Silversmith John Inch lived in Annapolis and at one time had his home and shop near the city dock. The punch bowl he made in 1743 was a prize to […]
The Hammond-Harwood House is pleased to share the news of our latest accession to the collection: an eight dollar bill printed on August 14, 1776, by a member of Maryland’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In 1771 Hammond-Harwood House architect William Buckland arrived in Annapolis from Virginia after completing his indenture with George Mason for the completion of Gunston Hall. With this move, Buckland brought […]
Anyone who’s lived in an old house, or visited a historic site, or walked on a cobblestone city path is confronted with mysteries. Anyone who reads history, or who picks […]
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 […]
We are thrilled to announce that we have a new face now on view in the Ballroom– a portrait of Mr. Joseph Harwood (1775-1825). His connection to the house is […]