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

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

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Summary

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-132
Survey number: HABS MD-329-4
Building/structure dates: 1898-1903
Building/structure dates: 1974 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000386

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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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Flagg, Ernest
P.S. Carlin & Company
Ellerbe Architects, Incorporated
Dahlgren, John Adolphus
Hnedak, John, historian
Davis, Janet, historian
Lowe, John T., photographer
place

Location

West Annapolis38.98005, -76.48405
Google Map of 38.9800497, -76.48405369999999
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Source

Library of Congress
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Copyright info

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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