Mattapax, Kent Island

Name: Mattapax
Address: Kent Island, United States

#2 among attractions in Kent Island

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Mattapax is a historic home located at Stevensville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States. It is a 1+1⁄2-story brick house, three bays wide, and one room deep, with flush brick chimneys at either end of a pitched gable roof built about 1760. In 1949 a restoration resulted in the construction of a brick wing to replace an earlier frame wing. Also on the property are a frame cottage, a large horse barn, and a frame wagon shed. ()

Built: 1760 (264 years ago)Coordinates: 38°54'40"N, 76°20'54"W

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Kent Island United States

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Mattapax – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

5.6 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Cross Island Trail, Chester
144 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.
4.8 miW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Thomas Point Shoal Light, Annapolis
122 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.
5.1 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Christ Church, Stevensville
131 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.
3 miN
Park
Matapeake State Park, Kent Island
76 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.
6.3 miNE
38°59'13"N • 76°17'1"W
Castle Harbor Marina, Chester
161 min walk • Sailing, Marina
5.2 miN
History museum, Museum
Cray House, Stevensville
132 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.
4.6 miN
Neighbourhood
Stevensville Bank, Stevensville
119 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.
0.6 miN
Greek Revival architecture, Georgian architecture
Legg's Dependence, Kent Island
17 min walk • 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.

Mattapax, Kent Island

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Mattapax – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)