Maryland

Severnside, Annapolis, Maryland (39.007327, -76.493123)

Felling Date: Primary HouseWinter 1847/8, Summer 1846, Summer 1843

Individual Sample 1655-1847 (white oak) ssmd1 (t = 6.04 PA006; 5.44 wsos1; 5.36 swvz7). Site Master 1630-1845 (Eastern hemlock) SSMDx1 (t = 8.89 PA013; 8.74 BYMDx5; 8.03 NY012).

The original house at Severnside was a two-and-a-half story, five-bay main block built in the Federal style with multiple subsequent additions. It was demolished prior to sampling.

Dendrochronological analysis has shown that the building was constructed from timbers felled in the summer of 1843, the summer of 1846, and the winter of 1847/8.

Dendrochronological analysis has shown that the building was constructed from timbers felled in the winter of 1850/1 and the winter of 1851/2.

Worthington, M J and Seiter, J I 2020 "The Tree-Ring Dating of Severnside, Annapolis, Maryland,” Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory 2020/18

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