Background
Robert Carwy Long was born in 1770 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Robert Carwy Long was born in 1770 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Among the surviving examples of his work in Baltimore is the Municipal Museum, built in 1814 as the Rembrandt Peale Museum, altered in 1834 and restored to its original condition in 1931; School of Medicine at the University of Maryland, modelled after the Pantheon in Rome, and the Union Bank Building at Charles and Fayette Streets, designed in the Greek Revival style.
Mr. Long was also architect of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Baltimore, "a spacious, noble edifice of the Grecian Doric order, with a portico and steeple considered the handsomest in the city”. This structure dating from 1814 was destroyed by fire in 1854, and two years later replaced by a new building designed by Richard Upjohn.
On October 11, 1797 young Robert married Sarah Carnaghan. The couple had four daughters, Margaret, Jane, Ann and Sarah, and a son, the first Robert Carey Long, Jr. who died when less than 2 years old. Long’s wife Sarah died in 1807 and their daughter Sarah died in 1809.
Long married a second time on January 24, 1809, to Anna Hamilton.