The Historic GateHouse
The Gatehouse was built from 1860-67 on the grounds of the Radnor Park Estate on the western edge of Baltimore City. It was purchased in 1910 by James Lawrence Kernan, a theater impresario, who had been asked to provide a piano for the Hospital for Crippled and Deformed Children, then located at 2000 North Charles Street in Baltimore. When Kernan visited the location to donate the piano, he reportedly said, “You don’t need a piano…you need a hospital!” Kernan deeded the Radnor Park property to the hospital. In 1911, the mansion was converted into a working hospital and renamed The James Lawernce Kernan Hospital and Industrial School of Maryland for Crippled Children.
The Gatehouse is a small stone building with brick accents, typical of Victorian gatehouses. Like the 88-acre Kernan Hospital property, it is on the National Register of Historic Places. It sits adjacent to Windsor Mill Road, on the southeast corner of the campus. It housed hospital employees until the 1990s.
The Gatehouse is a small stone building with brick accents, typical of Victorian gatehouses. Like the 88-acre Kernan Hospital property, it is on the National Register of Historic Places. It sits adjacent to Windsor Mill Road, on the southeast corner of the campus. It housed hospital employees until the 1990s.
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