The Hammond-Harwood House

Historical narrative

The Hammond-Harwood House is one of Annapolis’s finest surviving examples of 18th-century Georgian architecture. Built in 1774 for Matthias Hammond, a wealthy Maryland planter, the house was designed by English architect William Buckland and is considered his final major work. Hammond never actually lived there; the property later became home to the Pinkney, Loockerman, and Harwood families. After the death of Hester Ann Harwood in 1924, the house passed through several owners before eventually becoming a museum operated by the Hammond-Harwood House Association. Visitors are attracted by its elegant Anglo-Palladian design, beautifully carved doorway, period furnishings, fine decorative arts, and formal garden. Guided tours also explore the lives of both the free and enslaved people connected with the house, giving visitors a richer understanding of Annapolis’s colonial and early-American past.

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