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Brice House Restoration Updates: October 2025
October brought major advancements in the restoration of the James Brice House, particularly in the areas of masonry reconstruction, structural correction, and finish conservation. The restoration team focused on rebuilding
Brice House Restoration Updates: September 2025
September brought one of the most intriguing discoveries of the Brice House restoration to date. As preservation specialists continued work to stabilize and prepare interior spaces, they uncovered original 18th
Brice House Restoration Updates: August 2025
Throughout August, the James Brice House restoration team continued important conservation and research work that supports both the physical stabilization of the building and the development of future interpretation. This
Brice House Restoration Updates: July 2025
Work at the James Brice House continued through July with a mix of conservation, structural preparation, and exciting moments of discovery. The restoration team, along with specialized craftsmen and architectural
James Brice House Restoration Updates: June 2025
The restoration of the James Brice House continues to move forward with steady, detailed progress. June brought significant activity in several areas of the project, including structural stabilization, hands-on conservation
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
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
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