Whitehall, Maryland

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Whitehall
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)

Location:	Annapolis, Maryland
Coordinates:	39°0′15″N 76°25′37″W / 39.00417, -76.42694Coordinates: 39°0′15″N 76°25′37″W / 39.00417, -76.42694
Built/Founded:	1764
Architect:	John Rawlings; Joseph Horatio Anderson
Architectural style(s):	Georgian
Designated as NHL:	October 9, 1960^[1]
Added to NRHP:	October 15, 1966^[2]
NRHP Reference#:	66000387
Governing body:	Private

Whitehall was built by Horatio Sharpe, colonial governor of Maryland in Anne Arundel County, Maryland as his personal residence in the 1760's. The five-part Georgian style brick house was his residence until his return to England in 1773.^[3]

Colonial Maryland's governor Horatio Sharpe built this extraordinary brick Georgian villa in the 1760s as his private country retreat. The Corinthian portico that centers the river façade of the five-part Palladian house is one of the earliest of its type in American architecture. Its details are taken from a 1742 English publication, "The Modern Builder's Assistant." The notable interior woodwork is attributed to William Buckland.^[1]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.^[1]^[4]

It is located 7 miles southeast of Annapolis, on Whitehall Road off Route 50.^[4]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c Whitehall. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-06-12.
^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2008-04-15).
^ Whitehall, Anne Arundel County. National Historic Landmarks in Maryland listing. Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
^ ^a ^b Patricia Heintzelman, Charles Shedd, Jr., and Charles Snell (July 30, 1974), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: WhitehallPDF (32 KB), National Park Service and Accompanying nine photos, exterior and interior, from 1974PDF (32 KB)

[edit] External links

Whitehall, Anne Arundel County, including photo in 1979, at Maryland Historical Trust
Whitehall, Saint Margarets Road, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD: 6 photos, 6 data pages and supplemental material, at Historic American Building Survey

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