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====The State House==== The [[Maryland State House]] is the oldest in continuous legislative use in the United States. Construction started in 1772, and the Maryland legislature first met there in 1779. It is topped by the largest wooden dome built without nails in the country. The Maryland State House housed the workings of the United States government from November 26, 1783, to August 13, 1784, and the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] was ratified there on January 14, 1784, so Annapolis became the first peacetime capital of the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/tour_statehouse.html |title=The State House and its Dome |publisher= Capital Gazette Communications, Inc. |year=2008 |access-date=October 18, 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081015215214/http://hometownannapolis.com/tour_statehouse.html| archive-date= October 15, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="State House">{{cite web|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/story.html|title=History of the State House and Its Dome|publisher=Maryland State Archives|access-date=January 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141120153734/http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/story.html|archive-date=November 20, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> It was in the Maryland State House that [[George Washington]] famously resigned his commission before the [[Continental Congress]] on December 23, 1783.<ref name="State House" />
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