Whitehall's Restoration: A Tribute To Horatio Sharpe, A Reflection Of Charles Scarlett

Summary

     Colonel Horatio Sharpe, governor of colonial Maryland for sixteen years, left behind a testament to his position and wealth in the form of Whitehall, his plantation home on the Severn River.  The home has been through many renovations, but in the 1950s, a man named Charles Scarlett bought the home and passionately attempted to restore it to its original glory.  The restoration included building an earthwork fortification that at first glance appears to have been part of the original layout, but upon closer inspection simply may have been a suggestion by the architect.  The mock fort is an oddity in the repertoire of plantation layouts, and research into the whether or not the fort existed in Colonel Sharpe’s time will shed light on Colonel Sharpe’s life, as well as Mr. Scarlett’s life.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• CONSTRUCTING THE PAST: An examination of manipulated historical landscapes at historic sites.   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2017

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