The Francis Xavier Knott, S.J. Knott Humanities Center, commonly known as the Humanities Center, is the oldest building on the campus of Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland. The Tudor Revival building was originally built as a private residence in 1896 by New York architecture firm Renwick, Aspinwall, and Russell.
Alice Whitridge Garret, the widowed heiress to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad fortune, had the house built on the southern edge of the Garret Family’s Evergreen estate in Baltimore. It was to be a wedding present for her son Horatio and his bride Charlotte Garrett and serve as their “cottage” home. The house was nicknamed “Evergreen junior” and cost 85,000tobuild.However,HoratiowoulddieofcancerwhiletravelinginEuropein1896andneverseethehousecompleted.Itsatunoccupieduntil1919,whentheGarretFamilylentthehousetotheRedCrossasaninstitutionforblindedservicemeninWorldWarI.In1921,theJesuitsfromLoyolaCollegepurchasedthehouseand20surroundingacresfromtheGarretFamilytorelocatetheircampusfromCalvertStreet.Thecollegeinitiallyusedthehouseforacademicspace,butin1924converteditintotheJesuitpriest’sresidenceandrenamedthehouseJesuitHouse.Thehousewasexpandedin1939,butwasseverelydamagedbyafirein1955.Thebuildingwasrebuiltandsignificantlyexpandedfrom1956to1958.In1992,Loyolaundertooka6 million renovation to Jesuit House to consolidate 16 academic departments into a newly converted Humanities Center. The Jesuit priests were relocated to a smaller residence across Millbrook Rd called Millbrook House, now known as Ignatius House. The renovation included a 30,000 square foot addition to the rear of the former Jesuit House. The college hired architecture firm Frank Gant Architects to oversee the renovation. In 2011, the popular Netflix drama series House of Cards filmed scenes inside the Humanities Center.
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