Schwartze Mansion
building in Maryland, United States
Schwartze Mansion (or Ditty Mansion or The Augusta) is a historic home located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States in the Irvington neighborhood. It is a two-story, five bay brick Greek Revival building constructed in 1845. It features a flat roofline embellished with a deep modillioned cornice above a frieze decorated with recessed panels.
History
The mansion was built in 1845 by Augustus Jacob Schwartze, a German immigrant who arrived in Baltimore in 1793. He was involved in Baltimore's early 19th-century textile industry and in 1809 was a stock investor in the Union Manufacturing Company near Ellicott City, Maryland. This was the first manufacturing company to be incorporated in the state and was, for a time, the largest textile mill in the nation. He was also president of two insurance companies: the Chesapeake Marine Insurance Company and the American Mutual Marine Insurance Company. Schwartze earned a doctorate of medicine in 1829 from Washington Medical College but never practiced in Baltimore.
In 1830, Augustus' son, Henry Schwartze (1795-1850), acquired 152 acres on the western outskirts of Baltimore. The purchase was probably financed by his father's investments, even though Henry was the registered owner.
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