Photo, Print, Drawing Maryland State House, State Circle, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD Photos from Survey HABS MD-245

Title

• Maryland State House, State Circle, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Names

• Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
• Wallace, Charles
• Dance, Thomas
• Anderson, Joseph Horatio
• Clark, Joseph
• Shaw, John
• Pennington, Josias
• Washington, George
• Wilson, J. Appleton
• Pickering, E. H., photographer
• Jandoli, Liz, transmitter
• Peterson, Charles E., photographer
• Dunbar, Florence, historian
• McKee, Harley J., historian
• Silverman, Eleni, historian
• Borchers, Perry E., project manager
• Borchers, Christina M., project assistant
• Borchers, Erik R., project assistant
• Borchers, Perry E., project manager
• Borchers, Christina M., project assistant
• Borchers, Erik R., project assistant
• Burns, John A., delineator
• Buckley, Philip N., delineator
• Boucher, Jack E., photographer
• Maryland State Archives, Commission on Artistic Property, sponsor
• Maryland State House Trust, sponsor
• Dolinsky, Paul D., project manager
• Chambers, S. Allen, Jr., project manager
• White, John, field team supervisor
• Brannan, Michael, field team
• Dahl, Beverly, field team
• Davidson, Rebecca, field team
• Short-Russell, Timothy, field team
• Sarver, Kelly, field team
• Thompson, Troy, field team
• Opitz, Dietmar, field team
• Wenchel, Andrew, field team supervisor
• Cerrone, Mary, field team
• Halvorsen, Alan, field team
• Webb, Michael, field team

Created / Published

• Documentation compiled after 1933

Headings

• -  capitols
• -  document signings
• -  state government
• -  Maryland--Anne Arundel County--Annapolis

Latitude / Longitude

• 38.978866,-76.491022

Notes

• -  Significance: Erected between 1772 and 1779, the Maryland State House is the oldest state capitol still in active use as the seat of government and the only one to have served as the nation's capital, witnessing important events that brought a close to the American Revolutionary War. Recognizing the new capitol's central location and spacious and attractive accommodations, the Continental Congress met in its Senate Chamber from November 26, 1783 to August 13, 1784. It was during that time, on December 23, 1783, that George Washington appeared before Congress to resign his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. Washington's actions have been exulted as a critical step in the establishment of civil authority over military rule, so much so that a painting of the scene as it enfolded within the Maryland State House hangs in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.
• -  Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-100
• -  Survey number: HABS MD-245
• -  Building/structure dates: 1771-1779 Initial Construction
• -  Building/structure dates: 1785 Subsequent Work
• -  Building/structure dates: 1858-1863 Subsequent Work
• -  Building/structure dates: 1876-1878 Subsequent Work
• -  Building/structure dates: 1882-1892 Subsequent Work
• -  Building/structure dates: 1901-1906 Subsequent Work
• -  Building/structure dates: 1937-1940 Subsequent Work
• -  Building/structure dates: 1947-1949 Subsequent Work
• -  National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000385

Medium

• Photo(s): 101
• Color Transparencies: 12
• Measured Drawing(s): 48
• Data Page(s): 6
• Photo Caption Page(s): 8

Call Number/Physical Location

• HABS MD,2-ANNA,4-

Source Collection

• Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Repository

• Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Control Number

• md0068

Rights Advisory

• No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

Online Format

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• pdf