All Saints' Church (Sunderland, Maryland)

All Saints' Church is a historic Episcopal church located at 100 Lower Marlboro Road (near the intersection of Southern Maryland Boulevard MD 4 and Solomons Island Road MD 2), in Sunderland,[2] Calvert County, Maryland. All Saint's Parish was one of the thirty original Anglican parishes created in 1692 to encompass the Province of Maryland. In 1693 its first parish church, a log structure, was built on an acre of land called Kemp's Desire donated by Thomas Hillary. This log church was expanded in 1703-1704 and repaired at least 4 times before being replaced on top of the hill between MD routes 4, 262, and 2 by the present brick building.[3]

All Saints' Church
All Saints' Church - Front View, December 2008
Nearest city100 Lower Marlboro Road,
Sunderland, Maryland
Coordinates38°39′42″N 76°36′26″W
Built1774
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No.73000908[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 14, 1973

Built between 1774 and 1777, the present church building is a Georgian structure of Flemish bond brick with random glazed headers. Since All Saint's Parish was part of the established church of the Province of Maryland, the published volumes of the Archives of Maryland contain pertinent documented source material on the building showing that it was built with county taxes while future bishop Thomas Claggett served as its rector.[4]

All Saints' Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

All Saints' Church remains an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. Its current rector is the Rev. Ken Phelps, Jr.[2]

  • All Saints' Church - Rear View, December 2008
  • All Saints' Church - Labyrinth, December 2008
  • All Saints' Church - Labyrinth Sign, December 2008

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. All Saints Episcopal Church newsletter, July, 2009
  3. Middleton, the Rev. Canon Arthur Pierce, Ph.D., Anglican Maryland, 1692-1792, Virginia Beach: The Donning Company, 1992, pp. 5, 69-70, ISBN 0-89865-841-1
  4. Paul A. Brinkman and Nancy Miller (July 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: All Saints' Church" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
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