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Traditions of Growth — Green Spring Station and Johns Hopkins Medicine

By Philip Hiotis and Marian Callaway on 03/21/2019

The Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center, which opened 25 years ago at Green Spring Station, is growing once again in a Baltimore County site that has been a thriving business hub for centuries.

In the mid-1800s, the Lutherville location was home to several blacksmith and wheelwright shops, and included a gatehouse that collected tolls from farmers taking their produce and wares to and from Baltimore City. It was also home to members of the Cockey family, for whom the Cockeysville area is named.

Green Spring Station, Pavilion III
2019: Pavilion III at the Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center — Green Spring Station is a new, state-of-the-art building that will add more comprehensive medical services with larger medical facilities and a new outpatient surgery center equipped to accommodate a range of surgical procedures.
black-and-white photo of old building
1800s: The area was home to several wheelwright and blacksmith shops in the mid-1800s.
drawing of Cockey's Tavern
The original Cockey’s Tavern was built in 1830 and was also a gatehouse that collected tolls from farmers taking their produce and wares to and from Baltimore City. That building stands today as the gatehouse to Green Spring Station and is a registered historical landmark of Baltimore County.
black-and-white photo of the Green Spring Inn
1936: Tom and Roy Peddy opened the Green Spring Inn in 1936.
photo of the rebuilt Green Spring Inn
It was destroyed by fire in 1942 and rebuilt in 1946.
the Joppa Concourse at Green Spring Station
1979: Green Spring Station has transformed over the years into a community fixture for the Baltimore area. The first building was the Joppa Concourse, built in 1979. Two years later, the Falls Concourse was added.
photo of the Foxleigh Building at Green Spring Station
1987: The Foxleigh Building was a major expansion of Green Spring Station.
the Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center at Green Spring Station
1994: Johns Hopkins launched its first major expansion into Baltimore County with Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center at Green Spring Station.
Green Spring Station, Pavilions I and II
It started with one building, Pavilion I, and grew rapidly to include Pavilion II and other spaces within the Green Spring Station complex. More than 50 specialties and subspecialties are represented at Johns Hopkins at Green Spring Station.
Green Spring Station, Pavilion III
2019: Pavilion III at the Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center — Green Spring Station is a new, state-of-the-art building that will add more comprehensive medical services with larger medical facilities and a new outpatient surgery center equipped to accommodate a range of surgical procedures.
black-and-white photo of old building
1800s: The area was home to several wheelwright and blacksmith shops in the mid-1800s.

During the Great Depression, Ted and Roy Peddy purchased a two-story restaurant and named it the Green Spring Inn. The Peddy brothers, along with Ted’s son Tom, continued to develop Green Spring Station into a community destination with many popular local businesses and restaurants. In 1994, the Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center became a major tenant.

Pavilion I of the Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center was built on land that was once the original Cockey family homestead. Within two years of Pavilion I opening, Johns Hopkins leased the Falls and Joppa Concourse and added Pavilion II, another 75,000-square-foot building.

Demand for outpatient care in the area has continued to increase. Working with the Peddys, Johns Hopkins received approval in 2016 for Pavilion III from Baltimore County, Green Spring Station developers and adjacent community associations.

Located on the site of the old Green Spring Racquet Club, Pavilion III has been under construction for the past two years and is scheduled to open this year, adding more comprehensive medical services with larger medical facilities and a new outpatient surgery center equipped to accommodate a range of surgical procedures.