Hotel Kernan, also known as the Congress Hotel, is a historic hotel

Hotel

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 located at Baltimore

Baltimore

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, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

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. It is a six story plus mansard roof

Mansard roof

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, French Renaissance Revival-style structure detailed in brick and terra cotta

Terra cotta

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. It is constructed of steel and reinforced concrete and is "U"-shaped in plan. It was designed in 1903 by Philadelphia architect John Allen for theatrical impresario James Lawrence Kernan

James Lawrence Kernan

James Lawrence Kernan was a theater manager and philanthropist based in Baltimore, Maryland.He born in Baltimore, Maryland at the southeast corner of Pratt and High streets, on July 29, 1838. He was educated at Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, and Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland...

 (1838-1912), who lived at the hotel until his death in 1912.

Hotel Kernan was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1999.

External links

• Hotel Kernan, Baltimore City, including photo in 1999, at Maryland Historical Trust