Governor Calvert House
The house originally built at 58 State Circle was a 1 1⁄2-story structure with a gambrel roof. Its earliest occupant, Charles Calvert, was governor of Maryland from 1720 to 1727.
In 1764 much of the building was destroyed by fire, and the Calverts moved to the country. The remains of the house were incorporated into a two-story Gregorian-style building that was used until 1784 as barracks by the state of Maryland.
Between 1800 and 1854 the property changed hands three times until the mayor of Annapolis, Abram Claude, purchased it. Claude enlarged the building and endowed it with Victorian features.
The house was privately owned through the 1900s until Paul Pearson purchased it and proposed plans for its restoration expansion into a large inn. His collaboration with Historic Annapolis led to the archaeological research that uncovered several architectural features of the original building. One of the most remarkable is the hypocaust, or greenhouse heating system, that was discovered in the basement of the building.
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