Annapolis : A Walk Through History

by Anderson, Elizabeth B.

• ISBN13: 9780870335464
• ISBN10: 0870335464
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Cornell Maritime Pr/Tidewater Pub

Summary

Annapolis, one of America's outstanding colonial cities, is the capital of Maryland, the home of the U.S. Naval Academy, host to two of the largest boat shows in the country, and a vibrant town for tourist and resident alike. The city also offers a veritable architectural feast to the masses of visitors who meander through the centuries-old streets past impressively preserved buildings representing every period -- colonial, Georgian, Federal, Gothic Revival, Victorian, and modern. These visitors can marvel at stately dwellings like the Hammond-Harwood and Paca Houses with their meticulously manicured formal gardens or enjoy the more simple shops, row houses, and taverns lining the streets and alleys. This pocket guide puts the city's outstanding buildings in historical perspective and adds colorful facts to enhance enjoyment of them. It is spiced with delightful anecdotes of many early Annapolis inhabitants and enlightened by recent research. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Elizabeth B. Anderson served several years as a tour guide with Historic Annapolis, Inc., Three Centuries Tours, and at Hammond-Harwood House

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
Foreword	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
A City Steeped in History	3	(16)
Tour 1. Church Circle, College Avenue, and the St. John's College Campus	19	(14)
Tour 2. West Street, Franklin Street, Acton Place, and Parole	33	(10)
Tour 3. Main Street	43	(4)
Tour 4. Duke of Gloucester, Cathedral, Charles, Conduit, Market, Shipwright, and Green Streets	47	(26)
Tour 5. State Circle, Randall Court, and School, Francis, Cornhill, Fleet, East, and Pinkney Streets	73	(28)
Tour 6. Market Space and Dock Street	101	(8)
Tour 7. Maryland Avenue, Cumberland Court, and Prince George Street	109	(22)
Tour 8. King George Street, Hanover Street, and the United States Naval Academy	131	(10)
Architectural Terms	141	(6)
Bibliography	147	(2)
Index	149