Hotel Kernan

United States historic place


Hotel Kernan
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Hotel Kernan, August 2011
39°17′42″N 76°37′15″W / 39.29500°N 76.62083°W / 39.29500; -76.62083
Area	less than one acre
Built	1903 (1903)
Architect	Allen, J.D. Co.; Thomas, D.W. & G.H.
Architectural style	Renaissance
NRHP reference No.	99001079^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 3, 1999

Hotel Kernan, also known as the Congress Hotel, is a historic hotel located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a six-story plus mansard roof, French Renaissance Revival-style structure detailed in brick and terra cotta. It is constructed of steel and reinforced concrete and is U-shaped in plan. It was designed in 1903 by Philadelphia architect John Allen for theatrical impresario James Lawrence Kernan (1838-1912), who lived at the hotel until his death in 1912.^[2]

Hotel Kernan was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Betty Bird and Heather Ewing (November 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hotel Kernan" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

External links

Media related to Hotel Kernan (Baltimore) at Wikimedia Commons

Hotel Kernan, Baltimore City, including photo in 1999, at Maryland Historical Trust
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-1114, "Hotel Kernan, West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD"
Congress Hotel – Explore Baltimore Heritage

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland

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