Maryland

Poe House, Annapolis, Maryland (38.976207, -76.490029)

Primary House (three-bay east section) Felling Dates: Winter 1718/19, Winter 1719/20

Primary House (two-bay west addition) Felling Dates: Undated

Site Master 1603-1719 (white oak) POEMDx1 (t = 8.29 MONTP; 8.27 PIEDMO; 8.01 MDZ7); Individual Sample 1651-1718 (white oak) poemd1 (t = 5.65 MTVXX7; 4.90 MELx3; 4.85 BUSHx1); Individual Sample 1627-1714 (white oak) poemd9 (t = 6.54 MDOAK; 6.34 gmcas1; 5.92 SGS3)

The Poe House is a five-bay, one-and-a-half story brick structure located in Annapolis, Maryland. The original part of the house (the east section) was a three-bay, hall-and-parlor plan framed structure, which was later rebuilt in brick and extended by a brick addition consisting of two bays to the west (Miller and Ridout 2001: 118-120). Dendrochronological analysis has shown that the east section of the building was constructed from timbers felled in the winter of 1718/9 and the winter of 1719/20, suggesting that the primary phase was constructed in the winter of 1719/20 or shortly thereafter. The secondary phase remains undated by dendrochronology.

Worthington and Seiter 2023 "The Tree-Ring Dating of the Poe House, Annapolis, Maryland ." Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory 2023/05.

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