Tolson's Chapel

Tolson's Chapel

Tolson's Chapel, September 2012
Location 111 E. High St., Sharpsburg, Maryland
Coordinates 39°27′22.05″N 77°44′47.0112″W / 39.4561250°N 77.746392000°W / 39.4561250; -77.746392000Coordinates: 39°27′22.05″N 77°44′47.0112″W / 39.4561250°N 77.746392000°W / 39.4561250; -77.746392000
Area 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built 1866 (1866)
Architectural style Single log pen
NRHP Reference # 08001012[1]
Added to NRHP October 21, 2008

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 Freedmen's Bureau school for black residents of Sharpsburg in the years following the American Civil War.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Paula S. Reed and Edie Wallace (May 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Tolson's Chapel" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.


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