Hooper House Gallery (now permanently closed) supported and promoted emerging artists in Baltimore.

The James E. Hooper House is named for textile magnate James E. Hooper (1839-1908) for whom the house was erected in 1886. Added to the national historic register in 1982, it now houses the studios of local Baltimore creatives.

The Hooper family-owned mills were the largest cotton manufacturers in Baltimore. One of their main products was cotton-duck-canvas used for ships’ sails. It is said that James E. Hooper used to spend time in the cupola on the 5th level of Hooper House watching the ships come to port.

A freestanding masonry dwelling executed in the Queen Anne style, the James E. Hooper House embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type and method of construction not commonly found in Baltimore.

Beginning in 2018, after a restoration led by Mick Mier, Hooper House has served to launch and support the creative careers of Baltimore’s best.

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