Charles L. Carson was an architect born in Baltimore

Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...

, the oldest son of Daniel Carson, a builder, and one of the founders of the Baltimore chapter of AIA

American Institute of Architects

The American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image...

. In 1871 he partnered with Thomas Dixon (architect)

Thomas Dixon (architect)

Thomas Dixon , was a Presbyterian architect born in Wilmington, Delaware and one of the founders of the Baltimore chapter of AIA. He was the father of minister Thomas Freeman Dixon, an 1893 graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary. In 1871 he partnered with Charles L...

 for some time doing business from their offices at 117 Baltimore Street as Thomas Dixon and Charles L. Carsonuntil sometime before 1877 when the partnership was dissolved. He partnered beginning Jan., 1802, with Joseph Evans Sperry

Joseph Evans Sperry

Architect Joseph Evans Sperry was born in 1854 in Georgetown, South Carolina. He later relocated to Baltimore, Maryland, where he partnered with James Bosley Noel Wyatt to form the architectural firm Wyatt and Sperry. Their affiliation lasted from 1878 to 1887. The two probably became acquainted...

 who had served as his chief assistant.

On Dec. 6, 1870, he was married to Annie F. Cornelius, the daughter of Richard Cornelius. He lived at 1725 Madison Avenue in Baltimore at the time of his death.

Selected works

• Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Synagogue
  Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Synagogue
  Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, now known as Berea Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church, is a historic synagogue building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The former synagogue is built of ashlar gray granite from Port Deposit, Maryland. It is a well-executed, 19th century...
  
  , Baltimore, MD
• The Equitable Building, corner of Fayette and Calvert Streets, Baltimore, MD.
• The Phoenix Club House, on Eutaw Place, Baltimore, MD.
• The Hebrew Temple, on Madison Avenue, Baltimore, MD.
• Enoch Pratt Free Library
  Enoch Pratt Free Library
  The Enoch Pratt Free Library, located in Baltimore, Maryland, is one of the oldest free public libraries in the United States. Established in 1882 after a grant from philanthropist Enoch Pratt, the library now includes twenty-two branches in Baltimore, plus the Central Library...
  
  , corner of Cathedral
  Maryland Route 139
  Maryland Route 139, known locally for most of its existence as North Charles Street, runs through Baltimore City and through the Towson area of Baltimore County. On the north end it terminates at a traffic circle with Bellona Avenue near Interstate 695 and at the south end it terminates in Federal...
  
   and Mulberry streets, Baltimore, MD.
  
• The Masonic Temple at 223-225 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD.
• University of Tennessee Buildings, Knoxville, TN.
• Winchester Hotel, Winchester, VA.
  Winchester, Virginia
  Winchester is an independent city located in the northwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the USA. The city's population was 26,203 according to the 2010 Census...
  
  
• Church of the Epiphany, Washington, DC.
• Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Wilmington, DE.
• Central Presbyterian Church, Eutaw Place, Baltimore, MD.
• Lafayette Presbyterian Church, Lafayette Square, Baltimore, MD.
• Epworth Church, corner of Gilmore and Mosher streets, Baltimore, MD.
• Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church and Asbury House
  Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church and Asbury House
  Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church and Asbury House is a historic United Methodist church located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a Norman-Gothic style church that was completed in 1872. It was designed by Thomas Dixon, a Baltimore architect and is built of blocks of a unique...
  
   (1872), listed on the National Register of Historic Places
  National Register of Historic Places
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  in 1971.