Whitehall, Maryland

Whitehall, Maryland

Infobox_nrhp | name =Whitehall
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
location= Annapolis, Maryland
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 0
lat_seconds = 15
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 25
long_seconds = 37
long_direction = W
locmapin = Maryland
area =
built =1764
architect= John Rawlings; Joseph Horatio Anderson
architecture= Georgian
designated= October 9, 1960cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=268&ResourceType=Building
title=Whitehall |accessdate=2008-06-12|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite 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=66000387

Whitehall was built by Horatio Sharpe, colonial governor of Maryland in Anne Arundel County, Maryland as his personal residence in the 1760s. The five-part Georgian style brick house was his residence until his return to England in 1773.cite web|url=http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=21&FROM=NRNHLList.aspx
title=Whitehall, Anne Arundel County |accessdate=2008-06-08|work=National Historic Landmarks in Maryland listing|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000387.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Whitehall] |32 KB|date=July 30, 1974 |author=Patricia Heintzelman, Charles Shedd, Jr., and Charles Snell |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000387.pdf "Accompanying nine photos, exterior and interior, from 1974"] |32 KB]

It is located 7 miles southeast of Annapolis, on Whitehall Road off Route 50.

References

External links

* [http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=21&FROM=NRNHLList.aspx Whitehall, Anne Arundel County] , including photo in 1979, at Maryland Historical Trust
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.md0210 Whitehall, Saint Margarets Road, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD: 6 photos, 6 data pages and supplemental material] , at Historic American Building Survey


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