Historical Marker

Bowlingly MISSING

Steamboat Avenue at Maryland Avenue · Queenstown · Queen Anne's

Inscription

Bowlingly Estate patented to James Bowling, 1658, and present manor house built 1733. East-west wing added about 1830. Before dawn, August 2, 1813, British troops under Sir Charles James Napier landed here and after defeating the local militia seriously damaged the manor house and its contents before re-embarking.

Maryland Historical Society

Location

AddressSteamboat Avenue at Maryland Avenue

CityQueenstown

CountyQueen Anne's

StateMaryland

Coordinates38.991833, -76.156844

Sources

Maryland Department of Transportation, Roadside Historical Markers

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