Prince George's County Tricentennial

Prince George's County:
Over 300 years of History

St. Ignatius Church
2401 Brinldey Road, Oxon Hill Built in 1890 -- St. Ignatius is a Queen Anne-style church with centered entry tower, corner buttresses, and particularly fine ornamental shingle siding. A large cemetery adjoins the church. St. Ignatius was built to replace the original 1849 church on this site, and is the oldest Roman Catholic Church building in southwest Prince George's County. Referred to in 1891 by Cardinal Gibbons as "the prettiest little church in Southern Maryland," St. Ignatius is the County's finest example of Queen Anne style ecclesiastical architecture.

Special thanks to Prince George's County Historic Preservation Commission, M-NPPC, County Administration Building, 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 (301)952-3520 for permission to post this page. Images on these pages are copyrighted and should not be used without author's permission.

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These pages were created as a part of the 1996 PG County Tricentennial celebration. Additional history resources are listed on the bibliography page. These pages are not being updated. They are now located on the Prince George's County Historical Society's web site. Contact links: web site manager - Society information. You can search the entire site through this search form.: