Loch Raven in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Quarters #2 & 3

Hampton National Historic Site

— circa 1850 —

Quarters #2 & 3 Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 9, 2007

1. Quarters #2 & 3 Marker

Inscription. 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

Erected by National Park Service United States Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans.

Location. 39° 25.249′ N, 76° 35.161′ W. Marker is in Towson, Maryland, in Baltimore County. It is in Loch Raven. It is on Hampton Lane. The marker is on the grounds of the Hampton National Historic Site. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 535 Hampton Lane, Towson MD 21286, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds 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 marker: A Slave Village (within shouting distance of this marker); The Lower House (within shouting distance of this marker); The View from Below (within shouting distance of this marker); Hampton: An American Story (within shouting distance of this marker); The Cream of Hampton (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Corn Culture (about 300 feet away); Thoroughbreds at Hampton

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(approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Hampton: An American Story (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Towson.

Quarters #2- image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 9, 2007

2. Quarters #2-

Note marker is to the left of the left door of the Slave Quarters.

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 9, 2007

3. Quarters #3

Interior view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 9, 2007

4. Interior view

Sign at the entrance to the Hampton National Historic Site image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 9, 2007

5. Sign at the entrance to the Hampton National Historic Site

Credits. This page was last revised on June 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 9, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 723 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on February 9, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.