Saint Nicholas Church
1637 Jesuit Mission of Father Andrew White was located a mile from here on Patuxent River, on land given by Mattapanient Indian Chief Macquacomen. The first St. Nicholas Church was built at this site in 1796 by Jesuit Father James Walton. Present building erected 1916, became Navy chapel when Patuxent Naval Air Station was established in 1942.
Marker is on Three Notch Road (Maryland Route 235) south of Great Mills Road (Maryland Route 246), on the right when traveling north.
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