between Lombard and Baltimore) but in the reorganization and mapping of the wards in 1841 is in the 11th ward.

1840-1841:

  • Acquired County Estate, Clifton at auction where he resided in the Summers and created a park-like setting for a home he remodeled, according to plans of the Architect John Niernsee (ca. 1850-1852).

1837: residence- Franklin Street  e St. Paul

1835/36: Hopkins & brothers, grocers, 6 Pratt st wharf, dw J. Hopkins, Franklin st 2d door from St Paul

  1. Hopkins Wm. L. corner Calvert and Pratt sts
  2. Hopkins Jerard J. dry goods mt. IS Centre Market space
  3. Hopkins Samuel, mt. Bowly's wf. dw St Paul st n of Mulberry
  4. Hopkins Wesley, tailor, Jew alley n of Dutch
  5. Hopkins miss Charlotte, corner Pitt and L. Comet sts
  6. Hopkins Samuel, Biddle st e of Penn avenue
  7. Hopkins James, corner Exeter and Granby sts
  8. Hopkins T. W. & G. grocers and Commission merchants,
  9. corner Pratt st and Light st wharf
  10. Hopkins Samuel, firm Matthews and Hopkins, dw St Paul st
  11. e side, 3 doors s of Franklin
  12. Hopkins Grace R. n w corner Baltimore and East sts
  13. Hopkins Edward, shoemaker, 11 Thomsen st
  14. Hopkins Wm. M. dry goods merchant, 101 Baltimore st
  15. Hopkins James, watchman, Bond st n of Wilk
  16. Hopkins Bazil B 77 Lombard st
  17. Hopkins G. T. dvv Barre st near Sharp
  18. Hopkins Johns, Franklin st near St. Paul's lane
  19. Hopkins Thomas, pilot, Wolf st n of Thames
  20. Hopkins Richard, broker, 39 Albemarle st
  21. Hopkins &. brothers, grocers, 6 Pratt st wharf, dw J. Hopkins
  22. Franklin st 2d door from St Paul
  23. tHopkins Hannah, Davis st near Pleasant [Free Black]

1832: Residing at Belshoover’s [Beltzhoover Indian Queen Hotel] until he suffered an attack of Cholera and  moved “to one of two houses on Franklin and St. Paul streets left to him by his father, taking his two brothers with him.” Source: Thom, p. 28 [Thom, Helen Hopkins. Johns Hopkins, a silhouette. 1929.]

1831: Beltzhoover Geo. proprietor of Indian Queen Hotel, SE corner Hanover and w Baltimore sts

  1. Hopkins Bros, grocers 5 W Pratt [no residence]
  2. Hopkins Saml, comm. mercht.; dw 31 n Charles st
  3. Hopkins Gerard T. &l Co. grocers, 3 and 4 Light
  4. st wharf; dw Gerard T. cor Hanover & Barre
  5. Hopkins & Brothers, grocers, 5 w Pratt st
  6. BC Directory, 1831

1829:

  1. Hopkins and Brothers grocers, 5 Pratt st whf [no residence]: see: https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000524/html/am524--160.html
  2. Hopkins mrs Sarah, cor of Comet and Pitt
  3. Hopkins mrs Ann, seamstress, Bond near Fleet
  4. Hopkins mrs Eliza, French w of totter
  5. Hopkins miss Emily, cor of Baltimore and East
  6. Hopkins Gerard T. & co. merchants, 1 Light st whf
  7. Hopkins Gerard T. of the firm of G T. Hopkins &
  8. Co. Hanover second door from Barre
  9. Hopkins Thos. cabinet maker, Pratt w of Hanover
  10. Hopkins Wm. L. flour and commission merchant,
  11. cor Light and Conway, dw Barnet near Charles
  12. Hopkins Jas. cordwainer, Caroline near Pratt
  13. Hopkins Jas. currier, High near Water
  14. Hopkins Greenbury, coach maker, East N of Douglas
  15. Hopkins Rich'd, cord wainer, Jefferson E of Aisquith
  16. Hopkins and Brothers grocers, 5 Pratt stwhf
  17. Hopkins J. & G. curriers 63 s Calvert
  18. *Hopkins Cato, labourer, Salisbury st near Harford run [Free Black]
  19. *Hopkins Matilda, shop beeper, Saratoga E of Cove [Free Black]
  20. *Hopkins Hannah, laundress, Davis near Bath [Free Black]

1827: [no entry for Johns Hopkins]

  1. Hopkins Bros, [no dw], see: https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000491/html/am491--135.html
  2. Hopkins Richard, grocer, E side of Reisterstown road, 6 of intersection of Cove
  3. Hopkins & Brothers, grocers and commission merchants, 5 Pratt "st wharf
  4. Hopkins John, 24 Fell st
  5. Hopkins mrs. Ann, Potter, W side, S of N Gay
  6. Hopkins Gerard T. 8c Moore, SE corner Pratt and Light
  7. Hopkins Gerard T. (firm of Hopkins &. Moore) dw 78 Pratt

1822: [no entry for Johns Hopkins]

  1. Hopkins, Nicholas, hatter, 71 Pratt
  2. Hopkins & Moore, grocers, Pratt st. whf. N side W of Calvert st.
  3. Hopkins, Greenbury, coach maker, Liberty, E side N of McElderry, o t .
  4. Hopkins, Jumes, cordwainer, rear of 2 Low, o t
  5. Hopkins, Grace, Great York, S side E of Lloyd, o t
  6. Hopkins, Gerard T. grocer, SW corner of Pratt & Light st. whf. dw. 78 Pratt
  7. Hopkins. William, grocer, SW corner of Pratt st & Light st. whf dw. 80 Pratt
  8. Hopkins, Solomon, cabinet maker, William's alley, S side E of Spring-st. o t
  9. Hopkins,Richard, currier, 51 S Calvert, dv/. 69 Pitt, o t
  10. Hopkins, Sarah, widow, Pitt, N side W of Aisquith, o £
  11. *Hopkins, Hager, laundress, Garden, E side S of Biddle
  12. *Hopkins, Charles, drayman, Hartford, E side S of the intersection of Hartford and Aisquith, o t

1822: Gerard T. Hopkins, Grocer, sw corner of Pratt and Light Street, dw 78 Pratt

1819-1832?: lived at Beltz[h]oover’s Hotel, Baltimore Street until he contracted Cholera. Source: Thom, p. 28.

  • Beltzhoover’s Hotel was a fashionable place to stay. Henry Clay stayed there in March of 1829 (Niles Register, Volume 36, p. 90).
  • “Between his unsuccessful stints in the Army and at West Point, [Edgar Allen] Poe spent a few months in 1829 sharing a room with his cousin at the Beltzhoover’s Hotel on the corner of Hanover and Baltimore streets.” Source:
  • (https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/edgar-allan-poe-baltimore-charm-city-culture-history-poetry-poet-festival)
  • The German Society of Maryland met regularly at Beltzhoover’s Hotel “southeast corner of Baltimore and Hanover streets.  It was also called “Indian Queen” Hotel, and celebrated in its days.  Beltzhoover in 1832 removed to the “Fountain Hotel.”  (History of the German Society of Maryland, p. 91)

1819: J[G]erard T. Hopkins grocer, 1 County wharf dwel. 78 Pratt

1816: Gerard T Hopkins, merchant, 1 County Wharf, dw  78 W Pratt

1812-1819: Came to Baltimore to live with his Uncle Gerard T. Hopkins and work as a grocer where he resided for seven years.  Source: Thom, p. 22.

1812: “age of 17” went to live with Gerard T Hopkins, his uncle (Source: Thom, p. 14). 

  • At  the South River school he was known as “Johnsie Hopkins,” a name that he apparently was known by only to his family and servants after he moved to Baltimore.  See Thom, p. 12, and p. 60.  Pietila, Antero. The Ghosts of Johns Hopkins: The Life and Legacy That Shaped an American City. 2018) uses "Johnsie" as the title of a chapter about Johns Hopkins career in Baltimore. It is possible that he was known by his family as 'Johnsie'. There was another contemporary Johns Hopkins in Baltimore County that is listed on the Census and tax records as "Johnsie' to distinguish him from his father, another wealthy Johns Hopkins.