Blog Category: Restoration

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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Preservation How-To: Plastering the HHH Kitchen

Apr 15, 2023

This spring the plaster walls and ceiling of the kitchen at Hammond-Harwood House were repaired. Over time, the plaster in some sections of the walls showed cracks, flaking, bubbling, and general deterioration. […]

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The Annapolis Sofa Project- Chapter One

Feb 19, 2021

Background In late December of 2020, the museum was delighted to welcome an Annapolis sofa in the permanent collection of the Hammond-Harwood House. Although the collection already has a few […]

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Paint Analysis

Sep 4, 2019

Unquestionably the quickest way to freshen the look of a house or room is to paint it. For a historic structure like the Hammond-Harwood House, how it was first painted […]

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Friday Photo: A New Concealment Shoe

Jul 22, 2011

This is the inside of the cornice on the Hammond-Harwood House roof: Since we removed the original concealment shoe we found up there during our roof restoration, we needed a […]

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What We Found…

Apr 12, 2011

Hammond-Harwood House is currently in the midst of Phase II of a four-phase roof restoration process. The roof structure on the southwest wing is being reinforced and the slate will […]

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