100 W 39th Street, Canterbury Hall
Canterbury Hall
100 West 39th Street, Built 1912
One touches history when walking through the elegant halls of Canterbury Hall, as others have done since 1912.
The property on which the building stands was sold by The University Parkway Company to developer, The Fireproof Apartment Company. Originally conceived as “Haddon Hall”, the building is composed of brick with stucco and timber accents in the style of “late Tudor Gothic”.
The first apartment building in Tuscany-Canterbury. Canterbury Hall was built before World War 1 on the corner of Canterbury Road and 39th Street. Designed in the Late Tudor Gothic style by architects Clyde Nelson Friz and Edward Hughes Glidden. George Morris constructed the extravagant Tudor building in 1912.
The outside consists of brick with accents of stucco, and a half-timbered English style with oak beams. Each boutique apartment maintains its own, original character, There are fifteen apartments spread across three stories, each apartment has gas fireplaces, hardwood floors, glass doorknobs, high ceilings, and other amenities like porches. Each apartment is separated by fireproof walls that are eighteen-inches thick.
Over the years, the apartment house became the home of professional chemists, history and English teachers, Goucher College alumni, U.S. military captains (like Henry C. Evans), medical researchers (Paul Galpin Shipley), naval commanders (Frederick J. Bell), engineers, inventors, school commissioners, tutors, and bank executives. Even members of the Glidden family, such as Glidden himself, lived there. It was also a place for cocktail parties, informal luncheons, and weddings.
All renovations and upgrades have been done in keeping with the historic nature of the property. Canterbury Hall remains intact to this day, serving as a residence for some, and a beautiful, grand, and historic landmark for others.
