U.S. Naval Academy, McDonough Hall, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD
Summary
Significance: MacDonough and Dahlgren Halls are virtually identical buildings that flank Bancroft Hall. Although their uses have been changed from the original intent, both buildings remain largely intact. They were among the first of Ernest Flagg's buildings to be completed and, unlike several others in his Beaux-Arts complex, were built almost exactly as he had envisioned.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-132
Survey number: HABS MD-329-3
Building/structure dates: 1898-1903
Building/structure dates: 1905-1906 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1940s Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000386
The United States Naval Academy is a federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland, United States established in 1845 under Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft. It replaced Philadelphia Naval Asylum, in Philadelphia, that served as the first United States Naval Academy from 1838 to 1845 when the Naval Academy formed in Annapolis. The 338-acre campus is located on the former grounds of Fort Severn at the confluence of the Severn River and Chesapeake Bay 33 miles east of Washington, D.C. and 26 miles southeast of Baltimore. The entire campus is a National Historic Landmark and home to many historic sites, buildings, and monuments.
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