Milford chronicle., 1957-09-13
Historic Annapolis
Open October L

The Brice House in Annapolis,
a masterpiece of this country's s
Georgian period architecture, will
be opened to visitors for the first
time in many years, on Saturday
morning, October II, 1867, at 10
o'clock
1t will be one of the major at
fractions planned for the annual
Indian Summer tours customarily
arranged for Heritage Week in An
napolis. These tours will be held,
this year, from October II through
Saturday afternoon, October 49,.
Inc sponsor, as in the past, will be
Historic Annapolis, the non-profit
historical society of the region,
maintaining a year-round head
quarters, and a year-round tour
bureau. These, with an arts and
crafts shop, are located in a one
story white cottage at GA State
Circle, Annapolis, just across the
lawn from Americas oldest state
capitol now in use as such. (Tele-
phone: Colonial 3-7619.)
The Brice House, which has been
called ''the most beautiful home
in the United States" by no less an
authority than William Graves
Perry, Chief Architect of the Col
onal Williamsburg and Tryon Pal
ace Restorations, will be open to
visitors on every day of Heritage
Week, beginning at 10 a. M, and
closing at midday, but with addi-
tiOnal hours each afternoon.
Tour tickets for the three week
end days of Heritage Week, COM
prising Saturday, October II; Sun
day, October 13; and Saturday, Oc-
tober 10; will be $500 each, on
tour days. They will be obtainable
either at the first house visited or
at the sponsors headquarters.
However, if bought on or before
October 10, tour ticket for any
one of those three days will be only
$2.75. Inquiries and advance orders
for tickets should be sent to His
toric Annapolis, Ga State Circle,
Annapolis, Maryland Single ad-
missions to the Brice House, and
to the various other places which
can be seen only at this time, will
be $1.OO.
The general plan for these Indian
Summer tours is to arrange show
ings of earlier-period houses for
the two afternoons of Saturday and
Sunday, October 1913. Among
houses to be seen then will be the
Charles Carroll, Immigrant, House;
the Christopher Hohne House; the
Slayton House, one of the three
built under one common roof by
John Ridout, for his three children;
and the Gary House, at 128 Duke
of Gloucester Street.
On Saturday, October 19, the
actual anniversary of the Peggy
Stewart Tea Party, the historic
Peggy Stewart House, and others
of later dates. including the Scott
House, will be seen. The flaming
Peggy Stewart Tea Party, a paral-
lei of BostOn's much publicified
demonstration by American pa
triots against the hated tax on tea,
was held in Annapolis harbor, Oc-
tober 10, 1874. Embattled citizens
of Annapolis compelled Anthony
Stewart, owner of the brig Peggy
Stewart" to burn his ship as we'll
as it's cargo of tea.
On the five other days of Herit-
age Week, both morning and af-
ternoon guided walking tours will
provide for leisurely visits to the
mort important landmarks of a
community which was founded
more than a hundred years before
Braddock's 1855 French and Indian
campaign.
Waterfront atmosphere and the
maritime history of this famed
Chesapeake Bay port will be en-
phasized during the guided walk
ing tours on both Monday, October
IA, and Friday, October 18. The
Wednesday afternoon walking tour,
October 16, will feature the mem
Orable pageantry of an afternoon
dress parade at the nearby U. s..
Naval Academy, and visit to the
cript, on the Academy's grounds,
where John Paul Jones, Americas
naval hero, lies in state. Berried
shrubs; camellias; and other in
teresting autumn plant material to
be seen in five or six small An
napolis gardens, will feature both
the Tuesday, October is, and Thurs
day. October II, walking tours.
Important additional attractions
now being planned for the week
days will include an after-dark
candlelight showing of the state
ly Chase-LIoyd House, built circa
ITO for a fiery patriot, Samuel
Chase, one of three Maryland Sign
ers whose houses will mark the
skyline of Maryland's capital city.
This affair has been arranged for
Tuesday, October Is. A special con-
cert of 18th-century music will be
given during a candlelight showing
of the handsome old Hammond
Harwood House, completely fur
nished with authentic pieces of the
period, on Thursday night, October
II.
Tickets for the weekday walk
ing tours will be Obtainable in ad-
vance, on on tour, at $500 and
$1.25 each, depending upon the
length of the tour selected. A dis
count of 25 cents on each ticket,
however, will be given to groups
of ten or more persons purchasing