The three parlor paintings (click to view image) focus on the room at the opposite end of the house from the kitchen/hall. A 1638 view shows the newly constructed room and highlights the period architectural details. This view will be used in contrast with a photograph of the actual archeological remains which now are located inside the museum building. The exact view and eyelevel are matched in my perspective to this photograph. A second illustration is done of this view to show an x-ray view through the parlor floor into the stone cellar. It will help visitors understand the cellar was only under roughly half of this room.

The 1642 parlor depicts the same room from a different angle. The scene is a crowded assembly meeting with Governor Leonard Calvert heading the meeting and numerous important historical figures such as John Lewger, Thomas Cornwalleys, Fulk Brent, Thomas Greene, and Mathias deSousa in attendance. It is also important to convey the size of the room (one of the largest interior spaces in Maryland at the time) and show the chimney wall, period furnishings and dress. The most wealthy and powerful men are at or closest to the head table and their richer outfit color and trim reflect their social status. Freemen fill the remaining space. Handsome and unusual leaded glass windows bring light into the room. Finding the best perspective and composition for this illustration took thought and study so the furniture would not obscure the people or room architecture. The parlor served as John Lewger's bedroom, office and space for meetings and is the fanciest room in the house.

Property changes continue in the 1680 Henry Exon snapshot (click to view image) and Innkeeper/Exon Landscape (click to view image). The house goes through major interior changes and exterior repairs with a new fashionable chimney, roof, a porch room over the entry door, the nursery is gone, decorative windows are replaced, the kitchen is shortened and a new chimney built, the aisle and square buildings are gone, midden piles change and fences are new. Surviving trees around the house continue to grow; the Quarter ages, gets repairs and pastures are well developed.

The farm era snapshot (click to view image) and landscape (click to view image) interpretive historical paintings fast forward to 1825. Seventeenth century buildings and site characteristics have vanished. Farmers have been working the land for almost a century. A well worn east to west road now cuts through this site. The area is agricultural. The distant scarp has dramatically changed appearance with the event of clear cut logging practices and plowing up or downhill rather than across hill. Evidence of land erosion can be seen particularly along stream/creek/river banks. Once pure waters are now full of silt from the run-off and clogged with swampy growth. The only remaining remnants of the history this land holds are the chimney brick and oyster shell fragments that the plowing brings to the surface. These fragments are the place markers for the people who inhabited this site and what once stood.

Mr. Hill was the Chief Operating Officer at Historic St, Mary's City, a living history site commemorating the founding of the first capital of Maryland. He was responsible for operations; financial management; personnel management; and facilities development, construction, and maintenance. He served in this position from July 2000 to Fall 2008.

From January 1995 to July 2000, he was a Program Manager and Director for a high tech, scientific research and development company. He was responsible for marketing, business development, program management, and contract administration for Navy and other Defense related programs.

Mr. Hill retired in January 1995 from the Navy after serving 29 years, rising to the rank of Captain. His last tour was as the Commanding Officer of the Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD. He was the senior executive responsible for overall strategic planning, administration, management, law enforcement, safety, security, and operations of a 7,500-acre facility housing over 10,000 civilian employees and 2,800 military residents. He directly oversaw a workforce of over 1,300 civilian and military personnel, and managed an annual operating budget exceeding $280 million. His responsibilities included operations, maintenance, and repair of over 1,200 buildings and specialized aircraft testing facilities, including two major airports. During his tenure, he managed new construction and capital projects exceeding $350 million.

From 1966 - 1995, Mr. Hill served in successively more responsible leadership positions within the Navy as an aircraft carrier aviator, flight instructor, test pilot, program manager, and commanding officer.