User:Tedickey/Oxon Hill Manor

Oxon Hill was named for the colonial 18th century manor home of Thomas Addison (which burned in 1895 but was replaced in 1929 by a large 49-room neo-Georgian-style home called "Oxon Hill Manor," standing on a bluff over the Potomac River). The current Manor is now owned by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and is used for cultural activities as well as being rented for weddings and special events (it reopened in Oct. 2007 after repairs). Oxon is an abbreviation for the Latin Oxoniensis, meaning "of Oxford." The area now know as Oxon Hill reminded Addison of the area near Oxford, England.[1] The Revolutionary patriot John Hanson died while visiting the first Manor, and may be buried there in an unmarked grave.