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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11JJ_the-church-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-under-the-title-of-the-immaculate-conception_Annapolis-MD.html
Church and surrounding buildings are on land once owned by Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737 - 1832) only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence and last signer to die. At rear is Carroll Manor, built c.1730, his birthplace where he wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11EL_the-charles-carroll-house_Annapolis-MD.html
Birthplace of Charles Carroll of Carrollton (September 19, 1737 - November 14, 1832), the only Roman Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence and the last of the signers to die.
Charles Carroll of Annapolis (1702 - 1782), father of Char…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZXO_visionaries-of-the-1960s_Annapolis-MD.html
Growing up on South Street near the county courthouse, George Phelps' boyhood dream was to be a police officer. After WWII, Army 1st Lt. Phelps saw his dream come true when County Exective Joseph W. Alton appointed him, the first African American,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZXM_john-snowden-memorial_Annapolis-MD.html
I have been imprisoned and now I am about to shake hands with time and welcome eternity, for in a few hours from now, I shall step out of time into eternity to pay the penalty of a crime I am not guilty of. God knows that I am telling the truth, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZXK_who-was-henry-davis_Annapolis-MD.html
The record of lynchings in Maryland from 1891-1906
May 13, 1891 - Asbury Green, CentervilleMay 17, 1892 - James Taylor, ChestertownJune 8, 1893 - Isaac Kemp, Princess AnneOctober 20, 1894 - Stephen Williams, Prince George's CountyMarch 16, 1895…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYZO_annapolis-water-company_Annapolis-MD.html
Chartered in 1865 by the Maryland General Assembly after a fire at the State House in 1863. Waterworks began operation in 1866, designed by noted civil engineer William Rich Hutton, who had recently completed Washington Aqueduct. Innovative concre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPHG_lincoln-in-annapolis_Annapolis-MD.html
"Induced by a dispatch from General Grant, I join you at Fort Monroe as soon as I can come."Lincoln to Secretary Seward, 9:00 am, February 2, 1865 (sent in cipher).
February 2, 1865: President Abraham Lincoln arrived at the Annapolis & Elkridge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCOP_maritime-annapolis-an-enduring-legacy_Annapolis-MD.html
From its earliest history until the 1920s, log canoes, merchant sailing ships, workboats, ferry and steam boats, comprised the majority of vessels in these waters. But after local businessmen developed marinas to accommodate pleasure craft, the la…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCOO_watermen-and-working-harbor_Annapolis-MD.html
More than a dozen oyster houses ringed the waterfront by the 1870s, some built out into the harbor on pilings. Throughout the winter, local watermen harvested shellfish from the Bay and sold their catch to the packing houses. Shuckers, many of who…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCON_steamboats-give-way-to-the-new-bay-bridge_Annapolis-MD.html
"There was a wharf where the steamboats came in. Right down at the foot of Prince George Street...The Tolchester boat used to come in and they'd pick up one thing or another, an dbring them all up Prince George Street. Cows, horses, whatever they …