St. Mary's Church (Abingdon, Maryland)

St. Mary's Church is a historic Episcopal church in Abingdon, Maryland. It is a small Gothic Revival parish church It was built about 1851 and carefully designed in the "Early English" manner with gray rubble stone walls, cut Port Deposit granite trim, and a very steep slate-covered roof. It features an ornamental chimney, with a fleur-de-lis, the symbol of the Virgin Mary, in a bas-relief panel. It is the only church in America to have a complete set of stained glass windows designed by William Butterfield, the English Gothic Revival architect. Johannes Oertel did the chancel paintings.^[2]

St. Mary's Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
St. Mary's Church in 2014
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Location	South of Emmorton on MD 24, Abingdon, Maryland
Coordinates	39°29′16″N 76°19′4″W
Area	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built	1851 (1851)
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	73000928[1]
Added to NRHP	March 30, 1973

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

Notable interments

• James H. Broumel (died 1948), Maryland delegate^[3]
• James McLean (died 1956), Maryland delegate^[4]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Arthur Townsend (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Mary's Church" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
3. "James H. Broumel". The Baltimore Sun. 1948-12-07. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-01-12 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Monmouth Farm Owner Dies". The Evening Sun. 1956-09-18. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• St. Mary's Church, Harford County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust