Rams Head Tavern

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Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis, Maryland, sits on a site steeped in centuries of local history. In 1703, English brewer Benjamin Fordham received a charter from Queen Anne to establish one of the city’s first breweries, laying the foundation for Annapolis’s brewing tradition. Nearly a century later, in 1792, William Faris, a clockmaker and silversmith, opened “The Crown and Dial” on the same site, operating it as a tavern and boarding house; by 1794, it became known as the “Sign of the Green Tree,” continuing the location’s long-standing role as a place of hospitality. Throughout the 1800s and early 1900s, the building served various commercial and residential purposes, including as a bank and boarding house.