Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church (Eldersburg, Maryland)

Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church
Location Liberty Road (MD 26), Eldersburg, Maryland
Coordinates 39°24′26″N 76°57′45″W / 39.40722°N 76.96250°W / 39.40722; -76.96250Coordinates: 39°24′26″N 76°57′45″W / 39.40722°N 76.96250°W / 39.40722; -76.96250
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1821 (1821)
Built by Elder, John
NRHP Reference # 84001593[1]
Added to NRHP March 22, 1984

The Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church in Eldersburg, Maryland is a characteristic small church of the period, with uncoursed stone rubble construction and a simple plan. The interior is a single barrel-vaulted room. It was erected to serve one of the earliest Methodist congregations in Carroll County, and hence in the United States, as Carroll County was a birthplace of Methodism in America.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Peter Kurtze and Jean Hershberger (November 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
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