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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25XL_anne-catharine-green_Annapolis-MD.html
This image of Anne Catharine Green pays homage to her as the first woman printer/publisher in the country. Appointed by the Maryland Assembly as the Official Printer of the Province, she printed all public documents and currency of the colony. Gre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25XK_64-franklin-street_Annapolis-MD.html
Annapolitans and county residents visited this site for medical care for nearly a century after the founding of the Annapolis Emergency Hospital in 1902. The hospital first purchased the home of former mayor Edwin Seidewitz, part of which probably…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25XJ_roger-w-moyer_Annapolis-MD.html
Main Street, first named Church Street in 1696, provided a route to and from the busy port at City Dock. The street quickly became a corridor of commercial, political, and professional, and entertainment services for the City of Annapolis and the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25XI_a-story-of-preservation_Annapolis-MD.html
1952
Historic Annapolis Founded
The story of historic preservation in Annapolis is one of community involvement. Efforts to protect the historic element of Annapolis extend back to the nineteenth century. In the 1950s and 1960s, civic organiza…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25XH_coastal-evolution_Annapolis-MD.html
1878
City Dock in Annapolis
In the 1700s, the shore of Annapolis followed approximately along the line of buildings that now front Dock Street, Market Space, and part of Compromise Street—everything closer to the water is built upon fill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25XG_the-market-house_Annapolis-MD.html
The current Market House is the third to be built on this site. In 1784, Nicholas Carroll, Jacob Hurst, Charles Wallace, Joseph Williams, Thomas Harwood, John Davidson, James MacKubin and James Williams, all prominent businessmen, donated the land…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25XF_gov-francis-nicholson_Annapolis-MD.html
Francis Street is named for Sir Francis Nicholson (1655-1728), royal governor of Maryland, who served from 1694 to 1698. When the capital of the colony moved from St. Mary's City to Annapolis, Nicholson devised the city's baroque plan featuring tw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25XE_beyond-the-bridge_Annapolis-MD.html
1870
A New Village across Spa Creek
The maritime industry and the history of Annapolis are closely intertwined. This connection extends beyond downtown to historic Eastport, the neighborhood located across the Spa Creek Bridge. Eastport was de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25XD_annapolis-depicted_Annapolis-MD.html
2005
Wings and Sails
Annapolis has a stunning array of outdoor sculpture, paintings, murals, and other public artwork. Each of these paintings was commissioned by the Art in Public Places Commission.
"Wings and Sails" is located on the walk…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25XC_sy-mohrs-city-dock-harbormaster-collage_Annapolis-MD.html
Sy Mohr's City Dock Harbormaster Collage speaks to the magical landscape that welcomes citizens and visitors alike to the City Dock and the historical City of Annapolis. His work takes us on a trip through time, progressively moving from the past …