Annapolis in 1844

(From a Coast and Geodetic Survey Map of 1844)

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Fort Severn, 1845, as Naval School

From an old map: (1) Officers' Quarters, (2) "The Abbey," (3) Mess hall, kitchen, and recitation hall, (4) "Apollo Row," (5) "Rowdy Row," (6) "Brandywine Cottage," (7) "Gas House," (8) Superintendent's house, (9) Gate house, (10) Row of poplar trees, (11) Superintendent's and Professors' offices, (12) Old mulberry tree, (13) Fort Severn, and (14) Site of practice battery.

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Annapolis and the Naval Academy, 1858

In Annapolis at extreme left is St. Mary's Church, in center are the State House and St. Ann's Church, above and to the right are the buildings of St. John's College. In the Naval Academy at the left is Blake Row, in center the old mulberry tree and Buchanan Row, to the right is Fort Severn and "old" midshipmen's quarters on Stribling Row. At the extreme right is the fore part of the practice ship Preble.

The Naval Academy during the Civil War

The Academy was turned over to the Army in 1861 for use as an Army hospital. Note that the old mulberry tree is still standing over the temporary barracks. This tree, which antedated the Revolutionary War, was destroyed by a storm in 1895. Memorial Hall now stands over the site of this famous tree.

"New" Midshipmen's Quarters, 1869

The building, constructed during Admiral Porter's administration, was razed upon completion of Bancroft Hall in 1906. It stood facing southeastward in the area between the present Officers' Club and Sampson Hall.

The Naval Academy, 1870

This view of the "yard" is from the cupola of the "new" midshipmen's quarters. At the extreme left is the steam building; left center is Stribling Row consisting of the observatory, lyceum, and "old" midshipmen's quarters; center at the end of the walk are the "old" Superintendent's House and Buchanan Row; extreme right are Blake Row and the Chapel. In the foreground is the Tripoli Monument and to the right of the walk surrounded by trees and shrubbery is the Herndon Monument that still stands in the same location. At the dock are the Santee, Constellation, and Dale.

The Naval Academy, 1908

This is a reproduction from a sketch by the artist Richard Rummell. Note that Fort Severn is still standing. It was demolished in 1909. Ships shown are the Chesapeake with sails set, Santee, Hartford, and Gloucester at the dock; in the stream the cruiser Olympia, destroyer Worden, and monitor Florida. In the background is seen the Marine Barracks (now the Postgraduate School) and beyond it the old Naval Hospital ("Porter's Folly"), built in 1868, abandoned as such in 1876, and then used as a storehouse until about 1912. Numbers 3 and 6 greens and part of No. 6 fairway of the Naval Academy Golf Course are located on the knoll on which this hospital stood.

The Naval Academy, 1935

Showing new wings of Bancroft Hall, built in 1919; Luce Hall, built in 1920; and the Natatorium, built in 1924. At the dock are the Reina Mercedes and the Cumberland. On Dorsey Creek is the new boathouse, Hubbard Hall. Anchored off the Naval Hospital is part of a squadron of flying boats for aviation training of midshipmen. Moored at the dock in Dewey basin is the yacht America.