Christ Church (Port Republic, Maryland)

The Christ Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Port Republic, Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The church is a three-bay-wide, five bays long, beige stucco covered structure featuring stained glass in most of the tall paired round-arched sash windows. It is the mother Episcopal Church of Calvert County and its oldest continually worshipping congregation.[2] Middleham Chapel was started from this congregation as a Chapel of Ease. Christ Church Parish was one of the original 30 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland. Burials in the church cemetery include former U. S. Representative Thomas Parran, Sr.[3][4] and United States Coast Guard Admiral Merlin O'Neill.[5]

Christ Church
Christ Church – North Side, December 2008
Nearest cityPort Republic, Maryland
Coordinates38°29′38″N 76°32′12″W
Built1772
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.75000871[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1975

Christ Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

  • Christ Church - South Side, December 2008
  • Christ Church - Door Detail, December 2008
  • Christ Church - Historic Marker, December 2008

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. William M. Plummer (April 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Christ Church" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  3. "PARRAN, Thomas - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  4. Thomas Parran at Find a Grave
  5. Merlin O'Neill at Find a Grave


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