Mattaponi, Prince George's County, Maryland
Identifier
bama184
Title
Mattaponi , Prince George's County , Maryland
Creator
Earle, Swepson, 1879-1943
Subject
Architecture--Maryland--Prince George's County--Pictorial works Historic buildings--Maryland--Prince George's County--Pictorial works Prince George's County (Md.)--Biography Prince George's County (Md.)--Genealogy Prince George's County (Md.)--History Vernacular architecture--United States
Description
According to Earle , within Prince George's County and "located about two and one-half miles northwest of Nottingham and the Patuxent River is 'Mattaponi, ' one of the earliest homes of the Bowie family . The house is built entirely of brick and was constructed between 1745 and 1750 . The land on which this house stands was first granted by Chas . Calvert , Lord Baltimore , to Robert Brooke , who was born in England in the seventeenth century , and it was called 'Brookes Reserve. ' See : Earle , Swepson , The Chesapeake Bay Country (Baltimore : Thomsen-Ellis Company , 1923) , 215 .
Holding Institution
Baltimore Museum of Art
Collection
Photograph Collection, Swepson Earle Lantern Slides of Chesapeake Bay Architecture
Date
ca. 1906-1923
Date Digital
2009-09-11
Type
Image
Format
Digital reproduction of 1 lantern slide, 5 x 8 cm.
Coverage (Time Period)
1901-1910 1911-1920 1921-1930
Access Rights
Permission to reproduce this item is required and may be subject to copyright, fees, and other legal restrictions. For more information, please contact: E. Kirkbride Miller Art Research Library, Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, (443) 573-1778, bmalibrary@artbma.org.
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