Primrose Hill (Annapolis, Maryland)
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Primrose Hill is a historic home at 3 Milkshake Lane in Annapolis
, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
. It is a -story, four-bay, double-pile brick house with interior end chimneys. It is of mid-18th-century Georgian
design and construction, and the property is historically important with its direct association to the American portraitist, John Hesselius
(1728–1778), who resided in this house between about 1763 and his death.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2000.
Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. It had a population of 38,394 at the 2010 census and is situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east of Washington, D.C. Annapolis is...
, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Anne Arundel County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is named for Anne Arundell , a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England and the wife of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Its county seat is Annapolis, which is also the capital of the state...
. It is a -story, four-bay, double-pile brick house with interior end chimneys. It is of mid-18th-century Georgian
Georgian architecture
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United...
design and construction, and the property is historically important with its direct association to the American portraitist, John Hesselius
John Hesselius
John Hesselius was a portraitist who worked mostly in Virginia and Maryland. He was the son of the Swedish-born portraitist Gustavus Hesselius.-Background:...
(1728–1778), who resided in this house between about 1763 and his death.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2000.
External links
- Primrose Hill, Anne Arundel County, including photo from 1999, at Maryland Historical Trust