A glorious intervention
Annapolis church finds second life as three divine residences

The Parish House Condominiums are just blocks from the Naval Academy.An ingenious transformation has taken place on the corner of Maryland Avenue and Prince George Street in Annapolis – the Gothic Revival-style First Church of Christ Scientist has been converted into the Parish House Condominiums. more»

Academy focuses on access
Alumni house renovated for disabled

John Yaeger had to carry his adult daughter Jessica into her sister's wedding reception in September at the Naval Academy's alumni house.

Jessica Yaeger, who uses a wheelchair, had no other way to make it up the five steps into 270-year-old Ogle Hall. Nor could she enter its women's room, forcing her to return to her home a block away to use a bathroom. more»

An inside job
The Capital, Friday, January 25, 2002
By Margot Mohsberg, Staff Writer

JIf going to church every Sunday helps make someone a better person, what would actually living there do? John Pilli of Annapolis, who built the award-winning brick duplexes at 5 Compromise St., hopes to give someone the opportunity to find out. The developer’s second downtown project is called the Parish House, and involves turning the historic church at the corner of Maryland Avenue and Prince George Street into commercial space topped by three $600,000-plus condominiums. more»

A little piece of Brittany
The Capital, Friday, January 25, 2002
By Margot Mohsberg, Staff Writer

Joan Datesman was on a mission. Having renovated a few dozen homes in her time, she was in search of her next quarry. In a quiet neighborhood just minutes from downtown, the pottery expert found a quaint but unassuming little house. But there was a spark of something there, beyond the cedar shake siding and sandstone exterior. She made up her mind to buy it on the spot. more»