Historical Markers in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
14cm 3.5 inch Gun
159 Main Street
163 Main Street
167 Main Street at Conduit Street
18th Century French Mortar
29th Infantry Division, United States Army
41 Cornhill Street
64 Franklin Street
75mm. Howitzer
85th Medical Battalion Avenue
A Community Legacy
A Lighthouse Crumbles
A National Cemetery System
A Story of Preservation
A Tale of Three Bridges
Admiral Ben Moreell
Admiral Terry House
Albert Cabell Ritchie
Alexander Magruder
Alfred A. Hopkins Plaza
All Hallows Church
Alumni Arch
An Environmental Perspective
AN/SPG-55B Radar
Annapolis & The Maryland Signers
Annapolis Depicted
Annapolis During The Civil War
Annapolis Laboratory
Annapolis National Cemetery
Annapolis Water Company
Annapolis: Capital of Commerce
Anne and Christopher Birckhead
Anne Arundel Academy
Anne Catharine Green
Archaeology at London Town
Aris T. Allen, M.D.
Arnold C. Gay
Art in Annapolis
Asbury United Methodist Church
At Work At Play on the Bay
Baldwin Memorial United Methodist Church
Baron Johann de Kalb, 1721 - 1780
Bates: The Center of Community Life
Bates: The Community Commitment
Battle of the Severn
Bay Workboats
Belvoir
Benjamin Welch Owens, CSA
Benson-Hammond House
Between Morning and Midnight
Beyond the Bridge
Bill Burton Fishing Pier
Birds of Prey
Birthplace of Johns Hopkins
Bitter End
Blue Angels
Boatbuilding in Shady Side
British 24 Pounder
Brown-Leanos Memorial Park
Burning of the Brig "Peggy Stewart"
Butler in Annapolis
Camp Parole
Cannon - From Shady Side's Rural Home Hotel
Captain John Smith
Cap'n Herbie Sadler
Carrie Weedon House
Cavalry Area
Centennial of the United States Navy Submarine Force
Chapel of Ease
Chapultepec Avenue
Charles Carroll House North Porch
Charles W. Baldwin Hall
Chase-Lloyd House
Chesapeake Bay Wetlands
Class of 1956 Memorial Plaza
Classes of 1958 and 1959 Memorial Plaza
Clay Street Community Montage
Coastal Evolution
Colonial Annapolis
Commander William Lewis Herndon
Commodore John Barry
Commodore John Barry
Congress Was Here
Cornhill & Fleet Streets
Count de Rochambeaus
Crabbing
Curtis Creek Furnace
Dahlgren Rifle 30-Pounder, Invented by Rear Admiral Dahlgren
Deadrise Defined
Dedicated to all American Ex-Prisoners of War
Dedicated to you, a free citizen in a free land
Defending the Chesapeake Bay
Division Hill
Donald Emerson Shay, Jr.
Dr. Hill's Medicinal Plants
Draketail Peg Wallace
Dred Scott, 1799 - 1858
E. Russell Allen
EA-3B Skywarrior
Earleigh Heights Store
Eastport Veterans Park
Eastport's Old "Main Street"
Eastport's Oldest House
Eastport's Soul
Edna Florence
Eels, Ducks, and Clams
Eisenhower's Quarters
El Neptuno
Epiphany Episcopal Chapel and Church House
Establishing a Colonial Town
Evoking Our Naval Heritage Past
Evolutions of Strawberry Hill
Ferndale, Maryland
Ferry Point Road
First Presbyterian Church of Annapolis
First Synagogue in Annapolis
Fishing
For Civilization Liberty Country
Foremast of the U.S.S. Maine
Formerly Brooklyn Park High School
Fort Nonsense
Fort Severn and the United States Naval Academy
Fort Smallwood Park Flagpole
Framework of History
Francis Scott Key
Freetown
From this spot, you can see 1608 - Captain John Smith's Chesapeake Voyages
From this spot, you can see 1672 - Providence: Settlement on the Severn
From this spot, you can see 1774 - The "Annapolis Tea Party"
From this spot, you can see 1887 - The Age of Steam
From this spot, you can see 1919 - Oysters: The Bay's "White Gold"
From this spot, you can see 1998 - Annapolis: America's Sailing Capital
FuG 65 Wurzburg Riese (Giant) Radar Antenna
Garden Gazebo
Gateway to Discovery
General Washington
George H. Phelps, Jr.
George Washingtons Resignation
Going to Market
Gold Star Families Monument
Gov. Francis Nicholson
Governor Sir Francis Nicholson and Bloomsbury Square
Governor William Stone
Greg Harlin's John Paul Jones's Ranger
Hammond-Harwood House
Hammond-Harwood House Museum
Hancock's Resolution
Harmans
Harundale Mall
Harvesting the Bay
Henry Baldwin
Henry Hays Lockwood
Historic Annapolis
Historic London Town and Gardens
History of Our Maryland Flag
History Stone
HMS Confiance Cannon
HMS Macedonian Monument
Hockley-in-the-Hole
Hodges Hall
Holly Hill
Holly Run Church
Howard's Inheritance
Husband Edward Kimmel
Iglehart
Imagine Yourself on the River
Improvements on the Bayfront
In Honor of Albert Abraham Michelson
In Honor of Those Who Served
In Memoriam
Indians of the Chesapeake
Jack Stephens Field
Japanese Ambassador Hirosi Saito
Japanese Torpedo
Java History Trail
Java Plantation Life
Java Plantation Life
Java Plantation Life
Java Plantation Life
Java Plantation Life
Jeannette Arctic Exploring Expedition
John Snowden Memorial
John Wilkes Booth
Jones Station
Joseph Nicholson Home Site and Bandstand
Katharine Hepburn Slept Here
Kids on the Farm
Kinder Farm Ice House
King William's School
Kunte Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial
Kunte Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial
Lafayettes Encampment
Leahy Hall
Leonard A. Blackshear Walk
Liberty Tree
Liberty Tree
Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune
Light House Bistro
Lincoln in Annapolis
Linthicum Heights
Linthicum Walks
London Town Ferry
London Town Publik House
Lot 70 Is Historically Significant
Louis L. Goldstein
Lynching in America / Lynching in Anne Arundel County
Macedonian Monument
Made from USS Lexington Recycled Plastic Waste
Magothy Methodist Church
Mahan Hall
Mahan Hall
Maj. Gen. Ralph H. Van Deman
Major General George G. Meade
Mann's Tavern
Marion Warren's six photographs capture this historic Annapolis neighborhood in a sleepier time
Maritime Annapolis: An Enduring Legacy
Marley Chapel
Marley Church Cemetery
Marley Neck School
Maryland State House
Maryland State House
Maryland State House
Maryland World War II Memorial
Matthew Alexander Henson
Max E Bishop
Memorial Circle & Market House Plaza
Mexican War Midshipmen's Monument
Middle Plantation
Middleton Tavern
Monument to the Battle of Midway
Mother's Garden
Mt. Tabor United Methodist Church
Murphy's Row
N*
National Vigilance Park
Native Plants
Naval School
Nike Ajax
Non Sibi Sed Patriae
Norman Scott Natatorium
Observing the Enemy
Old Fashioned Anchors
Old Quaker Burying Ground
Old Stage-Coach Road
Old Treasury Building
On this site on November 25, 1960
On this spot
On to Yorktown
One Hundredth Anniversary of the U.S. Naval Academy
Original Bates Flagpole
Our Abundant Chesapeake
Outnumbered
Overlooking West River
Oyster Reef
Oystering
Oysters: Vital to Commerce. Vital to Culture.
Oysters: Vital to Nature. Vital to Our Future.
Oysters: Vital to the Lifeline of the Chesapeake
Patton's Headquarters
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association
Peggy Stewart House
Planned in the Past
Portland Manor
Post Hospital
Preble Hall
Preservation in Progress
Prime View
Prisoner of War Memorial
Prized Property
Pumphrey Elementary School
Pvt. Benjamin Welch Owens
Rawlings Tavern
Recreation Acres
Remembering the Foot Soldiers of the March on Washington
Reynold's Tavern
Roger Brooke Taney, 1777 - 1864
Roger W. Moyer
Sacred to the Memory of Baron de Kalb
Saint James Church
Sally Wern Comport's "Shaping a City"
Sampson Hall
San Cayetano
Sandy Point Farm
Sawmill
School for Bakers and Cooks
Scott Street
SCR-270 Radar Antenna
Seasons of the Waterman
Sgt. Ronald M. Randazzo
Sharpening Our Governing Teeth: The 1708 Charter of Annapolis
Shiplap House
Shipley's Choice
Shipleys Choice
Shipleys Choice
Site of First Quaker Regional Gathering
Site of Old Fort Severn
Site of the Annapolis City Gates
Site of the Methodist Church
Skipjack Lydia D
Smedberg Gate
So We Will Not Forget
Sons of the Revolution
Southgate Memorial
Spanish 18-Pounder
Spanish Gun
St. Alban's Episcopal Church
St. Damian
St. John Neumann, C.Ss.R.
St. John's College Alumni Veterans Memorial
St. Joseph
St. Mary's City Cannon
Standing Guard
State Circle & Maryland Ave.
State House Square
Steamboat Landing
Steamboats Give Way to the New Bay Bridge
Still on Patrol
Stoney Run Train Station
Summer House on the Bay
Sy Mohr's City Dock Harbormaster Collage
Tecumseh
Tense Time
Terwilliger Brothers Field
The Battle of the Bulge
The Birthplace of Charles Carroll, Barrister
The Changing Waterfront
The Charles Carroll House
The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Under the Title of the Immaculate Conception
The City Spared
The City Water System
The Claude House
The Edna Florence
The English Frigate Augusta
The Ferry at London Town
The Fort at Horn Point
The Franklin Cantonment
The Freedom Tree
The Generals Highway
The Glass Works
The Government House
The Heart Spoke
The History of Ft Smallwood Park
The Jonas Green House
The Joseph R. Hunt Court
The Kinder Farmhouse
The Lord Mayor's Tenement
The Maritime Tradition Lives On
The Markers on the Plaza
The Market House
The Maryland Inn
The Navy Mascot
The old entrance road
The Old Farmhouse
The Old Fourth Ward
The Old South River Club
The Old Treasury Building
The Paddle Bell
The Rocky Beach Oyster Farm
The Sea Gate
The Severn Crossroads Church
The Sign of the Bible
The Start of Something Big
The Tank School and Tank Corps
The Tonkaway
The Town of Herrington: Unearthing the Origins of South County
The Tripoli Monument
The Tripoli Monument
The United States Naval Academy Bridge
The Watermen of Back Creek
The Wishing Bench
This Cannon
This is an example of "Ogham" writing.
This tablet
This thirty-two pounder iron cannon barrel
Thomas Point
Three Great Boat Yards, One Location
Thurgood Marshall
Tipton Army Airfield
To All Who Served
Tobacco Barn
Tobacco Barn
TPS-43
Transformation of the Avery House and over a Century of Expansion
Transportation on the Chesapeake Highway
Triton Light
Tru Fit Clothing Company Fire
Trunk of the Three Mile Oak
Twin Oaks
U.S. Naval Academy Museum
U.S.S. Liberty
United States Naval Academy
USS Maryland
Valuable Wetlands
Vanity The boat that inspired the Chesapeake 20
Veterans Memorial
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale
Vice Admiral William Porter Lawrence, USN
W B & A Electric Railroad
Watermen and Working Harbor
Watkins Slave Cemetery
Weeping Cherry Tree
Welcome to Eastport
Welcome to Eastport
Welcome to Galesville
Welcome to the Captain Avery Museum
Welcome to the Wiley H. Bates Memorial Courtyard
Wesley Grove United Methodist Church
Where Land Meets Water
White Oak
White Oak
Who was Henry Davis?
Widow Ramseys Tavern
Wildlife You May See
Wiley H. Bates
Wiley H. Bates: His Educational Legacy
Wiley H. Bates: The Man
William Brown House
William Penn
William Penn
William Penn
Women of Hartge Yacht Yard (1934-2006)
World War 1917
World War I Cantonment Area
World War II
XAF Radar Antenna
Zimmerman Bandstand
"Cav. Area"
"Preservation Was A Fight!"
Larkins Hills
About Anne Arundel County
Anne Arundel County Timeline
Anne Arundel County, located in the state of Maryland, has a rich and fascinating history that spans centuries. The county was named after Anne Arundell, the wife of Cecilius Calvert, the Second Lord Baltimore, who founded the Maryland colony. In the early 17th century, European settlers began to arrive in the region, primarily from England, seeking new opportunities and religious freedom. Over time, the area developed into a prosperous agricultural region, with farming and tobacco cultivation being the mainstays of the local economy.
During the American Revolutionary War, Anne Arundel County played a significant role in the fight for independence. It was here that the Maryland Annapolis Convention, a precursor to the Continental Congress, passed the "Association of Freemen" in 1774, pledging support for the colonies' cause. The county also served as the temporary capital of the United States from November 1783 to August 1784 when Congress met in Annapolis.
In the 19th century, the industrial revolution brought change to Anne Arundel County, as the focus shifted from agriculture to manufacturing and industry. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad connected the county to Baltimore and other major cities, boosting trade and commerce. The naval industry also became crucial, with the establishment of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1845, making the county a significant naval center.
In the 20th century, Anne Arundel County experienced rapid suburbanization and urbanization, driven by its proximity to Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The population boomed, and new industries, such as technology and healthcare, emerged. Today, Anne Arundel County is a vibrant and diverse community, known for its historic charm, cultural heritage, and stunning waterfront landscapes. From its beginnings as an agricultural region to its present-day urbanized status, the county continues to evolve while honoring its deep-rooted history.
During the American Revolutionary War, Anne Arundel County played a significant role in the fight for independence. It was here that the Maryland Annapolis Convention, a precursor to the Continental Congress, passed the "Association of Freemen" in 1774, pledging support for the colonies' cause. The county also served as the temporary capital of the United States from November 1783 to August 1784 when Congress met in Annapolis.
In the 19th century, the industrial revolution brought change to Anne Arundel County, as the focus shifted from agriculture to manufacturing and industry. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad connected the county to Baltimore and other major cities, boosting trade and commerce. The naval industry also became crucial, with the establishment of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1845, making the county a significant naval center.
In the 20th century, Anne Arundel County experienced rapid suburbanization and urbanization, driven by its proximity to Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The population boomed, and new industries, such as technology and healthcare, emerged. Today, Anne Arundel County is a vibrant and diverse community, known for its historic charm, cultural heritage, and stunning waterfront landscapes. From its beginnings as an agricultural region to its present-day urbanized status, the county continues to evolve while honoring its deep-rooted history.
Anne Arundel County Timeline
This timeline provides a glimpse into the major events and milestones that have shaped the history of Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
- 1600s: Colonial settlers arrive in the area that would become Anne Arundel County.
- 1650: The area is officially established as Anne Arundel County, named after Lady Anne Arundell, the wife of Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore.
- 1695: The county seat is established in Annapolis, which becomes the capital of Maryland.
- 1708: The first courthouse is built in Annapolis.
- 1774: The Annapolis Convention is held, where Maryland delegates discuss colonial grievances and plan responses to British rule.
- 1783: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the American Revolutionary War.
- 1809: St. John's College is founded in Annapolis.
- 1845: The Naval Academy is established in Annapolis.
- 1861: The Civil War begins, and Annapolis becomes an important Union naval base.
- 1900s: Anne Arundel County experiences significant growth, especially in the areas of education and transportation.
- 1998: The expansion of Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is completed.
- Present: Anne Arundel County continues to thrive as a vibrant hub of education, government, and culture in Maryland.