Annapolis

Chase-Lloyd House

Historic House · 22 Maryland Ave, Annapolis, MD 21401

Three-story Georgian mansion begun by Declaration signer Samuel Chase in 1769 and completed by Edward Lloyd IV. Chase had to sell the unfinished structure when his debts outran his income — a story of pre-Revolutionary ambition and overextension.

Hammond-Harwood House

Historic House · 19 Maryland Ave, Annapolis, MD 21401

Considered the finest example of five-part Palladian architecture in America, designed by William Buckland and completed in 1774 for Patriot lawyer Matthias Hammond. Now a museum showcasing the wealth of Annapolis's pre-Revolutionary planter class.

William Paca House and Garden

Historic House · 186 Prince George St, Annapolis, MD 21401

Five-part Georgian mansion built 1763–65 for Declaration signer and Maryland Governor William Paca. The restored two-acre formal garden is one of the most significant surviving eighteenth-century pleasure gardens in America.

Maryland Inn (Historic Tavern Site)

Tavern · 16 Church Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401

Site of colonial-era tavern activity at Church and Main Streets, the social hub of Revolutionary Annapolis where Continental Congress delegates dined and debated during the 1783–84 session. Mann's Tavern nearby hosted the 1786 Annapolis Convention.

Maryland State House

Government · 100 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401

The oldest state capitol in continuous legislative use in the United States, completed in 1779. Washington resigned his commission here on December 23, 1783, and the Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris on January 14, 1784. The large wooden dome served as a Chesapeake Bay navigation landmark.

St. Anne's Church

Church · Church Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401

The oldest Episcopal parish in Annapolis, established 1692. The churchyard preserves burials of several Maryland founders; the parish anchored the colonial social life that surrounded the State House and its Revolutionary-era proceedings.

U.S. Naval Academy Museum

Museum · 118 Maryland Ave, Annapolis, MD 21402

Museum on the Naval Academy grounds preserving American naval history from the Revolutionary War forward, including ship models, navigational instruments, and Chesapeake Bay operational collections. The Academy sits on ground that was an Army fort during the Revolutionary era.