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Whitehall, 1915 Whitehall Road, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

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Whitehall, 1915 Whitehall Road, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

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Summary

Significance: Constructed in 1765 for Horatio Sharpe, Governor of Maryland, Whitehall is one of America's foremost Georgian structures. Hugh Morrison called it "one of the most interesting and important houses of the eighteenth century." Overlooking the Chesapeake and enhanced on the landside by a series of ha-ha's, Whitehall has a giant two story pedimented entrance portico supported by four fluted columns with Corinthian capitals. The design of the rich architectural detail has been attributed to the young William Buckland.
Survey number: HABS MD-294
Building/structure dates: 1765-1769 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000387

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Sharpe, Horatio
Buckland, William
Ridout, John
Ogle, Mary
Story, John P
Garvan, Francis P
Scarlett, Charles
Anderson, William
Stein, Susan, historian
place

Location

West Annapolis39.00304, -76.42821
Google Map of 39.003042, -76.428209
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Source

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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