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1. HAMP_031018_035.JPG: Greenhouse #2, circa 1840. Heating pipes and a furnace were installed in this greenhouse for all-season plant care and propagation. Gardening supplies and a work area were located in the small rear section. The glass frames are 20th century replacements.
2. HAMP_031018_045.JPG: Greenhouse #1, circa 1850. This greenhouse served as a propagating house, to grow vegetables and flowers for the mansion, gardens and grounds. Only one section of the original "L" shaped structure remains. One greenhouse portion and the room users for heating apparatus were demolished.
3. HAMP_031018_091.JPG: Formal Gardens: The gardens were divided into three terraces, each with a pair of parterres or formal geometric patterns. Below them were kitchen gardens, an 18th century practice, culminating at a spring. Construction of the terraces or "falls" began in the late 1790's. Grassed ramps reflected the preference of American informality over European steps. When viewed from the cupola of the mansion, the terracing creates an optical illusion of leveling the parterres to a single continuous garden.
4. HAMP_031018_105.JPG: The huge Cedar of Lebanon tree in the back yard
5. HAMP_031018_123.JPG: These are string-drawn bells from various rooms in the mansion to alert the servants that assistance is required.
6. HAMP_031018_132.JPG: The kitchen
7. HAMP_031018_374.JPG: Stable #1 circa 1805. The second master of Hampton built this two-story stone structure with hip roof to house his prized riding and thoroughbred race horses. Governor Ridgely was a noted horse breeder and racing enthusiast of his time. This structure was built of rough fieldstone, and originally covered with stucco and scored to imitate the "cut block" stucco treatment of the mansion. Stable #2 [on the right] circa 1857. The third and fourth masters of Hampton constructed this cut stone two story building, with hip roof surmounted by a cupola, to house additional riding horses, carriage horses, and other thoroughbreds. The cut stone exterior of this stable was intended to remain exposed.
8. HAMP_031018_379.JPG: The cupola for Stable #2
9. HAMP_031018_383.JPG: This is the Hampton Farm House
10. HAMP_031018_428.JPG: Spring House Dairy circa 1850. A spring in the west wall flows in a perimeter trough through this structure. The design of this building cooled milk, cheese, and butter produced at Hampton. The water exits the dairy through an opening in the east wall and forms a creek that flows into Loch Raven reservoir. The outdoor oven was used to heat water for washing milk cans. This building was an essential part of the commercial dairy operated at Hampton.
11. HAMP_031018_433.JPG: Ash House, 19th Century. Ashes from the fireplaces were stored in this structure then made into soap for domestic use. The building originally may have been used for smoking and preserving meats for the plantation's work force.
12. HAMP_031018_438.JPG: Quarters #2 & 3, circa 1850. These two stone buildings, which replaced earlier log structures, housed slaves before the Civil War. After the abolition of slavery, they provided quarters for plantation and farm workers.
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Wikipedia Description: Hampton National Historic Site
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Hampton National Historic Site, in the Hampton area north of Towson, Maryland, United States, preserves a remnant of a vast 18th century estate including a Georgian manor house, gardens and grounds, and original stone slave quarters. The estate was owned by the Ridgely family for seven generations, from 1745 to 1948. The Hampton Mansion or manor house, once known locally as the "Hampton House", was the largest private home in America when it was completed in 1790 and is considered today to be one of the finest examples of Georgian architecture in the U.S. Its furnishings, together with the estate's slave quarters and other preserved structures, provide a comprehensive insight into late 18th century and early 19th century life of the landowning aristocracy. Hampton is the first site selected as a National Historical Site by the U.S. National Park Service for its architectural significance.

In addition to the mansion and slave quarters, visitors today may tour the overseer's house and grounds. Hampton National Historic Site is 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Baltimore at 535 Hampton Lane, near interchange #27B of the Baltimore Beltway (I-695) and Dulaney Valley Road (Maryland Route 146).

History:

1700s:

The property now known as the Hampton estate was originally part of a land grant called Northampton given to Col. Henry Darnall (c. 1645–1711), a relative of Lord Baltimore. His heirs sold the land on April 2, 1745, to Col. Charles Ridgely (1702–1772), a tobacco farmer and trader. The bill of sale records that the property included "...houses, tobacco houses (tobacco barns), stables, gardens, and orchards". By the late 1750s, Hampton extended to more than 10,000 acres (4,047 ha) and included an ironworks. His son, Captain Charles Ridgely (1733–1790), expanded the family business considerably, including gristmills, apple orchards, and stone quarries. During the American Revolutionary War, the ...More...
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2003 photos: Equipment this year: I decided my Epson digital camera wasn't quite enough for what I wanted. Since I already had Compact Flash chips for it, I had to find another camera which used CF chips. That brought me to buy the Fujifilm S602 Zoom in March 2003. A great digital camera, I used it exclusively for an entire year. Trips this year: Three-week trip this year out west, mostly in Utah. Number of photos taken this year: 68,000.
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