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{{short description|State capitol building of Maryland, United States}}
{{about|the state capitol building of Maryland|the lower house of the Maryland General Assembly|Maryland House of Delegates}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Maryland State House
| nrhp_type    = nhl
| image        = Maryland State House from College Ave.JPG
| caption      = Maryland State House in [[Annapolis, Maryland]]
| location     = [[Annapolis, Maryland]], U.S.
| coordinates  = {{coord|38|58|44|N|76|29|28|W|display=inline,title}}
| area         =
| built        = {{Start date and age| 1772}}
| architect    = [[Joseph Horatio Anderson]]
| architecture = [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]]
| added        = October 15, 1966<ref name=mht/>
| refnum       = 66000385
}}

The '''Maryland State House''' is located in [[Annapolis, Maryland]]. It is the oldest [[U.S. state]] [[List of state capitols in the United States|capitol]] in continuous legislative use, dating to 1772, and houses the [[Maryland General Assembly]], plus the offices of the [[Governor of Maryland|Governor]] and [[Lieutenant Governor of Maryland|Lieutenant Governor]]. In 1783 and 1784 it served as the capitol building of the United States [[Congress of the Confederation]], and is where [[Ratification Day (United States)|Ratification Day]], the formal end of the [[American Revolutionary War]], occurred.

The capitol has the distinction of being topped by the largest wooden [[dome]] in the United States constructed without nails. The current building, which was designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1960,<ref name=nhldesignation>{{cite web| title=Designation of Maryland State House as National History Landmark| url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=266&ResourceType=Building| publisher=National Park Service| access-date=June 16, 2011| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817014403/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=266&ResourceType=Building| archive-date=August 17, 2010}}</ref> is the third statehouse on its site.<ref name="Dome" /> The building is administered by the State House Trust, established in 1969.

==Construction and history==
Construction began in 1772, but was not completed until 1797<ref name="Dome" /> due to the ongoing [[American Revolutionary War]]. The two-story brick [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] style structure, located inside State Circle, was designed by architect [[Joseph Horatio Anderson]]. A small [[portico]] juts out from the center of the building, topped by a [[pediment]], with two high arched windows framing the entrance. On both floors, large rectangular windows line the facade. A cornice is topped by another pediment and the sloping roof gives way for a central octagonal drum atop which rests a dome. The large dome is topped by a balustraded balcony, another octagonal drum and a lantern capped by a [[lightning rod]]. The rod was constructed and grounded according to the direct specifications of its inventor, [[Benjamin Franklin]].<ref name="lightning rod">{{cite web |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/dome_lightning.html |title=The Dome and Lightning Rod |website=Maryland State House |publisher=Maryland State Archives |access-date=January 29, 2014}}</ref><ref name="About">{{cite web |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/about.html |title=About the State House |website=Maryland State House |publisher=Maryland State Archives |access-date=January 29, 2014}}</ref><ref name="nrhpinv1" />

The building was surrounded by a low brick wall in 1818 to prevent cattle incursions. This was replaced by an iron fence with a granite base in 1836.<ref>{{cite book|title=Maryland History in Prints 1743–1900|author=Laura Rice|page=92}}</ref> The dome of the statehouse is depicted on the Maryland [[50 State Quarters|state quarter]].<ref name="Facelift">{{cite news |first=Aaron C. |last=Davis |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/historic-maryland-dome-gets-facelift/2011/07/16/AG2M9ywH_story.html |title=Historic Maryland dome gets facelift |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=July 3, 2011}}</ref>

An annex to the State House was constructed between 1902 and 1906 under the supervision of Baltimore architects [[Baldwin & Pennington]]; the new annex replaced earlier 19th-century annexes. The current state House of Delegates and Senate chambers are part of the annex, which is clad in black and gold Italian marble.<ref>[http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/new_stehouse.html The State House Annex]. ''Maryland State House''. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref> The annex includes the Grand Staircase from the first to the second floors; above the staircase is the painting ''Washington Resigning His Commission'' by [[Edwin White]], executed in 1858. In 2017, two additional paintings, both from the collection of the [[Enoch Pratt Free Library]], were hung above the staircase.<ref>[http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/grand_staircase.html The Grand Staircase]. ''Maryland State House''. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref> These additions were a portrait of [[Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore]] by [[Allan Ramsay (artist)|Allan Ramsay]] ({{circa|1740}})<ref>[http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/grandstaircase_ccalvert5.html The Grand Staircase: The Fifth Lord Baltimore: Charles Calvert (1699–1751)]. ''Maryland State House''. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref> and a portrait of [[Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore]] by Johann Ludwig Tietz ({{circa|1750}}).<ref>[http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/grandstaircase_ccalvert5.html The Grand Staircase: The Sixth Lord Baltimore: Frederick Calvert (1731/2-1771)]. ''Maryland State House''. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref>

In the mid-1990s, the [[cypress]] dome underwent a structural renovation and repainting. However, the [[latex paint]] that was used failed to bond due to preceding layers, causing it to flake. In 2011, the old paint was removed and replaced with white [[oil-based paint]].<ref name="Facelift" />

==Grounds==
[[File:Annapolis Women's March 12.jpg|thumb|Women's March on January 20, 2018, on Lawyers Mall near the State House. Lawyers Mall is frequently used for protests and other gatherings.]]
Adjacent to the State House is '''Lawyers Mall''', an open space which was designated in 1973 after the demolition of the Court of Appeals building, which had sat at the location since 1906. Statues of Baltimore native [[Thurgood Marshall]], the first black U.S. Supreme Court justice, as well as [[Donald Gaines Murray]], the first African-American to enter the University of Maryland School of Law since 1890, and a bench with statues of two anonymous children symbolizing the victory of Marshall's litigation in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'', all sit on Lawyers Mall. The space is the focal point of [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] activities on capitol grounds.

Until 2017, there was a statue of [[Roger B. Taney]], [[Chief Justice of the United States]], on the lawn of the State House. The statue was erected in 1872. The statue of Taney, a Marylander, was controversial because of Taney's support for [[Slavery in the United States|slavery]] and his authorship of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] decision in ''[[Dred Scott v. Sandford]]'' (1857), which upheld the denial of citizenship to [[African Americans]]. As a result, a movement in support of removing the statue emerged.<ref name="HicksWiggins">{{cite news |first1=Josh |last1=Hicks |first2=Ovetta |last2=Wiggins
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/local/md-politics/md-state-leaders-pressed-to-remove-controversial-statue/2017/08/14/9c03748a-8106-11e7-ab27-1a21a8e006ab_story.html |title=Md. state leaders pressed to remove controversial statue in Annapolis |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 14, 2017}}</ref> At first, the State House Trust—made up of the governor, the speaker of the state house, the president of the state senate, and the chair of the Maryland Historical Trust Board of Trustees—responded by adding interpretive plaques "explaining the controversy over his divisive opinion and its place in the evolution of the nation's stance toward slavery."<ref name="HicksWiggins" /> The Trust also added a statue of Marshall on Lawyers Mall, and agreed in 2016 to place statues of abolitionists [[Harriet Tubman]] and [[Frederick Douglass]] in the State House.<ref name="HicksWiggins" /> In the wake of the [[Charlottesville car attack]] in 2017, House Speaker [[Michael E. Busch]] called for the removal of the Taney statue,<ref>{{cite news |first=Erin |last=Cox |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-taney-statue-maryland-state-house-20170814-story.html |title=House Speaker Busch: Time to remove Taney statue from Maryland State House grounds |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=August 14, 2017 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731081105/https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-taney-statue-maryland-state-house-20170814-story.html |archive-date=July 31, 2019}}</ref> as did Governor [[Larry Hogan]] a day later.<ref>{{cite news |first=Pamela |last=Wood |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-hogan-taney-statue-20170815-story.html |title=Hogan calls for Taney statue at Maryland State House to be removed |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025073053/https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-hogan-taney-statue-20170815-story.html |archive-date=October 25, 2019 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |date=August 15, 2017}}</ref> It was removed just after midnight on August 18, 2017.<ref>{{cite news |first=Josh |last=Hicks |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/md-senate-president-slams-hogan-for-fast-vote-to-remove-taney-statue/2017/08/17/41833b12-8390-11e7-ab27-1a21a8e006ab_story.html |title=Justice Taney defended slavery in 1857. Now his statue is gone from Md.'s State House. |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 18, 2017}}</ref>

==Rotunda==
The front entrance of the State House opens onto the Rotunda. Large [[Corinthian column]]s support the arches bracing the large dome above. A [[balustrade]] lines the second floor balcony. On the walls of the Rotunda are a number of commemorative plaques, including one commemorating [[Matthew Henson|Matthew Alexander Henson]], co-discoverer of the North Pole.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Rotunda and the Dome |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/rotunda.html |access-date=June 19, 2025 |website=The Maryland State House}}</ref>

In the summer of 2012, the original handwritten text of George Washington's resignation letter was on display in the rotunda. It was again put on display in March 2020 alongside the original [[Star-Spangled Banner]] by [[Francis Scott Key]] on loan from the [[Maryland Center for History and Culture]].<ref>{{cite news |title='Star-Spangled Banner' original manuscript set for Maryland State House debut Tuesday |url=https://www.capitalgazette.com/news/ac-cn-the-state-house-new-display-20200301-dndq4lwnpbarlgv77umvonircy-story.html |newspaper=[[The Capital]] |publisher=[[Capital Gazette]] |access-date=January 16, 2021 |date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>

==Chambers==

===Old Senate Chamber===
[[File:Old_Senate_Chamber,_Maryland_State_House.jpg|thumb|The Old Senate Chamber]]
[[File:Washington, Lafayette & Tilghman at Yorktown.jpg|thumb|''Washington, Lafayette & Tilghman at Yorktown'', by [[Charles Willson Peale]], 1784]]
To the right of the entrance is the old Senate Chamber. Chairs and desks were added to the room in the exact number (16) as originally furbished. The desk for the president is an original piece made by [[John Shaw (cabinetmaker)|John Shaw]] in 1797.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9NJzbC_mlpkC&pg=PA120 |title=Annapolis, City on the Severn, A History|author=Jane Wilson McWilliams|page=120|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0-8018-9659-0}}</ref> Above the fireplace is the painting ''Washington, Lafayette & Tilghman at Yorktown'' by [[Charles Willson Peale]]; the work was commissioned by the Maryland Legislature in 1783 and added to the State House collection the following year. The painting depicts General [[George Washington]], [[Marquis de Lafayette|Lafayette]] and [[Washington's aides-de-camp|Washington's aide-de-camp]] [[Tench Tilghman]].<ref name="Fox">{{cite news |first=Larry |last=Fox |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1991/07/05/the-town-that-time-forgot/38b958fa-234c-404f-87e9-10ab16817487/ |title=The Town that Time Forgot |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 5, 1991}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Maryland State House. Senate Committee Room. Washington, Lafayette & Tilghman at Yorktown |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/committeerm_wlt.html |website=Maryland State House |publisher=[[Maryland State Archives]]}}</ref>

It was in the Old Senate Chamber that [[George Washington's resignation as commander-in-chief|Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief]] of the Continental Army on December 23, 1783. A bronze statue of Washington stands in the room.<ref name="Fox" />

On February 2, 1781, Governor [[Thomas Sim Lee]] signed and sealed the "act to empower the delegates of [[Maryland|this state]] in [[Second Continental Congress|Congress]] to subscribe and ratify the [[Articles of Confederation]]."<ref name=lawsofmaryland>{{cite web| title=An ACT to empower the delegates| work=Hanson's Laws of Maryland (1780) Vol. 203; Chap. XL| publisher=Archives of Maryland| access-date=June 16, 2011| url=http://aomol.net/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000203/html/am203--265.html| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723015508/http://aomol.net/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000203/html/am203--265.html| archive-date=July 23, 2011}}</ref> The decision established the requisite unanimous consent of all thirteen states for the formation of a [[Perpetual Union]].

On September 11, 1786, the [[Annapolis Convention (1786)|Annapolis Convention]], an interstate convention to discuss ways to facilitate commerce between the states and the establishment standard rules and regulations, convened here. The convention laid the groundwork for the [[Constitutional Convention (United States)|1787 Constitutional Convention]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia| title=Annapolis Convention| url=http://www.mountvernon.org/digital-encyclopedia/article/annapolis-convention/#13| encyclopedia=Digital Encyclopedia| publisher=Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, George Washington's Mount Vernon| location=Mount Vernon, Virginia| access-date=October 5, 2017}}</ref>

The chamber had extensive investigation beginning in 2007 to solve water leakage problems. As a result of this study, restorers have determined that previous restoration attempts in 1905 and 1940 did not accurately recreate many elements of the room. A report of their findings was issued in January 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 14, 2010 |title=RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE OLD SENATE CHAMBER |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se14/000031/pdf/osc_report_14jan10.pdf#search=recommendations%20for%20the%20restoration%20of%20the%20old%20senate%20chamber |access-date=June 20, 2025 |website=Maryland State Archives}}</ref> The restoration work was completed in 2015 and the chamber reopened to the public.

===Working Senate Chamber===
[[File:MDSenate.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Chamber of the [[Maryland State Senate]]]]
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The Senate chamber is located in a wing added to the original structure between 1902 and 1905. The room is illuminated by a Tiffany-style skylight above. Red carpet emblazoned with the state seal covers the entire floor. Large Ionic columns line the walls and support the viewing gallery. The marble along the walls and the columns are flecked with rust and black, Maryland's official colors.

Two famous Marylanders are featured in statues flanking the podium: [[John Hanson]], the first president by the Articles of Confederation, and [[Charles Carroll of Carrollton|Charles Carroll]], one of the signers of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]]. Four portraits of Declaration of Independence signatories for Maryland hang on the walls: [[William Paca]], [[Thomas Stone]], [[Samuel Chase]], and Charles Carroll. Portraits of [[Thomas V. Miller Jr.|Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr.]] and [[Verda Welcome]] were installed on January 13, 2020, replacing the portraits of [[Edwin Warfield]] and [[John Walter Smith]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Maryland State House - The Senate Chamber |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/new_chamber.html |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=msa.maryland.gov}}</ref>

===Working House Chamber===
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The House of Delegates chamber is also in the new wing to the building. The carpet is navy blue and designed with a diamond and olive {{Clarify|text=sheaths|date=June 2025}}. The same rust and black marble lines the chamber and forms the [[Ionic column]]s along the walls. A spectators' gallery is above the rostrum. The speaker sits in front of a broken marble pediment supporting a clock. Portraits of former Speakers of the House hang on the walls.

===Governor's Reception Room===
The Governor's Reception Room is on the second floor. The room is mainly ceremonial and used for [[Signing ceremony|bill signings]]. Portraits of former governors hang on the walls. Portraits of [[Henrietta Maria]] and [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]] hang nearby. The room was originally used as the Council Chamber for Maryland's executive council, which was abolished in state constitutional reforms in 1838; it became known as the Governor's Reception Room in the 1860s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Maryland State House - Governor's Reception Room |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/gov_receptionrm.html |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=msa.maryland.gov}}</ref>

===State House Caucus Room===
What is now known as the State House Caucus Room was originally divided into two rooms housing the records of the Land Office and the General Court (which later became [[Court of Appeals of Maryland]]). After the Old House of Delegates Chamber was expanded in 1858, the room was divided between the private office of the speaker of the House of Delegates (rear half) and a cloakroom (front half). In 1905–06, the room was likely renovated, and became known as the Flag Room, which housed various [[American Civil War|Civil War]] [[War flag|battle flags]] and ceremonial weapons. The room was later used by the Department of Legislative Reference and became known as the "Bill Room" by the 1940s. From the early 1980s until 2008, the room was used as the Maryland State House Visitor Center. In 2011, the room was renamed the State House Caucus Room, and is now used for meetings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Maryland State House - State House Caucus Room |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/shcaucusrm.html |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=msa.maryland.gov}}</ref>

The Caucus Room houses most of the 48-piece [[silver service]] from the [[armored cruiser]] [[USS Maryland (ACR-8)|USS ''Maryland'']], which was decommissioned in 1947.<ref name="Fox" /> The pieces in the set show 167 scenes from [[history of Maryland|Maryland history]], with each piece focusing on one of [[List of counties in Maryland|Maryland's 23 counties]] and [[Baltimore]]. The silver was transferred from the [[Maryland Historical Society]] to the State House in 1962. In 1992, four pieces from the service were given to the submarine [[USS Maryland (SSBN-738)|USS ''Maryland'']].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Maryland State House - USS Maryland Silver Service |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/shcaucusrm_uss_maryland.html |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=msa.maryland.gov}}</ref> In addition to the silver, the Caucus Room contains a 19th-century bust of [[Reverdy Johnson]].<ref>[http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/shcaucusrm_rjohnson.html State House Caucus Room: Reverdy Johnson (1796–1876)]. ''Maryland State House''. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref>

Paintings in the Caucus Room include both portraits and landscapes. Portraits in the room are originals depicting [[Oden Bowie]] (by Katherine Walton),<ref>[http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/shcaucusrm_obowie.html State House Caucus Room: Oden Bowie (1826–1894)]. ''Maryland State House''. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref> [[Frank Brown (governor)|Frank Brown]] (by Louis P. Dieterich),<ref>[http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/shcaucusrm_fbrown.html State House Caucus Room: Frank Brown (1846–1920)]. ''Maryland State House''. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref> [[Leonard Calvert]] (attributed to [[Jacob van Oost]] or [[Jacob van Oost the Younger]]),<ref>[http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/shcaucusrm_lcalvert.html State House Caucus Room: Leonard Calvert (1606–1647)]. ''Maryland State House''. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref> [[Elihu Emory Jackson]] (by Ida Foster),<ref>[http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/shcaucusrm_ejackson.html State House Caucus Room: Elihu Emory Jackson (1837–1907)]. ''Maryland State House''. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref> [[Robert M. McLane]] (by [[George Peter Alexander Healy]]),<ref>[http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/shcaucusrm_rmclane.html State House Caucus Room: Robert M. McLane (1815–1898)]. ''Maryland State House''. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref> [[Thomas Swann]] (by [[Florence Mackubin]]),<ref>[http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/shcaucusrm_tswann.html State House Caucus Room: Thomas Swann (1809–1883)]. ''Maryland State House''. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref> [[Francis Thomas]] (by Franklin Barber Clark),<ref>[http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/shcaucusrm_fthomas.html State House Caucus Room: Francis Thomas (1799–1876)]. ''Maryland State House''. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref> [[William Pinkney Whyte]] (by David Bendann),<ref>[http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/shcaucusrm_wwhyte.html State House Caucus Room: William Pinkney Whyte (1824–1908)]. ''Maryland State House''. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref> and [[Levin Winder]] (by Florence Mackubin).<ref>[http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/shcaucusrm_winder.html State House Caucus Room: Levin Winder (1757–1819)]. ''Maryland State House''. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref> The room also contains reproductions of portraits of [[Clarence W. Blount]] (by [[Simmie Knox]])<ref>[http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/shcaucusrm_cblount.html State House Caucus Room: Clarence W. Blount (1921–2003)]. ''Maryland State House''. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref> and [[Mary Eliza Watters Risteau]] (by Talmadge of New York).<ref>[http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/shcaucusrm_mristeau.html State House Caucus Room: Mary Eliza Watters Risteau (1890–1978)]. ''Maryland State House''. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref>

==National capital==
From November 26, 1783, to August 13, 1784, Annapolis was the capital of the United States. The [[Congress of the Confederation]] met in the Maryland State House. Subsequently, Annapolis was a candidate to become the new permanent national capital before [[Washington, D.C.]], was built.

It was in the Old Senate Chamber that [[Ratification Day (United States)|Congress ratified]] the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] on January 14, 1784, formally ending the [[American Revolutionary War]].<ref name="Fox" />

==United States district court==
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The [[United States District Court for the District of Maryland]] met there for the first decade of its existence.<ref name="Fish">{{cite book| author=Peter Graham Fish| title=Federal Justice in the Mid-Atlantic South: United States Courts from Maryland to the Carolinas, 1789–1835| year=2002| page=84| publisher=Administrative Offices of US Courts| asin=B004USI36Q}}</ref> In 1800, judge [[Samuel Chase]] tried a local postmaster for embezzlement and sentenced him to thirty-nine lashes. To execute the sentence, the defendant was tied to one of the statehouse columns.<ref name="Fish" />

==Photo gallery==
<gallery>
File:House Chamber, Maryland State House.jpg|Chamber of the [[Maryland House of Delegates]]
File:Maryland quarter, reverse side, 2000.jpg|The dome of the statehouse is depicted on the Maryland [[50 State Quarters|state quarter]].
File:MarylandStateHouse (back).jpg|Maryland State House (front)
File:MarylandStateHouse (side).jpg|Maryland State House (side)
File:Maryland State House3.jpg|Maryland State House (rear from below)
File:Annapolis, Maryland - view of Maryland State House from Francis Street 2013.jpg|South view from Francis Street
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[List of Maryland General Assemblies]]
*[[Capitol police#State capitol police agencies|Maryland State Capitol Police]] 
*[[History of 18th century early modern domes]]
*[[Impeachment in Maryland]]
*[[List of state and territorial capitols in the United States]]

==References==
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<ref name="nrhpinv1">{{cite web |url={{NHLS url|id=66000385}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination: Maryland State House |author=Joseph Scott Mendinghall |date=February 18, 1975 |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name=mht>{{cite web |url={{MHT url|id=4}} |title=Maryland State House |work=Maryland's National Register Properties |publisher=Maryland Historical Trust |access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="Dome">{{cite web |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/story.html |title=History of the State House and Its Dome |website=Maryland State House |publisher=Maryland State Archives |access-date=January 29, 2014}}</ref>
</references>

==Further reading==
*{{cite book |first1=Susan W. |last1=Thrane |first2=Tom |last2=Patterson |title=State Houses: America's 50 State Capitol Buildings |location=Erin, Ontario |publisher=Boston Mills Press |year=2005 |isbn=1-55046-457-4 |oclc=58729303}}

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*[https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MD-01-003-0093 Maryland State House] in the [[Society of Architectural Historians]]'s ''SAH Archipedia'' 
*{{MHT url|id=4|title=Maryland State House, Anne Arundel County}}, including photo in 1988, at [[Maryland Historical Trust]]
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