Brice House

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location= 42 East Street, Annapolis, Maryland
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 58
lat_seconds = 45
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 29
long_seconds = 16
long_direction = W
locmapin = Maryland
area =
built =1766
architect= Buckland,William (interiors)
architecture= Georgian
designated= April 15, 1970cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=931&ResourceType=Building
title=Brice House |accessdate=2008-06-09|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = April 15, 1970cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=70000259The Brice House is, along with the Hammond-Harwood House and the William Paca House, one of three similar preserved 18th century Georgian style brick houses in Annapolis, Maryland. Like the Paca and Hammond-Harwood houses, it is a five-part brick mansion with a large central block and flanking pavilions with connecting hyphens [cite web|url=http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=39&COUNTY=Anne%20Arundel&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Anne%20Arundel|title=Maryland Historical Trust|date=2008-06-07|work= National Register of Historic Places:Properties in Anne Arundel County|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust] . Of the three, the Brice House's exterior is the most austere, giving its brickwork particular prominence. The interior is more richly detailed, and has been attributed to William Buckland.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/70000259.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Brice Housea] |32 KB|date=July 30, 1974 |author=Patricia Heintzelman |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/70000259.pdf "Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 19"] |32 KB]

History

The Brice house was built by James Brice, who served as Mayor of Annapolis (1782-83 and 1787-88) and as acting Governor of Maryland in 1792.

Belgian emigré Henri Joseph the Baron de Steir lived in the Brice House in the late 1790s. He married into the Calvert family and went on to build his own Georgian mansion, Riversdale, in 1801 [cite web|url=http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=158&FROM=NRNHLList.aspx|title=Maryland Historical Trust|date=2008-06-12|work= National Register of Historic Places:Properties in Prince George's County|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust] , which is itself a National Historic Landmark.

Archeological excavations at the Brice House in 1998 uncovered hoodoo caches, spiritual offerings placed by African-American slaves who were house servants at the mansion [cite web|url=http://www.bsos.umd.edu/anth/aia/james_brice_house.htm|title=Archaeology in Annapolis|date=2008-06-11|work= James Brice House|publisher=University of Maryland College of Behavioral and Social Sciences] .

References

External links

* [http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=39&FROM=NRNHLList.aspx Brice House, Anne Arundel County] , including photo in 1976, at Maryland Historical Trust
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.md0016 James Brice House, 42 East Street, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD: 15 photos, 12 data pages] , at Historic American Building Survey
* [http://www.bsos.umd.edu/anth/aia/james_brice_house.htm Photos of archaeological excavations]