Showing posts with label Annapolis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Annapolis. Show all posts
December 04, 2009
Annapolis #57
The gardens at the Paca House are lovely (and it's quite large for a town setting). There is a "summer house," pond (complete with a mangrove tree), magnolia trees, a rose garden, herbs, a a teensy boxwood "maze", an apple tree fence, Hollies, and a flower garden.
Annapolis #51
The William Paca House. . .
Maryland had 4 signers of the Declaration of Independence: William Paca, Samuel Chase, Thomas Stone, and Charles Carroll (of Carrollton).
Apparently, all had residences in Annapolis as it was a hub of political activity. Paca's home is one of the most accessible. It's a huge Georgian/Federal home. We've seen a lot of this style in the past few months. . .
Again, our tour guide was fantastic and we were the only two in the group. . .
Annapolis #39
The Christmas tree in the State House is decorated with ornaments made my Maryland children. The ornaments have a Maryland theme. Apparently Maryland children really love the Baltimore Ravens, Navy, and one special student apparently loves Thrasher's Boardwalk Fries.
Annapolis #20
The State House on a beautiful day. Annapolis was the first peacetime capitol of the United States (1783-1784). It is the oldest statehouse in America still in continuous legislative use.
A portion of the building was constructed from 1772 - 1779. The architect was Joseph Anderson and the builder was Charles Wallace. Mr. Wallace built the structure, including the dome without nails (as they was a tariff on them at the time).
There is another portion of the building constructed 1902-1905. This portion contains the current day House and Senate Chambers. The Governor's office is still located in the original structure.
Our tour guide was great. We were the only two in the tour (as usual).
Annapolis #15
I was rather excited to find this in the St. Anne's Cemetery. I had read about the skull and cross bones motif in a magazine but had never seen one before. They are prevalent in New England. Sometime the skulls also have wings attached - symbolic of the soul leaving the physical body. I assumed we didn't have cemeteries old enough (or having survived) in Maryland to contain these symbols. . .I was happily wrong. Now, I don't have to travel to New England to find one.
Annapolis #14
Annapolis played host and was home to a lot of important historical figures. The usual characters from our Maryland history tourism earlier this year, popped up here as well. . .
Annapolis #9
The organ at St. Anne's Church. According to the Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Official Visitor's Guide:
"The present church, built in the Romanesque Revival style, is the third to stand on this site. Construction began in 1859, using some of the walls and the tower of the second church, which had been destroyed by fire in 1858. The St. Anne's Window, given to the church in 1893, was designed by the Tiffany studios."
Annapolis #3
Made a quick trip to Annapolis yesterday afternoon to see what we could see in a couple of hours. Talk about a town with a history. . .This is St. Anne's Church. Located appropriately enough in Church Circle. When the town was established, the state house went on the highest hill and the church went on the second highest hill. Clearly, these folks favored separation of church and state. (Roll eyes at corny joke).
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