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Cloisters Castle collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-045-LIB

Abstract

This collection contains manuscript materials, photographs, and emphemera related to Cloisters Castle located in Lutherville, Maryland. Also included is a 2008 oral history transcript with Margaret Tilghman.

Dates

  • 2008 and undated

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is currently unprocessed and therefore restricted to the public.

Conditions Governing Use

The reproduction of materials in this collection may be subject to copyright restrictions. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine and satisfy copyright clearances or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections. For more information visit the MCHC’s Rights and Permissions page.

Biographical / Historical

The Cloisters is located at the crest of a wooded hill to the west of Falls Road (MD 25), immediately north of the Baltimore Beltway (I-695). The building is highly picturesque and irregular in elevation and plan, and features a multiplicity of architectural ornament.

Constructed between 1930-1932, the house shows abundant examples of the finest hand craftsmanship and is particularly notable for unusual applications of the building materials. Unique in Maryland both architecturally and culturally, the Cloisters was originally intended by its owners to be open to the public as a museum, a use to which it was put under ownership by Baltimore City for a number of years.

Extent

5.0 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Mark Letzer, July 2015.

Title
Guide to the Cloisters Castle photograph and ephemera collection
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Mallory Harwerth
Date
2022-05
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository

Contact:
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750