Maryland

Whitehall, Annapolis, Maryland (39.004565, -76.428924))

Central House Felling Date: Winter 1764/5

East Wing Felling Date: Winter 1767/8, Winter 1769/70

West Wing Felling Date: Winter 1851/2, Winter 1850/1

Site Master 1647-1789 (tulip poplar) WHMDx1 (t = 6.83 SOTx45; 6.47 MELx2; 6.16 cchms6).

Whitehall is a five-part brick building, composed of a central block with a wing attached by hyphens on each side.

Dendrochronological analysis has shown that the center section of the building was constructed from timbers felled in the winter of 1764/5 and the east wing was built from timbers felled in the winter of 1767/8 and the winter of 1769/70.

Worthington, M J and Seiter, J I 2021 “The Tree-Ring Dating of Whitehall, Annapolis, Maryland,” unpublished Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory archive report 2021/09

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