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U.S. Naval Academy, Bancroft Hall, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

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U.S. Naval Academy, Bancroft Hall, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

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Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The United States Naval Academy is a federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland, United States established in 1845 under Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft. It replaced Philadelphia Naval Asylum, in Philadelphia, that served as the first United States Naval Academy from 1838 to 1845 when the Naval Academy formed in Annapolis. The 338-acre campus is located on the former grounds of Fort Severn at the confluence of the Severn River and Chesapeake Bay 33 miles east of Washington, D.C. and 26 miles southeast of Baltimore. The entire campus is a National Historic Landmark and home to many historic sites, buildings, and monuments.

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1980
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Bancroft, George
Flagg, Ernest
de Sibour, Jules Henri
Noel & Thomas
Hoffman Engineering & Construction Company
White, William S
George M. Ewing Company
Lowe, John T., photographer
Hnedak, John, historian
Davis, Janet, historian
Jandoli, Liz, transmitter
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Location

West Annapolis38.97845, -76.49218
Google Map of 38.9784453, -76.4921829
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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