National Register of Historic Places
Colonial Annapolis Historic District
Also designated a National Historic Landmark.
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
The record
- Listed
- October 15, 1966
- Type
- Historic district
- Address
- District boundaries approximate city boundaries surveyed in 1695, Annapolis
- County
- Anne Arundel
- State
- Maryland
- Period of significance
- 1650 to 1924
- Coordinates
- 38.97904, -76.49049
- Reference number
- 66000383
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The story
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The Colonial Annapolis Historic District is a 75-acre district in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, designated a National Historic Landmark and listed in the National Register in 1966. Its buildings include Georgian, Palladian, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criteria A and C, with national-level significance in community planning and development, politics and government, and architecture.
Physical character
The walls are brick, laid in Flemish and English bond, with some stucco, on stone and brick foundations, under roofs of wood, slate and sheet metal. Roofs are gable, gambrel or mansard, and details include a cupola, a Georgian doorway and neo-Palladian windows. Dated alterations include a fourth floor with a mansard roof, an Italianate cornice and wood galleries in 1868, a house raised two feet and remodeled in 1902, and a one-story rear addition in 1927. The nomination names William Buckland as an architect.
Historical context
The capital of Maryland moved from St. Mary's to Annapolis in 1695. Annapolis hosted the Continental Congress in 1783-1784, George Washington resigned his commission as commander of the American armies in 1783, and Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris in 1784.