Post Chapel

Weddings, christenings, funerals, and services of all faiths took place here in Fort Hancock’s chapel. It is one of the few surviving buildings from the pre-World War II mobilization period of 1940-41.

First Sergeant Lawrence Markle, 7th Coast Artillery Regiment, and ...

The Philadelphia Campaign

Battle of Cooch's Bridge

In August 1777, British forces under the command of General William Howe landed at the Head of Maryland's Elk River. Their goal was the capture of Philadelphia, the capital of the young republic. On September 3, ...

Burning of the Brig "Peggy Stewart"

Near this spot

which was then the shore of the bay,

the Brig “Peggy Stewart” was burned

by her owner, “Anthony Stewart.”

October 19, 1774

To pacify the indignation of the

citizens roused by the payment of

duties on seventeen boxes of tea

imported in the brig.

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Erected in ...

Butler in Annapolis

The 8th Massachusetts Infantry reached Annapolis April 21, 1861, on the Railroad Ferry Maryland. Col. Benjamin F. Butler forwarded his and the 7th New York Infantry Regiments to Washington. Shortly he was directed to prevent the legislature from acting on ...

First Synagogue in Annapolis

Kneseth Israel (Assembly of Israel), chartered in 1906, purchased this home in 1910 for use as the first synagogue in Annapolis.

The congregation used the building as a synagogue

until 1912, when it moved to larger quarters on

Prince George Street.

Erected in celebration ...

The Municipal Museum of the City of Baltimore

This house was built by Rembrandt Peale in 1814 as a Natural History Museum and Gallery of the Fine Arts. Robert Carey Long was the Architect. Purchased by the City of Baltimore, 1830, Jacob Small being Mayor, it was occupied ...

Randolph Co Jail - 1813

The first county jail was a log structure on the west side of Jacob (now Main) Street. It was completed by Edward Hart in April 1790. The second jail was this 1813 brick building, across from the log one, on ...

Aladdin Tipple History

The Aladdin Tipple in Crook County, Wyoming, was constructed as part of the Aladdin coal mining operations. In 1898, an 18-mile-long short line known as the Wyoming and Missouri River Railroad was built to connect coal mines near Aladdin with ...

Peale's Baltimore Museum

A pioneer art historical and scientific museum.

Erected 1818 by Rembrandt Peale.

Gas lighting demonstrated june 13 1816.

Occupied as city hall 1830-1875.

Rembrandt Peale

1778-1860

Distinguished Maryland artist, naturalist and technologist founded the first gas company in America June ...

The Peale Museum

This structure is the oldest museum building in the United States. Designed by Robert Cary Long, Sr. for Rembrandt Peale, the museum opened to the public in 1814 as "an elegant Rendezvous for taste, curiosity and leisure." For a 25-cent ...