Who Lived Here?

Matthias Hammond
Owned the property, commissioned the house to be built.
Never lived in the house.

John Hammond, Philip Hammond
Nephews of Matthias Hammond, owned the property.
Never lived in the house.

Ninian Pinkey
First rented, then purchased the house

Three Enslaved Individuals
Unnamed, owned by Ninian Pinckney

Jeremiah Townley Chase
Purchased the house for his daughter, Frances, and her husband Richard Loockerman

Frances and Richard Loockerman and their 10 children
Hester Loockerman Harwood and William Harwood and their four children
Hester Ann and Lucy Harwood

Five Enslaved Individuals
Unnamed, owned by the Loockermans
One boy under 14, two girls under 1, one woman 14 - 25, one woman 26 - 44

Enslaved Woman, Juliet
Enslaved women Mary & Matilda Matthews

One to Four Enslaved Individuals
Unnamed, owned by the Loockermans

Lucy M. Harwood & Hester Ann Harwood (granddaughters of Frances and Richard Loockerman)
RENTED: Main block to Admiral Perry Garst 1906 - 1912
RENTED: South wing to Lieutenant Guy Davis 1910 - 1911
RENTED: North wing to Philip Miller 1910

House & Contents Sold at Auction

St. John's College
Used as a decorative arts museum

Hammond-Harwood House Association
Operated as a historic site and museum of fine and decorative arts