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

41 Cornhill Street

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 remaines essentially as built in 1772.

Location. 38° 58.702′ N, 76° 29.338′ W. Marker is in Annapolis, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County. Marker 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Cornhill & Fleet Streets (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Katharine Hepburn Slept Here (about 300 feet away); 163 Main Street (about 300 feet away); 167 Main Street at Conduit Street

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By Kevin W., March 15, 2008

2. 41 Cornhill Street

(about 400 feet away); Old Treasury Building (about 400 feet away); Maryland State House (about 400 feet away); USS Maryland (about 400 feet away); Shiplap House (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Annapolis.

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Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on March 22, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 984 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 22, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.