James Brice House Restoration Updates: Summer 2021
Roof ‘Righting’ July 2021 The team continues their work on the west wing roof and restoring it to the original configuration. The craftsmen are painstakingly replacing restoring missing rafters with […]
Cellar Secrets
This blog was originally posted on the Historic Annapolis website in March 2018. Between January and March 2018, the cellar of the James Brice House revealed new secrets brought to […]
James Brice House Restoration Updates: Spring 2021
More Trial and Error April 2021 The paint conservators continue their tests to learn the best removal method for the wall plaster and paint – this time on the dining […]
A Ledger For The Ages
This blog was originally posted on the Historic Annapolis website in January 2018. James Brice kept an account book during the years (1767-1774) that he built the grand Georgian mansion […]
James Brice House Restoration Updates: Winter 2021
The Best Laid Plans January 2021 As with any restoration project, new discoveries may require a change of course. After completing repairs to the roof structure, it was carefully lowered […]
Voices of Preservation: The Next Generation
Historic Annapolis is dedicated to building an inclusive historic preservation community, and we believe it is important to showcase many voices to help foster connections with places that have meaning […]
James Brice House Restoration Updates: Summer 2020
A Woodwork Workshop September 2020 Lewis Contractors is working to refinish and prep all of the woodwork trim to reinstall throughout the Brice House. They’ve taken over the old kitchen […]
Inside the James Brice House: Plaster and Finish Restoration
Working remotely, I miss interacting with the people at the James Brice House who are enthusiastically, scientifically, and methodically restoring this architectural treasure. The craftsmen conducting the restoration love to […]
James Brice House Restoration Updates: Fall 2019
Roof Trials December 2019 Practice makes perfect! Architect Bill Neudorfer and Lewis Contractors are working to ensure they have the proper technique down to begin the swept valley shingle installation […]
James Brice House Restoration Updates: Winter 2019
Attic Hole March 2019 There’s a hole in the roof of the Brice House! Wood that was cut out of the roof rafters to create modern dormer windows in the […]
James Brice House Restoration Updates: Fall 2018
A Rare and Unique Find December 12, 2018 Today in the backyard of the James Brice House, archaeologists found a projectile point made from rhyolite (a material typically found in […]
James Brice House Restoration Updates – Fall 2017
1950’s Window Sills Removal November 10, 2017 Out with the new and in with the “old”…huh? That’s right, we are taking out the 1950 window sills that were installed at […]