Annapolis in Anne Arundel County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

41 Cornhill Street

Photographed by Kevin W., March 15, 2008

1. 41 Cornhill Street Marker

Inscription. In 1771 when Annapolis merchant Charles Wallace laid out plot lines on Cornhill Street, former ship captain Beriah Maybury leased two plots and built this house which he opened as the King's Arms Tavern in 1773. In 1792 he renamed it the Sign of the Golden Scales and boarded St. John's students. The first paid portraits ever painted by artist Charles Willson Peale were of Maybury and his wife. In 1801 owner Lloyd M. Lowe obtained a franchise for Peale's new invention, the physiognotrace, and produced silhouettes here for sale. About 1830 the four front windows were elongated and a dining room and kitchen wing added, but the house remains essentially as built in 1772.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1771.

Location. 38° 58.702′ N, 76° 29.338′ W. Marker is in Annapolis, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County. It is on Cornhill Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 41 Cornhill Street, Annapolis MD 21401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Framework of History (within shouting distance of this marker); Gov. Francis Nicholson (within shouting distance

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of this marker); Planned in the Past (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Cornhill & Fleet Streets (about 300 feet away); 159 Main Street (about 300 feet away); Katharine Hepburn Slept Here (about 300 feet away); 163 Main Street (about 300 feet away); The Old Treasury Building (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Annapolis.

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Photographed by Kevin W., March 15, 2008

2. 41 Cornhill Street

Credits. This page was last revised on November 21, 2019. It was originally submitted on March 22, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,295 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 22, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.