Tolson's Chapel
Encyclopedia
Tolson's Chapel is a historic African American church located at Sharpsburg
, Washington County, Maryland
, United States
. It was built in 1866 and served as a church and a Freedman's Bureau school for black residents of Sharpsburg in the years following the American Civil War
.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2008.
Sharpsburg, Maryland
Sharpsburg is a town in Washington County, Maryland, United States, approximately south of Hagerstown. The population was 691 at the 2000 census....
, Washington County, Maryland
Washington County, Maryland
Washington County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering southern Pennsylvania to the north, northern Virginia to the south, and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia to the south and west. As of the 2010 Census, its population is 147,430...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was built in 1866 and served as a church and a Freedman's Bureau school for black residents of Sharpsburg in the years following the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
.
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 2008.
External links
- Tolson's Chapel, Washington County at Maryland Historical Trust
- Tolson's Chapel, 111 East High Street, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD: 16 photos, 4 data pages, 2 photo caption pages, and 1 color transparency, at Historic American Building Survey
- Tolson's Chapel, Written Historic and Descriptive Data, at Historic American Building Survey