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Highly curated collection dedicated to the preservation of Annapolis, Maryland’s prestigious historical real estate and municipal lineage.
This investment-grade assembly features rare, pre-WWII milestone documents alongside authentic commemorative pieces, offering a comprehensive look at the history of the region's most famous coastal properties and civic infrastructure.
This is a spectacular acquisition opportunity for serious Maryland historians, institutional archives, or advanced collectors of regional municipal ephemera.
Eastport Police Station (164 Third Street): Displays a clear architectural view of the old precinct with an authentic 1930s vehicle parked out front.
Ferndale Police Station: Two separate, distinct photographs showing different structural angles of the colonial-style precinct building and police vehicles.
Polling House, Armiger (3rd District): Documents the rural wood-frame voting house located in the historic Armiger area.
Garage & Storage Building, Armiger (3rd District): Displays a 1-1/2 story frame building used for storing county trucks and road equipment.
Garage & Storage Buildings, Arnold (3rd District): Captures a group of small municipal utility sheds and a common corn crib converted for county storage.
Barn / Storage Building, Arnold (3rd District): A two-story frame barn structure on a stone foundation used by the county for machinery tools.
Police Station & Dwelling, Armiger (3rd District): Displays a unique two-story frame building pulling double duty as a neighborhood police station and a residential office.
Old Barn / Storage Building, Odenton (4th District): Captures a large two-story frame storage structure with a prominent tin roof.
Polling House, Odenton (4th District): A crisp view of a wood-shingle voting station noted as being "Located near Storage Yard."
Polling House, Odenton (4th District): Another separate wood-shingle voting structure noted specifically for its location "Located on Highway."
Polling House, Brooklyn Park (5th District): Captures the 905 Annapolis Road voting structure that also legally functioned as the local Justice of the Peace office.
Polling House, Churchton (7th District): A classic one-story frame voting house with an ordinary wood-joist floor.
Polling House, McKendree (8th District): Captures the historic voting location noted in the text as being at a high risk for grass fires.
And much more.
Historical Ephemera Pieces:
* **1938–1940 Charles F. Lee Real Estate Bulletins:** A beautifully preserved collection of real estate documentation, featuring the 1938 Anniversary Edition (1908–1938) and subsequent bulletins from the Lee Building in Annapolis. This extensive text documents early regional development and explicitly highlights prestigious waterfront estates and inland properties on the Chesapeake Bay and its major tributaries.
* **1939 Municipal Underwriting Survey Ledger:** A rare piece of official municipal history compiled by the Insurance Company of North America, featuring a heavy "PAID / INA CO" watermark stamp embedded directly into the paper. Printed on July 17, 1939, this master office record outlines granular structural risk assessments, building materials, heating systems, and operational usage profiles across sequential county districts (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th).
* **Prominent Handwritten Provenance Log:** Embedded directly within the broker's master office copy are unique, original ink and pencil logs tracking property sales. These pages hold incredible genealogical and historical significance, recording the actual names of prominent local buyers and elite families from the era, including a transaction by the internationally renowned legal scholar Dr. James Brown Scott, alongside entries for families such as Lang, Hyatt, Buchanan, Hardesty, Beale, and Elliott.
Curated Exhibition & Accent Pieces:
* **Vintage Original Silver Gelatin Photographs:** A crisp, vibrant collection of original unrecorded black-and-white photographic prints affixed directly to the ledger sheets. These rare images capture mid-century public infrastructure, including detailed architectural views of the old Anne Arundel County Jail (50-52 Calvert St.), the Eastport Police Station (164 Third Street) complete with 1930s municipal vehicles, the Ferndale Police Station precinct house from multiple angles, and multiple localized historic polling houses (Brooklyn Park, Harwood, South River, Chesterfield, Armiger, Odenton, Churchton, and McKendree).
* **1946 Robert L. Burwell Map of Annapolis and Vicinity:** A detailed, large-format fold-out engineering map originally prepared in April 1941, featuring structural municipal revisions dated 1943 and 1946. This exceptional piece displays clear building footprints for the U.S. Naval Academy and Naval Hospital, complete street grids for historic Eastport and Wardour, and documents culturally vital coastal shorelines including Greenbury Point Light, Carrs Beach, and Sparrows Beach.
* **Rare 1927 Maryland State Road System Map:** A massive, multi-panel fold-out infrastructure map issued by the State Roads Commission in January 1927. It features early structural road legends ("Macadam & Vitrified Brick") and a large central Baltimore City street inset. This specific piece is uniquely stamped with a prominent historical banking overlay from W.W. Lanahan & Co. Investment Securities (Calvert Building, Baltimore).
* **Complementary Structural Notes:** Cleanly preserved regional layout documents detailing early development tracts, including the historic 100-acre development plan for Carrollton Manor-on-the-Severn.
Condition Notes:
Overall excellent vintage condition. Minor edge wear, toning, and handling marks consistent with age. Pages remain securely bound in the original green protective folder. Photos are crisp with excellent contrast. Maps show expected age-toning and clean splitting along the primary vertical fold lines as shown in photos, perfect for a customized split-frame display or easy archival mounting.
Shipped with care! Includes tracking and secure packing to ensure items arrive in exact condition shown.
