Legg's Dependence, Kent Island

Name: Legg's Dependence
Address: Kent Island, United States

#3 among attractions in Kent Island

Greek Revival architecture, Georgian architecture

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Legg's Dependence, also known as Long Creek Farm and William E. Porter Farm, is a historic home located at Stevensville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It is a 2+1⁄2-story center-hall plan brick house. It was built in several stages beginning around 1760–80, as a single-story hall/parlor plan dwelling. It was enlarged to its present form during the second quarter of the 19th century. The estate at one point was home to an enslaved husband and wife, Sling and Sarah Louis, who were sold through a trader in Richmond, Virginia to the owner of a plantation near Ashbie's Gap in Virginia. One or both of Sling and Sarah's parents later escaped with the help of Harriet Tubman and found their way to Philadelphia. Reverend Silas Jackson, Ex-slave narrative as recorded Sept. 29, 1937 and available through the Library of Congress. ()

Built: 1760 (264 years ago)Coordinates: 38°55'13"N, 76°20'46"W

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Kent Island United States

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Legg's Dependence – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cross Island Trail, Thomas Point Shoal Light, Christ Church, Matapeake State Park.

5 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Cross Island Trail, Chester
129 min walk • The Cross Island Trail is a rail trail in Queen Anne's County, Maryland occupying a section of the abandoned Queen Anne's Railroad corridor that traverses the width of Kent Island. It was completed in 2001 and is part of the American Discovery Trail.
5 miW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Thomas Point Shoal Light, Annapolis
129 min walk • The Thomas Point Shoal Light, also known as Thomas Point Shoal Light Station, is a historic lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay on the east coast of the United States, and the most recognized lighthouse in Maryland. It is the only screw-pile lighthouse in the bay which stands at its original site.
4.5 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Christ Church, Stevensville
115 min walk • Christ Church refers to both an Episcopal parish currently located in Matapeake, Maryland and the historic church building located in the Stevensville Historic District in Stevensville, Maryland, which the parish occupied from 1880 to 1995, and that is now a Lutheran church.
2.3 miN
Park
Matapeake State Park, Kent Island
60 min walk • Matapeake State Park is a public recreation area on Chesapeake Bay occupying the site of a former ferry landing in Matapeake, Kent Island, Maryland. The landing served the state-owned Chesapeake Bay Ferry System before the Chesapeake Bay Bridge opened. The park is leased and managed by Queen Anne's County.
5.7 miNE
38°59'13"N • 76°17'1"W
Castle Harbor Marina, Chester
146 min walk • Sailing, Marina
4.5 miN
History museum, Museum
Cray House, Stevensville
116 min walk • The Cray House is a two-room house in Stevensville, Maryland. Built around 1809, it is a rare surviving example of post-and-plank construction, and of a build of small house which once dominated the local landscape.
4 miNE
Neighbourhood
Stevensville Bank, Stevensville
102 min walk • The Stevensville Bank is a historic bank building located near the center of Stevensville, Maryland, United States, and is in the Stevensville Historic District.