AA-485 James Brice House
Architectural Survey File
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Last Updated: 06-11-2004 AA-485 ~ f\5 Effi~N~ J. NA.TI01 ...... HISTORIC LANDMARKS THEME. Archi tcctu!'c ·--- .. sT;r..TE: Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maryland COUNTY• NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Anne Arundel IHV~NTORY - NOMIHATIOH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY O;r..TE fl,.. t...... , ... I:~· -·- ,...- - -.·- •• (Type all entries · complete a.pp1icob1e ~c:ctions) .. '\• :· ,,,...... - fl,. NAME co ...... ,ot-i: Brice House ;r..NOIOR HISTORIC: Brice House f2. LOCATION- I STREET AND NUMBER: 42 East Street CITY OR TOWN: CONGRESSIONAL :::>1STR1CT: An.11apol is 4th STATE I CODE COUNTY: l CODE Maryland I 24 Anne Arundel I 003 I .. l 13. CLASSIFICATION ·. CATEGORY ACCESSIBLE OWNERSHIP STATUS I (Check One) .. TO THE PUBLIC ""':z:. 1 Yes: D Olstrict t8 Building D Public: Pulolic Acquisition: ~ Occvpiec! 0 Restricted D Site D Structure 8: Pri"ate D In Process 0 Unoccupied D Unrestricted D Object D Both D Being Considered 0 Pre:s.ervc:tion work 0 I- in progress ;g_ No
u PRESENT USE (Check One or More es Appropdare) ("""-. . - . . :::::> 0 Agricuhurol 0 Go\'ernment 0 Pork D Trcnsportotion - 0 Comment• IX 0 Commercial 0 Industrial ~ Private Residence 0 Other (Specify) I- 0 Educctioncl 0 Military 0 Religious 0 Entertoinment 0 Museum D Sc;ientific ""' -· :z:. f4. OWNER OF PROPERTY .. ,· ...>,·\::·.'' .. OWNER'S NAME.: .."' Mr. and Mrs. Stanley s. Wohl :s:: ..> w STREET ANO NUMBER: ~ >i '" '< w P.O. Box 923 1--' Cl TY OR TOWN: STATE: r:ooF ~:::: ""' p.. Annapolis M::i-,...v.1 ..,,..,A 24 is .. LOCATION OF t.~GAL DESCRIPTION . COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS. ETC: n1 0 . !> c Anne Arundel County Court House--Clerk of -t-h ... r;.,..,--,,;-t- r~ .. ~+ 5 z ST_REET ANO NUMBER: CP ... > -< P.O. Box 71 "i c CITY OR TOWN: STATE CODE :::: p.. - Annapolis Maryland 24 CP ~ ... ~Jf:>K~S~t'!TATIQN IN EXISTING SURVEYS I TITLE OF SURVEY: ..'"z Historic American BuildinP-S Survev (lS nhotos--28 ,h!t"::i ~..,n.o.r) :I! -< 0~t DATE OF SURVEY: 1936 1937. ~ F~deral D State 0 County D Local z ::a DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: c z ;:: "O "' Librarv of Cong-ress I Annex "l'I c :u V> STREET ANO NUMBER: m 0 Divic::ion of PTin+ ... ..,.,.,A Phnt-n:'".,.."':'nc:: z CITY OR TOWN: STATE: .__ I.- r COOE ~ , , 0 Wa c:h; n 01" nn n r ..> l'I ...
f7. OESCRIP_T_IO__ N_....- ______L_:_~•_• ... _':_ ... _.:_~,_>.._~ _1------' (Check One) IX! E >ee !lent 0 Good O Fair 0 Deteriorated 0 Ruins 0 Unexpooed CONDITION (Checlc One) (Check One) l8l A lterecl 0 Unaltered I [l Moved ~ Orig.inol Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT A.NO ORIGIN.I.I.. (ii known) PHVSIC.1.1.. .l.PPE.1.R.l.NCE Standing on a high terrace above the street, the Brice House is a five part composition 156-feet long. It is comprised of a two-and-a-half story central b.lock over an elevated basemcnt--about 52-feet wide and 45-feet deep--two one-and-a-tal f-story hyphens, each 27-feet long and 18-feet deep, and two symmetrical one-and-a-half-story wings, each 26-feet wide and 45-feet deep, built at right angles to the main axis. The end wings project about 22-feet forward (south) of the street facade of the main block. Each section has a steep gable roof; the roofs of the hyphens and end wings are dormered. At each end of the central block a wide, chimney rises high above the roof, capped with a corbelled brick course. The wings also have a set of wide, thin, but lower chimneys.
The foundation of the central block is fieldstone of great thickness. The massive walls of the south (street) and north (garden) facades are of an all-header bond of oversize brick. The g·able ends are of English bond. The street elevation of the main house has a molded brick-water m table and a brick belt course at the second floor level. The windows on m this five-bay front have flat arches of rubbed brick and those on the other three sides have segmental brick arches, with brick filling the portion between the arch and window head. First story windows have z nine over nine light sash and second floor windows nine over six sash. """ The center doors of the north and south facades are approached by sets of reconstructed wooden steps and stoops; these are based on an 1863 photograph of the house, which is believed to show the original approaches. I The rectangular street-front doorway is framed by a wooden architrave. These deeply recessed double doors are original. The existing lock and knocker are reconstructions. The center door of the north or garden facade is topped by a segmental arch. The segment is filled with brick leaving a rectangular opening, within which the original architrave trim 0 is set. This double door is a reconstruction, copied from the original z doors on the south entrance.
The south facade is enriched by the uniquely designed pseudo-Palladian window over the center door and by the correspondingly designed main cornices of both main elevations. The cornices have a frieze fonned of tiny carved arcades supported by turned balusters. The south Palladian or triple window is set in an opening spanned by a segmental brick arch. TIJe window is framed by four fluted Corinthian colonnettes of wood with large capitals and bases resting on low pedestals. Above the colonnettes is a carved wooden cornice. The central block was originally covered with cypress shingles. When two layers of later sheet metal roofing were removed in the 1950s, the original shingling was found to be still in place. In order to comply with the modern building code, the original covering has been replaced by imitation shingles made of tile.
The Brice House has an asymmetrical interior plan. The off-center entrance hall extends from the south (street) elevation halfway through the house. On the right (east) is a very small office, one-bay wide, and beyond (north is a lateral hall leading to the east wing and also containing the stair, which is located against its north wall. A single door in the west (left) ' (continued) 4A-LJ8.6 ------~-- Form 10-3000 UNITED ST1o. _s DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STA· - (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maryland
COUNTY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Anne Arundel !{ ~.: ~- ~· . ,. "'~ ~ T_. IHVEHTORY • HOMIHATIOH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY L~~J~ .. J-_ -,----~ (Continuation Sheet) ENTRY NUMBER I DATE I (Number •11 enlrlee) 7. Description: (1) Brice House, Annapolis, Maryland
wall of the hall leads into the parlor, which is two bays wide. ~ door in the north wall of the hall opens into the large ball room which occupies three bays of the north side of the house. To the w·est (left) of the ballroom is the dining room, which is two bays wide. Most of the interior details are late-Georgian in character. Walls are plastered, not paneled in wood, though the plaster is molded in the form of panels in the ball room and dining room. The fine stairway is of Santo Domingo mahogany and has scrolled step ends with a band of Greek fret ornament. The ball room, probably done by William Buckland, is one of the great rooms of the Georgian period. Its scale is even larger and its effect more monwnentual than the large ballroom in the Hammond-Harwood House (1773-74), also by Buckland. In the Brice House there is a range of three openings across the north (rear wall and a pair of windows flanl
Each hyphen contains tw·) :rooms and a narrow passagev.·ay on the first floor. The kitchen and servants' quarters were located in the east wing and the carriage house in the west wing.
The house was meticulously restored after careful research in 1953-1957. Throughout the Brice House all of the original 18th century structural materials and adornments have survived, including the walls and cross walls, horizontally wood-pegged flooring, window glass and mahogany window frames; iron hinges, most of the hardware and door5,elaborate wood carvings, chair rails, plasterwork, and all eight mantels are original. The original room colors were also discovered and these have been restored. In excellent condition, the house is used as a residence and is not open to visitors.
Boundary
"The boundary of the Brice House has been drawn to coincide w1.th its city lot. The Brice House is bounded on the south by the near curb of East Street, from the'east propctty line of Number 34 East Street to the curb of ~rince Geor~~s Street, then by the near curb of Prince GeorGes Street on the west to the south prop:? rty line of Numi>er 17 8 Prince GeorEes .C:trcet, then on the northwest by the south property line of of Number 178 Prince Georges Street, then on the northeast by a p~rkine lot which opens onto Martin's Lane, then on the east by the east property line of Number 34 E;:ist Street to the curb of E~st St-r::et, the point of beginning. 1 GPO 921°72 PERIOD (Check One or More•• Approprlale) 0 Pre-Col1.1mbion: 0 16th Century ~ 18th Century [] 20th Cent1.1ry 0 1 Sth Century 0 17th Century CJ 19th Century SPECIFIC OATEISl (II Applical>I" and Known) AREAS OF SICNIFICANCE (Check One or More a• Appropriare) Abor iginol 0 E ducoti on D Political 0 Urbon Plonning Prehistoric Other (Specify) 0 0 Engi neeri ng [] ~eligion/Phi. 0 0 Historic 0 Industry lo•ophy 0 Agriculture 0 Invention 0 Science 8l Architecture 0 Lcndscope 0 Sculpture 0 Art .Architecture 0 Soc1ol/Humon· 0 Commerce 0 Literature it orion 0 Comm uni co'i ons 0 Militory 0 Theater 0 Con~ervc:ition 0 Music D Trcnsportction STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE I The Brice House, 42 East Street, Annapolis, Maryland, lacks the embellish-i ments of Palladian p~vilions and classic pediment, but the boldness and i "' simplicity of its masses and its imposing scale make it one of the most 'j :z impressive brick buildings in American Georgian architecture. Erected 0 in 1766-1773, the Brice House, in all but its town setting is a magnificen example of a five-part Southern plantation house. The exterior, with its I- pure rectangular door and windows which leave the wall plane unbroken, is u almost early-Georgian in its simplicity, but its elaborate interiors, ::::> attributed to William Buckland, are mostly late-Georgian in character. ~ The Brice House is also remarkable because its original 18th century c::: structural material and adornments have survived virtually unaltered. I- History "'z The Brice House was constructed in 1766-73 for Colonel James Brice, who was soon to gain fame as a soldier during the Revolution. The architect w is unknown but there is evidence that William Buckland, who arrived in LU Annapolis in 1771 and died in 1774, worked on the interiors of the house. The residence remained in the possessi.o,-i of the Brice heirs until 1874. "' After passing through the hands of several owners, the house was purchased by St. John's College in the 1920s and used as a faculty residence. The building was acquired by Mr. and Mrs. Stanley S. Wohl in 1953 and carefully restored between 1953 and 195~ ' I 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFEREN.-;::C:-;:E:-;:S------...... ------Beirne, Rosamond R., "William Buckland, Architect of Maryland and Virginia',' Maryland Historical Magazine, September 1946. Beirne, Rosamond R., and Scarff, John H., William Buckland, Architect Virginia and Maryland, Baltimore, 1958, p. 96-97. Corner, J. M., and Soderhol tz, E. E., Examples of Domestic Colonfal Architecture in Maryland and Virgina, Boston, 1892, plates 20-21. Davis, Deering, Annapolis Houses, New York, 1947, pp. 34-39, 144. Hammond, J. M., Colonial Mansions of Maryland and Delaware, Philadelphia, 1914, pp. 45-59. (continued) (10. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA -, '--T"""-.;...;,.--:-L~A~T~l~T~U~D~E~A~N:_:D~L~O:_:N_~--1-T_U_D_E_C_O_O_R_D_l_N_A_T_E_S___ jr-..;.---.-L-,~T~l~T-U-~-E-A-N-~·~L-0-~-G-l-T-·1-D-E-C-~-O-R-D-l-N-A-T-E-S--·- DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PRO<>f"RTY 0 DE-FINING T1-1.,_ Lt•·T:;.F< POIN I OF A ::> ... cn->ERTY i-c:_o_R_N_E_Rt-____L_A_T_•_T_u_D_E ___ 1- ___L_o_N__:G:..:•_T..:U:..:D__:E=----~ R =-=---_. - ~FL~~ THr TEN ACR_~ - -- Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds NW 0 • • 0 NE 0 0 SE 0 0 18.371130. 43153 lU ~w 0 APPROXl,...ATE ACR,EAGE OF NOMlN.ATED PROPERTY: t; IL rs T ALL s TAT ES AND c: OUN Tl ES F_O_R_P_R._O_P_E_R_T_l_E_S_O__,.V-E--'R'-'L"'-A-P_P_lN_G_S_T_A_T_E_O_R_C_O_U_N_T_Y_B_O_U_N_D_A_R_l_E_S ______-! STATE: CODE co·UNTY C:OOE m m STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE z STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE ML FORM PREPARED BY .·. '. NAME ANo TITLE: Patri· ci· a Heintzelman, Architectural Historian, .Landmarks Review "--~-~ .... orioinal form done bv rh,,,..,o., C:n,,.11 in q ORG.&.NIZATION DATE Historic Sites Survey, National Park Service 7 /30/74 STREET ANO NUMBER; 0 1100 L Street, NW z CITY OR TOWN: STATE CODE Washington.~~------~.----...z;_..:...;:;:.::_ D. C. ______~_,___...._-1 1 i jl2. STATE LIAl~ON OFFICER CERTIFICATION· .. NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na I hereby certify that this property is included in the · tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law N;oitiona 1 Register. 89-665). I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been ~ -~----1---- :tr;,: W" ":~.-..~. --- ... f • ,. · · Lancfo:imk f'Valuat ed accord iru; to the c-iteria and proced.i res set 1 forth by the National Park Service. The recommended D-i,-e-c-,o-,-. _O_ff_i-ce_o_f -~-~:-:-·~-o-/o_S_y_artd__ J-+-isf':loh-. ~-;" ....c',.-,-p""'-;-~-ia:e"'' ~?'(Va..,.:1-io-n-1 ~-. / 5'; J).:~~ level of significance of this nomination is: • Ja!e National O State O Local O Chief. Ili::t. & ATTEST: Arch. Surv~7s Title------Bo_;nJ1rry !~;:::Jed ~ KeeperolTheNatin1...-, · -._pt1 -;-;--1!/. ,.,,,..,~., . .,.--_... . 1 ...... 7( -..~ Date Director, o.;:::r t.:a;c .. - Form l0.300a UNITED STA, CS DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maryland NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COUNTY Anne Arundel INVENTORY· HOMIHATIOH FORM ..... FOR NPS USE ONLY -Y------l ENTRY NU ... BER (Continuation Sheet) I o"'TE I 9. Bibliographical Reforences: (1) Brice House Kimball, Fiske, Domestic Architecture of the American Colonies and of the Early Republic, New York, 1922, pp. 76, 77 (note), 79, 1~2, 124, 125. Waterman, Thomas, The Dwellings of Colonial America, Chapel Hill, 1950, pp. 95, 104, 105, 109. --- ·- - ·- ~·· ...... _.. ·- Form N:i. 10-:ll'.:1 UNITED STA 1 !:$ DEl'ARTMlNT OF THE INTERIOR STATE \['\ Rev. 7-n NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maryland COUNTY Do NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC rLACES ~ Anne Arundel \ PROPERTY MAP FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY "'t. ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) I DATE ~ Vl I z 11 • NAME " 0 COMMON: Brice House ANo/oR H1sToR1c: Brice House .:> . I- j2 •. l.OCA TIO.N ' STREET ANO NUMBER: u 42 East Street ~ CITY OR TOWN: 0:: Annapolis • I- STA.TE: I CODE I COUNTY: I CODE f . Maryland I 24 I Anne Arundel I 003 Vl . .. 13. MAP REFERENCE z SOURCE: u.s.a;s. 7.St Series, Annapolis Quadrangle .W SCALE: 1:24000 w DATE: 1957 nhotorevised 1970 14 .. REQUIREMENTS V\ TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS J. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. • . ~ ., I ( ( ( ·-- ~rm No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMEl'l 1 OF TfiE INTERIOR STA.TE 1.... 7~72° NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maryland COUNTY HA.TIOHAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Anne Arundel PROPERTY MAP FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) ENTRY NU"'BER I ·O .. TE I \. NAME COMMON: Brice House ANOIOR HISTORIC: Brice House 2•. LOCATION ., STREET ANO NU"' BER: 42 East Street CITY ,OR TOWN: Annapolis STATE: I COOE I COUNTY: I COOE Mary-land I -'4 I Anne Arundel I 003 J. MAP REFERENCE SOURCE: Sketch map drawn by Patricia Heintzelman on site ~CALE: no scale OATE: l~/4 I,· REQUIREMENTS .. , ... '..;:·.:'::.. -.:: ,· .. <::,, .... ':> TO BE INCLUOEO ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundories where required. 2. North orrow. 3. Loti!ude and longitude reference. INT: ISS-72 ·~ •. ·-.~.- ~... t e Ferm 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Marylal!d NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COUNTY Ar:ne Ar11r.dPl l 1'" A"'.':.-'•'.; \JJ.Jl• - ,,. . . INVENTORY· NOMINATION FORM l FOR NPS USE ONLY L!.. L:.• ~---....1 (Continuation Sheet) ENTRY NUMBER DATE (Number •11 entrlu) 7. De5cription 2 !lorth or garden facade I LAUl~D~Y BRICE HOUSE South or street f acaoe First floor plan of Brice House •. S' I< ere.ti /J1A P Fo R (Jl!.iL-C Hovse.. A4- l-l&S I U NJTF:.D STA TFS u DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DEPAR" GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COR ---- - l SURVEY NUMBER: MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST AA #8'5 I 21 STATE CIRCLE NEGATIVE FILE NUMBER: SHAW HOUSE 1 ANNAPOLIS, ~1ARYLAND 21401 UTM REFERENCES: Zone/Easting/Northing HISTORIC SITES SURVEY FIELD SHEET I Individual Structure Survey Form i J u.s.G.S. QUAD. MAP: t PRESENT FORMAL NAME: ~ James Brice House I COUNTY: Anne Arundel ORIGINAL FORMAL NA."iE: j TOWN: Annapolis LOCATION: 40 East Street PRESENT USE: Office/Museum .~ ORIGINAL USE: SF Res ARCHITECT/ENGINEER: COMMON NAME: William Buckland Brice House BUILDER/CONTRACTOR: . FUNCTIONAL TYPE: Res Map 34 Par 99 Col. John i OWNER: Stanley Wohl PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURE: I ADDRESS: c/o Fidelity Phi~a. Trust Co. Excellent ( ) Good ( )0 I 135 s. Broad St., Philadelohia. PA 19109 Fair ( ) Poor: ( ) j ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: THEME: I Yes ( X) No ( ) Restricted ( ) STYLE: Georaian LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE:Nat.Landrnk.rtp~ ("~ DATE BUILT: Local( ) State ( ) National 1766 GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Structural System 1. Foundation: Stone(X)Brick( )Concrete( )Concrete Block( ) 2. Wall Structure A. Wood Frame: Post and Beam( )Balloon( ) B. Wood Bearing Masonry: Brick (X) Stone ( )Concrete( )Concrete Block( ) c. Iron( ) D. Steel( ) E. Other: 3. Wall Covering: Clapbo~rd( )Board and Batten( )Wood Shingle( )Shiplap( ) Novelty( )Stucco( )Sheet Metal( )Aluminum( )Asphalt Shingle( ) Brick Veneer(X) Stone Veneer( ) Asbestos Shingle ( ) Bonding Pattern: Header/English Other: 4. Roof Structure A. Truss: Wood(X) Iron( ) Steel( ) Concrete( ) B. Other: 5. Roof Covering: Slate( )Wood Shingle( )Asphalt Shingle( )Sheet Metal( ) Built Up( )Rolled( ) TileO< ) Other: 6. Engineering Structure: 7. Other: Appendages: Porches(X)Towers( )Cupolas( ) Dormers (X) Chimneys (X ) Sheds ( ) Ells ( ) Wings (X)Other: Hyphen Roof Style: Gable(X)Hip{ )Shed( )Flat( )Mansard( )Gambrel( )Jerkinhead( ) Saw Tooth( )With Monitor( )VithBellcast( )With Parapet( )With False Front( ) Other: Number of Stories: 2 1/2 Number of Bays: 12 x 6 Entrance Location: Center and at Approximate Dimensions: i60 x 60 FiypFiens ana wings THREAT TO STRUCTURE: LOCAL ATTITUDES: No Threat(X)Zoning( )Roads( ) Positive( )Negative{ ) Development{ )Deterioration{ ) Mixed{ ) Other: Alteration { )Other: ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL OR STRUCTURAL DESCRIPTION: Five part composition, all header at main block; cornice is exceptional with RELATED STRUCTURES: (Describe) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Exceptional Georgian townhouse, one of the finest in the country; architectural monument to be restored 1984. National Register. REFERENCES: MAP: (Indicate North In Circle) SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT: Open Lane( )Woodland( )Scattered Buildinis( ) Moderately Built Up ( )Densely-: Built Up (J) Residential( )COtIUI1ercial( ) Agricultural( )Industrial( ) Roadside Strip Development( ) Other: RECORDED BY: Russell Wright ORGANIZATION: Historic Annapolis Inc DATE RECORDED: b «,Se l'YJIU'Jt r.,,,,, 10·4AS 1. STATE Anno.polis, Maryland HISTORIC AME RICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY . (5 '62) ,,-..... COUNTY INVENTORY TOWN VICINITY '·NAME James Brice Rouse STREET 11 0 •.q o Eaat Street DA TE OR PERIOD •C . 1772 ORIGINAL OWNER Col. John Brice STYLE Georgian / ORIGINAL USE residence ARCHITECT William Buckland PRESENT OWN ER Stanley s. Wohl BUILDER Col. John :Brice PRES!ONT lJSC residence WALL CONSTRUCTION brick 3. FOR LIBRARY OF CONGRESS use NO. OF STORIES two OPEN TO PUBLIC no :.: A. NOT.t.8LE F'!ATURES, HISTORICAL SIGNIFICAl•CC AN!:' DESCRIPTION N ;;; The Brice House is one of America' s great Georgian houseG. It is a 5 " w part English Palladian country h~use adapted to an urban setting (same is true . ~ V) with Ha:nr:iond Harwood c.nd ~~) Though a. massive building the Brice House u. 0 has very little ornament. The windows (9/9, 9/6, and 6/6) have splBiY'ed briok .... lintels a..~d interior shutters. The mein faoo.de is all header brick and there w l!J is a belt course; below the molded water tab!'.o brick surrounds s"tone ma.sonry. ~ T'ne highlight of the house io the modified Palladia.~ window with fluted pila z 0 sters and a rich classically detailed eliptioe.l arch with keystone and double 0 w dentils. The cornice is also rich, being a large band of running dentils 0 0 above Romanesque- type archen. The large a.lmi,st medieval looking mass is one < of Annapolis ~-reut features and with the ~c.aand Hammond- Harwood Houses makes up one of the most fo.ntastio concentrations of Georgian houses. r I ..J ~ 6. LOCATION MAP (pf.,,, Opflonol) 1. PHOTOGRAPH ' PUDt...ISHED SOURCES (Autlior, Tltle, Po~•) 9. NAME, ADDRESS ANO" TITLE Of RECORDER INTERVIEWS, RECORDS. PHOTOS, '!TC. William D. Morgan Columbia Uni vei•sity Abundant sources New York City' DATE OF RECORD Au et 16 1067 rl- F lR.'..3T·rl.OOR.. PLAN ~ c A L E. - '/tro" -= i.: o" l'Ollt. PL.AN+ E.LEVA'TlON 29 ltJl!!:ttlcb' :cb' c:f!o':::::::=£===::1E:2 ===11.a F~ET r: tt 1s r~ 11" 1zn r ' er: er: rur-e ''° r '"U.T .SCA L~ FO~ 1" E.TAI L~ ~CALE FOR, PLANT~ Le.VAT I OH I ...... , .. . •, ...... ______,______...... _ __ _..~ kiEAS 't"!>R.AWN· b .. NHETl-1 CLA"'KI DE.TAIL Of COR.NF.R, F R 0 N T E. L E. v A. T l 0 N 5ECTION T H E B R. I c E H 0 u 5 .E A N N A F 0 L I s M A R. y L A N D Annapolis Archit,ectural Series Kenneth G. W:alsh, Jr., Editor l'.olonial Annapolis Press Annapolis, Maryland T71is is numhn __ (!fan edition fimifr,/ fr 1.000 c1•/1in. "'I U L.JI 1111 : ---i-r-,-,-~r==i 0 0 c 0 I I I oQ D c D D AA 4~~ ANNAPOUS HIST. 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