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Addison Chapel:
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, also know as Addison Chapel, was built about 1809 replacing two previous chapels. The Chapel was first established in 1696 as a chapel of ease for St. John's Church at Broad Creek. It was named for Colonel John Addison, of Oxon Hill plantation, a leading proponent of the Anglican Church. His descendant Walter Dulaney Addison, who was for a term Chaplain of the Senate also served as rector here. St. Matthew's is situated in a large graveyard containing some early stones, the most notable being that of Benjamin Stoddert, the first Secretary of the Navy.
On August 24, 1814, Addison's Chapel was reportedly used as temporary British headquarters as they marched up Addison Road prior to the Battle of Bladensburg. |