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Seller: CapCityCol
(Capital City Colonials)
Seller Description:
We love Annapolis and have many years of experience hosting guests in our beautiful city. Many of our tour guides have been guiding visitors through Historic Annapolis for over a decade.
We want your experience to be great, so we limit all of our tours to no more than 15 guests per guide.
Our photogenic senior guide, David Smith, is a past recipient of the Hospitality Person of the Year award, presented by the Maryland Tourism Council.
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Activity Information:
Activity Description
Come join our colonial-clad host on a stroll around town and awaken 18th-century Annapolis. Did you know that for nine months in 1783-84, Annapolis served as the capital of the United States? There is much to see and learn in Annapolis, so come explore the city with us! On the tour you will see: - Hammond-Harwood House - National Historic Landmark rumored by Jefferson to have the most beautiful doorway in colonial America
- Chase-Lloyd House - begun by Samuel Chase, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and finished by Edward Lloyd IV
- Paca House - a five-part mansion built by William Paca, Maryland Governor & Declaration of Independence signer
- Brice House - impressive Georgian mansion built by James Brice, an aide-de-camp in General Washington's army
- Ogle House - home to two governors and where General Washington dined
- Government House - home to Maryland’s governors
We’ll also take you inside some historic landmarks, including: - Saint Anne’s Church - built in Romanesque Revival style, this church has a window by Tiffany Studios and burial grounds that date from 1695 to 1790
- Waterfront Warehouse - where tobacco was once dried and packed
- Colonial Kitchen - in the Hammond-Harwood House, which would have been the center of activity when preparing for a social evening put on by the gentry
- Maryland’s State House - our nation’s oldest state capitol building in continuous legislative use. George Washington came here to resign his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in 1783.
- The Paca Garden - A formal 2 acre pleasure garden (visited when permissable)
Meeting Location:
Main Street near the water in Historic District (Annapolis, MD)
(Exact meeting location details will be provided immediately upon purchase of tickets.)
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