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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1908 



Chief Justice Chase 

 was the son of an Epis- 

 copal clergyman, a n 

 early friend to and 

 supporter of Colonial 

 liberty and a member 

 of the Continental 

 Congress, and in 1776 

 he went with Charles 

 Carroll and others to 

 stir up rebellion in 

 Canada. In 1796, he 

 was appointed asso- 

 ciate justice of the 

 United States Supreme 

 Court, which post he 

 held until his death in 

 1 8 1 1 . Its next occupant 

 was Governor Lloyd, 

 who was Maryland's 

 chief executive from 

 1809 to 181 1 ; and he, 

 in turn sold it to his 

 son-in-law, Henry 

 Harwood. Captain 



Edward Gibson, of the 

 United States Navy, 

 was the next pur- 

 chaser; and in 1847, li 

 was bought from him 

 by Miss Hester Ann 

 Chase, the daughter of 

 Chief Justice Jeremiah 

 Townley Chase. Mrs. 



Hester Ann Chase Ridout, granddaughter 

 Chief Justices, Samuel and Jeremiah Chase, 



owner; and she, by be- 

 quest, left it as a home 

 for aged, infirm and 

 destitute women. This 

 "Chase Home" was 

 opened in 1897. 



No. VI shows the 

 facade of the front 

 with i t s ornamental 

 door, represented 

 again at closer range 

 in No. XI. The front 

 door, it will be no- 

 ticed, is paneled, sur- 

 mounted by a fan- 

 light and flanked by 

 a window on each 

 side. These windows 

 have a practical use 

 because they light the 

 hall, which is one of 

 the chief features of 

 the Chase House. 

 This hall is forty-five 

 feet long and more 

 than fourteen feet 

 wide. The stairway 

 (see No. VII) is di- 

 rectly opposite the 

 front door. It starts 

 with a single flight of 

 eleven steps to the first 

 landing, from which a 

 double flight of steps 

 of the two ascends to the second floor; these separate flights are sup- 

 was the next ported by Ionic pillars, which stand on either side of the 



Xll — Doorway, Harwood House 



Xlll — Harwood House, Annapolis 



