Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the only Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence, spent the last 12 winters of his life at Carroll Mansion, welcoming visitors who wanted to meet the last surviving signer of the famous document. Carroll died in the mansion at the age of 95 in 1832. The house, which was built in the first decade of the 19th century, was "the finest house in Baltimore at the time," according to John H.B. Latrobe, son of the architect Benjamin H. Latrobe.
In years after Carroll's death, the mansion became a saloon, a tenement and a sweatshop. In 1914 Baltimore City purchased the house and used it for a vocational school and a recreation center until 1954. In 1967, after a major restoration, Carroll mansion opened to the public as a museum for 30 years until it closed in 1997.
The Jonestown museum reopened in 2002. And it addition to being open for tours year round, five day week, Carroll Museums, which also manages the Phoenix Shot Tower, holds events and programs ranging from wine dinners to art receptions to a haunted mansion.
Hours: Wed. – Sun., noon – 4 p.m. or by appointment
Admission: Adults, $5; age 65 and up or military with ID, $4; students with ID or under 12, $3.