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James Brice House Restoration Updates: Winter 2024
A Window In Time March 2024 Did you know there are a TON of windows in the James Brice House? We are working hard to repair and restore the 18th […]
James Brice House Restoration Updates: Fall 2023
A Window Fit for Venice November 2023 One of the key features of the front facade of the Brice House is the Venetian window on the second floor. What is […]
Waves of Grain
In April 2022, the James Brice House’s conservation team began exposing late-eighteenth-century faux wood graining on wainscoting in the building’s Stair Hall. Because laboratory analysis was previously completed, we knew […]
James Brice House Restoration Updates: Spring 2023
Swept Away… July 2023 We’ve been swept away by something that was recently completed at the Brice House — swept valleys! This technique of fanning the cedar roof shingles from […]
James Brice House Restoration: Fall 2022
Champions of Preservation December 2022 HA was pleased to present Preservation Awards to two individuals who have supported the extraordinary restoration at the Brice House for the past 8 years […]
James Brice House Restoration: Summer 2022
Rebuilding Rome (Or Just A Wall) July 2022 11,000 bricks have arrived on site, and thus begins the careful deconstruction of the west wall of the west wing at the […]
To Inoculate Or Not To Inoculate?
I’ve written before about the scourge of smallpox and the potential risks and rewards of getting inoculated against it in colonial Maryland. Annapolis’s weekly newspaper, the Maryland Gazette, reported any […]
War And Peace
Through the past three months, we’ve witnessed the war in Ukraine through news reports and social media feeds viewed on our living room TVs, laptop computers, or mobile phones, often […]
A 1772 Road Trip
We often take our modern transportation technology and infrastructure for granted. Our nationwide network of highways, bridges, and tunnels makes it easy to drive a gas-powered, electric, or hybrid car […]
Earthshaking News
Fortunately, we don’t feel many earthquakes in Annapolis. When a magnitude 5.8 quake shook the city shortly before 2pm on August 23, 2011, my wife and I were three hours […]
James Brice House Restoration Updates: Spring 2022
The Holy Graining April 2022 The paint and plaster conservation team made an incredible discovery this month! As they worked to remove the modern paint going up the stairs from […]
2021 Preservation Award: Marcia Miller
Historic Annapolis is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Historic Annapolis Preservation Award. HA’s Preservation Award honors those who have connected the history and culture of our city […]