Artisan's House is a historic home located at Annapolis

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...

, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

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. It is a -story frame house on a brick foundation representative of modest middle class dwellings of the 18th century. It was likely used as a barracks during the Revolutionary War. Because of this, it is also known as "Hogshead."

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1973, and it is a contributing property

Contributing property

In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing resource or contributing property is any building, structure, or object which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic district, listed locally or federally, significant...

 in the Colonial Annapolis Historic District

Colonial Annapolis Historic District

Colonial Annapolis Historic District is a historic district in Annapolis, Maryland that was created as a National Historic Landmark in 1965 and was expanded in 1984....

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External links

• Artisan's House, Anne Arundel County, including photo from 1982, at Maryland Historical Trust