Last updated: September 10, 2024
Place
Butler and Maynard Burgess Homes
Historic Annapolis
Quick Facts
Location:
Annapolis, Maryland
Significance:
This building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is part of the Colonial Annapolis Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District.
Designation:
National Register of Historic Places, National Historic Landmark District
OPEN TO PUBLIC:
No
Amenities
1 listed
Cellular Signal
Learn more about the Butler and Maynard Burgess Homes by watching this video: https://streamable.com/r0u3xr
Subtítulos en español: https://streamable.com/2d8zgx
By the mid-1800s, Annapolis was home to a successful free Black community including several prominent families who purchased elegant homes on Church Circle and here on Duke of Gloucester Street near City Hall. At 163 Duke of Gloucester is the home of John Maynard.. Maynard was a community leader and a founding trustee of the Stanton School in 1865, the first free school for African American children in Annapolis. Maynard purchased the freedom of his wife, her daughter, and his mother-in-law between 1834 and 1845, and bought this home in 1847. The Maynard family sold the home to Willis Burgess in 1921.
Down the street, the impressive Italianate brick house at 148 Duke of Gloucester Street was the home of William Butler, Sr., an African American builder and prosperous landowner and one of the wealthiest people in the city at the time of the U.S. Civil War. He served on the Annapolis City Council from 1873 to 1875, the first African American in Maryland to be elected to public office.
Subtítulos en español: https://streamable.com/2d8zgx
By the mid-1800s, Annapolis was home to a successful free Black community including several prominent families who purchased elegant homes on Church Circle and here on Duke of Gloucester Street near City Hall. At 163 Duke of Gloucester is the home of John Maynard.. Maynard was a community leader and a founding trustee of the Stanton School in 1865, the first free school for African American children in Annapolis. Maynard purchased the freedom of his wife, her daughter, and his mother-in-law between 1834 and 1845, and bought this home in 1847. The Maynard family sold the home to Willis Burgess in 1921.
Down the street, the impressive Italianate brick house at 148 Duke of Gloucester Street was the home of William Butler, Sr., an African American builder and prosperous landowner and one of the wealthiest people in the city at the time of the U.S. Civil War. He served on the Annapolis City Council from 1873 to 1875, the first African American in Maryland to be elected to public office.