Blog Category: Architecture

From the collection: Moving Forward!

Nov 20, 2024

We have a number of clocks in the Hammond-Harwood House and they each have their own personality—or at least I have assigned them personalities. We have the beautiful large John […]

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Bricks, Bricks, Bricks

Nov 20, 2024

We’re seeing some major progress on the Maryland Avenue Landscape Project this week. The crews have finished digging the drywells, which are four to five feet deep and now lined […]

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Lessons from Archaeology

Nov 20, 2024

One of the artifacts found by archaeologists during excavations in the front yard of Hammond-Harwood House this summer was the head of a doll – immediately identified as a “Frozen […]

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Thomas Hall, Carver

Apr 10, 2024

The all-wood decorative carvings on the front door and in the dining room of Hammond-Harwood House astonish us with their graceful beauty and the intricacy of the designs. A study […]

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Archaeology

Sep 12, 2023

September 12, 2023 archaeologists from EAC/Archaeology in Baltimore began their work at the front of Hammond-Harwood House. They are investigating areas where the grass and sidewalk meet, looking for evidence […]

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Why Did Thomas Jefferson Draw the Hammond-Harwood House?

Jun 10, 2020

By Mark Wenger, Preservation Architect Plan and elevation for an undesignated project, inspired by the Matthias Hammond House. Thomas Jefferson. 1783-84.   Thomas Jefferson, looking across what is now Maryland […]

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The Door Tour: Unique Entryways of the Hammond-Harwood House

Jun 3, 2020

By Rachel Lovett, Curator & Assistant Director The Front Door The front door of Hammond-Harwood House makes an immediate impression. Often called the ‘most beautiful doorway in America (fig 1), […]

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A Window into Architecture: The Gibbs Surround at the Hammond-Harwood House Museum

Apr 1, 2020

A Window into Architecture: The Gibbs Surround at the Hammond-Harwood House Museum By: Rachel Lovett, Curator & Assistant Director Have you ever noticed the elegant window that graces the stair […]

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Palladian Connection

Sep 4, 2019

The house ranks architecturally with many of the great mansions built in the late Colonial period; however, it is the only house directly inspired from a plate in Palladio’s, I […]

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