St. Paul's Chapel (Crownsville, Maryland)
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St. Paul's Chapel is an historic Carpenter Gothic
style Episcopal
church at Crownsville
, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
. It is a small board-and-batten frame church composed of a simple rectangular nave, a small entrance porch, a small deep chancel, and two very small utility sections added to the sides of the chancel. There is a small cemetery on the property dating from the 1860s. It may be an example of a church built by following plans of Richard Upjohn
, the noted 19th century American architect.
St, Paul's Chapel is now part of St. Paul's Anglican Church in the Anglican Province of America
. Its current rector is the Right Rev. Robert Samuel Loiselle, Sr., who is also assistant bishop of the Anglican Province of America. In 2008, a new larger church building, designed to be compatible architecturally with the chapel was built next to it and the two were joined together.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1973.
Carpenter Gothic
Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic, and Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures built by house-carpenters...
style Episcopal
Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
church at Crownsville
Crownsville, Maryland
Crownsville is a census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,670 at the 2000 census. It hosts the Anne Arundel County Fair each September, as well as the annual Maryland Renaissance Festival for several summer weekends. A state psychiatric hospital...
, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Anne Arundel County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is named for Anne Arundell , a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England and the wife of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Its county seat is Annapolis, which is also the capital of the state...
. It is a small board-and-batten frame church composed of a simple rectangular nave, a small entrance porch, a small deep chancel, and two very small utility sections added to the sides of the chancel. There is a small cemetery on the property dating from the 1860s. It may be an example of a church built by following plans of Richard Upjohn
Richard Upjohn
Richard Upjohn was an English-born architect who emigrated to the United States and became most famous for his Gothic Revival churches. He was partially responsible for launching the movement to such popularity in the United States. Upjohn also did extensive work in and helped to popularize the...
, the noted 19th century American architect.
St, Paul's Chapel is now part of St. Paul's Anglican Church in the Anglican Province of America
Anglican Province of America
The Anglican Province of America is one of a number of "Continuing" Anglican churches in the United States. This church considers the Episcopal Church in the USA to be heretical, thus it maintains a church separate from that body in order to follow what it considers to be a truly Christian and...
. Its current rector is the Right Rev. Robert Samuel Loiselle, Sr., who is also assistant bishop of the Anglican Province of America. In 2008, a new larger church building, designed to be compatible architecturally with the chapel was built next to it and the two were joined together.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1973.
External links
- St. Paul's Chapel, Anne Arundel County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
- St. Paul's Anglican Church website