Orianda House

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 28, 2011

1. Orianda House Marker

Inscription. Orianda House, built in 1857 at a cost of $9,170.69, was designed by Niernsee and Neilson, architects. This country mansion was the summer home of Thomas de Kay Winans, a wealthy railroad entrepreneur, and his Russian-born wife, Celeste Louise Revillon. Thomas, son of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad industrialist Ross Winans, purchased several farms to create the Crimea estate. Tenants raised cattle, wheat, corn, and other crops and maintained Winans’ greenhouse and horse racetrack. The Chesapeake Baltimore Outward Bound Program currently uses several of the estate buildings. The Friends of Orianda House maintain a museum room in this building. A Gwynns Falls Trail office is in the remaining tenant house.

Erected by Friends of Orianda House; City of Baltimore Recreation & Parks; Outward Bound.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical year for this entry is 1857.

Location. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 39° 18.243′ N, 76° 41.731′ W. Marker was in Baltimore, Maryland.

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It was in Franklintown. It was on North Franklintown Road. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 4700 N Franklintown Rd, Gwynn Oak MD 21207, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Central Maryland.

It was also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

in the Chesapeake Bay Region,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: Crimea Estate (here, next to this marker); A Name Before a Place (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Leakin Park at Winans Meadow (about 500 feet away); Crimea Mansion (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Orianda House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Crimea (approx. 0.2 miles away); Norman Van Allan Reeves (approx. ¼ mile away); Chapel (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baltimore.

Related marker.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 28, 2011

2. Orianda House Marker

Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. This marker has been replaced with a marker with only Friends of Orianda House listed as the erecting organization.

Also see . . . www.friendsoforiandahouse.com. Friends of Orianda House. This URL appears on the marker, in the lower left corner. (Submitted on July 28, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.)

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 28, 2011

3. Orianda House Marker

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, April 25, 2012

4. Orianda House Marker

Reginald and Mabel Hutton<br>on the porch at Orianda, 1914 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, April 22, 2012

5. Reginald and Mabel Hutton
on the porch at Orianda, 1914

Close-up of photo on marker

Entrance Hallway. ca. 1925 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, April 22, 2012

6. Entrance Hallway. ca. 1925

Close-up of photo on marker

Orianda Front Elevation image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, April 25, 2012

7. Orianda Front Elevation

Orianda Rear Porches image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, April 25, 2012

8. Orianda Rear Porches

Orianda inside the back hall image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, April 25, 2012

9. Orianda inside the back hall

Credits. This page was last revised on December 24, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 12, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 3,968 times since then and 401 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 12, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on July 28, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.