The Old House of Delegates Chamber in the Maryland State House was restored to its 1878 condition in 2012 by Beyer Blinder Belle. In 1878, renovations guided by George Frederick decorated the room in High Victorian-style--a departure from its original Georgian plan. The new space highlights and interprets the important events that took place in the State House and Maryland history throughout the 19th century.
The Maryland State House, located inside State Circle, is the oldest U.S. state capitol in continuous legislative use, and houses the Maryland General Assembly, plus the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The current two-story brick building, the third statehouse on the site, was constructed from 1772 to 1797 to the Georgian style design of Joseph Horatio Anderson and features the largest wooden dome in the United States constructed without nails. An black and gold Italian marble annex was constructed between 1902 and 1906, replacing an earlier annex, under the supervision of Baltimore architects Baldwin & Pennington.
From November 1783 to August 1784, Annapolis was the capital of the United States, and the Congress of Confederation, also known as the Continental Congress, met in the Maryland State House. It was in the Old Senate Chamber that George Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army on December 23, 1783; and that that Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris on January 14, 1784, formally ending the American Revolutionary War.
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This statue of Frederick Douglass, designed by StudioEIS, was installed in the Old House of Delegates Chamber in 2019. Frederick Douglass, born enslaved in Talbot County, Maryland, escaped to freedom and rose to become a leading abolitionist and an influential voice for human rights in 19th-century America. Douglass is depicted here at age forty-six, based on photographs from the period. The hands for the sculpture were life-cast from those of his great-great-great grandson, Ken Morris, Jr. He is shown holding a copy of the August 1862 issue of Douglass’ Monthly, which featured an article about the ‘progress of emancipation sentiment in Maryland.
The Burning of the Peggy Stewart was painted by Francis Blackwell Mayer in 1896. In 1774, Annapolis witnessed its own protest against British taxation with the burning of the brigantine Peggy Stewart, enforced by locals against owner Anthony Stewart for paying the unpopular tea tax, aligning with the broader colonial resistance against British imports. This act mirrored the rebellious spirit of the Boston Tea Party and marked Maryland's stand in the escalating conflicts leading to the American Revolution.
The Maryland State House, located inside State Circle, is the oldest U.S. state capitol in continuous legislative use, and houses the Maryland General Assembly, plus the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The current two-story brick building, the third statehouse on the site, was constructed from 1772 to 1797 to the Georgian style design of Joseph Horatio Anderson and features the largest wooden dome in the United States constructed without nails. An black and gold Italian marble annex was constructed between 1902 and 1906, replacing an earlier annex, under the supervision of Baltimore architects Baldwin & Pennington.
From November 1783 to August 1784, Annapolis was the capital of the United States, and the Congress of Confederation, also known as the Continental Congress, met in the Maryland State House. It was in the Old Senate Chamber that George Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army on December 23, 1783; and that that Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris on January 14, 1784, formally ending the American Revolutionary War.
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The Senate President's Desk, from the Old Senate Chamber of the Maryland State House, is believed to have been made by William Tuck, in the shop of John Shaw in 1797. Made of mahogany, inlaid with tulip poplar. It remained in use until sometime between 1837 and 1845.
The Maryland State House, located inside State Circle, is the oldest U.S. state capitol in continuous legislative use, and houses the Maryland General Assembly, plus the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The current two-story brick building, the third statehouse on the site, was constructed from 1772 to 1797 to the Georgian style design of Joseph Horatio Anderson and features the largest wooden dome in the United States constructed without nails. An black and gold Italian marble annex was constructed between 1902 and 1906, replacing an earlier annex, under the supervision of Baltimore architects Baldwin & Pennington.
From November 1783 to August 1784, Annapolis was the capital of the United States, and the Congress of Confederation, also known as the Continental Congress, met in the Maryland State House. It was in the Old Senate Chamber that George Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army on December 23, 1783; and that that Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris on January 14, 1784, formally ending the American Revolutionary War.
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The State House Caucus Room, evolving through various functions since its 18th-century origins, now facilitates legislative meetings and exhibits the USS Maryland silver service. Initially a records storage area, it became the House of Delegates' jurisdiction before showcasing Maryland's Civil War flags and then serving as a visitor center. In 2011 it was redecorated with a chracteristic deep red velvet wall fabric, overseen by architect Johnson Berman, and renamed.
The Maryland State House, located inside State Circle, is the oldest U.S. state capitol in continuous legislative use, and houses the Maryland General Assembly, plus the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The current two-story brick building, the third statehouse on the site, was constructed from 1772 to 1797 to the Georgian style design of Joseph Horatio Anderson and features the largest wooden dome in the United States constructed without nails. An black and gold Italian marble annex was constructed between 1902 and 1906, replacing an earlier annex, under the supervision of Baltimore architects Baldwin & Pennington.
From November 1783 to August 1784, Annapolis was the capital of the United States, and the Congress of Confederation, also known as the Continental Congress, met in the Maryland State House. It was in the Old Senate Chamber that George Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army on December 23, 1783; and that that Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris on January 14, 1784, formally ending the American Revolutionary War.
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The Thurgood Marshall Memorial, designed by sculptor Antonio Tobias Mendez, was unveiled in Lawyer's Mall, or State House Square, in 1996. The memorial honors the great civil rights leader who became the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. The memorial, standing on the site of the old Court of Appeals Building where Marshall argued some of his early civil rights cases, depicts a standing figure of the Baltimore native, facing two benches---one with a a young boy and a young girl, representing Marshall's 1954 Supreme Court case of Brown V Board of Education; and the other with a young man, representing Marshall's 1935 Maryland Court of Appeals case Murray v. Pearson, involving Donald Murray, Sr., the first African American to apply to the University of Maryland School of Law, whose application was rejected because of his race.
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