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Hammond–Harwood House Main Facade The Villa Pisani, Montagnana from The Four Books of Architecture by Andrea Palladio, Giacomo Leoni, 1742. The house ranks architecturally with many of the great mansions built in the late Colonial period; however, it is among only a few houses in British North America directly inspired from a plate in Palladio's, I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura.
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From November 26, 1783, to August 13, 1784, Annapolis was the capital of the United States. The Congress of the Confederation met in the Maryland State House. Subsequently, Annapolis was a candidate to become the new permanent national capital before Washington, D.C. , was built.
The Historic Inns of Annapolis consist of three historically rich inns dating back to the end of the American Revolutionary War.The historical buildings, located in Annapolis, Maryland, include the Maryland Inn, Governor Calvert House, and the Robert Johnson House as well as the Treaty of Paris restaurant and the King of France Tavern, which are the on-site dining facilities.
With the establishment of the Historic Annapolis Foundation, as well as Annapolis Historic District Design Guidelines for New Construction, written by Robert Lamb Hart of Hart Howerton, [4] the future of the city's historical heritage of the Colonial and Federal eras with its Georgian and Federal period with its unique architecture was assured ...
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The Brice house was built by James Brice, who served as Mayor of Annapolis (1782–83 and 1787–88) and as acting Governor of Maryland in 1792. The house remained in the Brice family until 1874. The house was purchased by St. John's College in the 1920s and was used as a faculty residence. In 1953 the house was acquired by Mr. and Mrs. Stanley ...