Booth House, Tudor Lane, RFD No. 1, Bel Air, Harford County, MD
Summary
Significance: Tudor Hall is significant both as one of the earliest and best examples of Gothic Revival in the state of Maryland and for its association with the Booth family. Shakespearean actor Junius Brutus Booth, father of other famous actors including Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, built the house in 1847. The design was copied from William H. Ranlett's pattern book, The Architect.
Survey number: HABS MD-510
Building/structure dates: 1847 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Booth, Junius Brutus
Booth, Edwin
Pickering, E H, photographer
Location
Bel Air (Harford County, Md.), 39.53594, -76.34829
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html