James Hamilton House, Bowie

#19 among attractions in Bowie

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The James Hamilton House is a historic home located in Bowie, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The home was built in the mid-1870s, and is a 2+1⁄2-story gable-roofed frame Late Victorian house with Italianate detail. Outbuildings include a board-and-batten meat house contemporary with the house, a garage constructed in the 1950s, and a large concrete block dairy barn to the east of the house, constructed in the 1960s. ()

Built: 1875 (149 years ago)Architectural style: Victorian architectureCoordinates: 38°54'30"N, 76°42'41"W

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Bowie United States

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James Hamilton House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Great Chase, Bowie Town Center, Superman – Ride of Steel, Firebird Roller Coaster.

3.3 miW
Amusement, Theme park, Amusement ride
Great Chase, Upper Marlboro
83 min walk • Great Chase is a steel roller coaster at Six Flags America in Prince George's County, Maryland. This is a junior coaster that replaced the previous junior coaster, the Cannonball that ran from 1993 to 1998.
2.8 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Bowie Town Center, Bowie
71 min walk • Bowie Town Center is an outdoor shopping mall located in Bowie, Maryland that opened in November 2001. The mall is located on Emerald Way near the interchange of US Route 301 and US Route 50.
3.5 miW
Amusement, Amusement ride, Amusement park
Superman – Ride of Steel, Bowie
90 min walk • Superman – Ride of Steel are steel roller coasters located at two different Six Flags parks in the United States, including Six Flags America in Woodmore, Maryland, and Six Flags Darien Lake in Darien, New York. At Six Flags Darien, the coaster was renamed Ride of Steel in 2006, dropping Superman from the name.
3.4 miW
Amusement, Amusement ride, Amusement park
Firebird Roller Coaster, Bowie
86 min walk • Firebird is a floorless roller coaster located at Six Flags America in Prince George's County, Maryland. The roller coaster had originally debuted in 1990 as a stand-up roller coaster named Iron Wolf at Six Flags Great America.
3.5 miW
Amusement, Amusement ride, Amusement park
The Joker's Jinx, Bowie
89 min walk • The Joker's Jinx is a steel roller coaster at Six Flags America in Prince George's County, Maryland. The ride utilizes linear induction motor technology to launch the train from 0 to 60 mph in just over three seconds.
3.3 miW
Fun park with kiddie rides and coasters
Six Flags America, Largo
84 min walk • Six Flags America is a theme park located in the Woodmore CDP of Prince George's County, Maryland, near Upper Marlboro, and in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
2.2 miNW
Lake, Park
Allen Pond Park, Bowie
58 min walk • Allen Pond Park is an 85-acre multi-use park, located in and managed by the City of Bowie in Prince George's County, Maryland.
1.7 miNW
Specialty museum, Museum
National Capital Radio & Television Museum, Bowie
44 min walk • The National Capital Radio & Television Museum, located in Bowie, Maryland, was established to educate the public on the development and history of electronic media while exhibiting a collection of radio and television technology from the past.
4.4 miNW
Museum, History museum, Vernacular architecture
Belair Mansion, Bowie
113 min walk • The Belair Mansion, located in the historic Collington area and in Bowie, Maryland, United States, built in c. 1745, is the Georgian style plantation house of Provincial Governor of Maryland, Samuel Ogle.
5.2 miN
Church
Sacred Heart Church, Bowie
134 min walk • Sacred Heart Church in Bowie, Maryland is a Catholic Church established in 1729. The church was originally built on part of the Jesuit estate known as White Marsh Manor.
4.4 miNW
Museum
Belair Stable Museum, Bowie
112 min walk • The Belair Stable Museum is located at 2835 Belair Drive in Bowie, Maryland. It is operated by the City of Bowie, Maryland. The building once housed the Belair Stud Farm until 1957 when the Woodward family sold the Belair Estate to Levitt & Sons for the construction of Belair at Bowie.