Frame the Garden

by Kathi Isserman

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Frame the Garden

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Kathi Isserman

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The gardens at the Chase-Lloyd house in Annapolis Maryland. We got special access to the house and a tour through Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. It was a fascinating tour which included original history and the more current history as a home for elderly women. For over 130 years it was not open to the public. Marylanders are proud of Samuel Chase, as one of the original signers of the Declaration and also the last surviving signer too.

You are looking at a Palladian window. "It is an archway or window with three openings, the central one arched and wider than the flanking openings (which were rectangular and enclosed at the top by an architrave). The Italian Renaissance architect/master builder, Andrea Palladio, 1508-1580 popularized this architectural motif."

History from their website: "The Chase Home gets its name from its first owner, Samuel Chase, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence for Maryland and Supreme Court justice. The Chase Home is also known as the Chase-Lloyd House for the wealthy plantation-owning Lloyd family who lived here for generations after Edward Lloyd IV bought the half finished home from Samuel Chase. While we are no longer operating as an independent living facility for elderly woman today, the house exists as a monument to Georgian architecture and an important part of American history.

The Chase Home is a unique among the many historic homes of Annapolis, in that it has always been a self-sustaining National Historic Landmark."

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September 23rd, 2022

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