St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Newport, Maryland)

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Newport

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Newport, MD, September 2009
Location St. Mary's Church Rd., Newport, Maryland
Coordinates 38°25′53″N 76°54′23″W / 38.43139°N 76.90639°W / 38.43139; -76.90639Coordinates: 38°25′53″N 76°54′23″W / 38.43139°N 76.90639°W / 38.43139; -76.90639
Area 60 acres (24 ha)
Built 1840 (1840)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 91000603[1]
Added to NRHP May 30, 1991

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Newport is a historic church located at Newport, Charles County, Maryland. It was built about 1840, and converted for use as a parish hall in 1906. It is a rectangular brick structure, four bays in length and three bays wide. It is of simple architectural styling typical of the Greek Revival period in this locality. Located on the property is the church cemetery, which includes the burial plot of the Brent-Merrick family, including congressman William Duhurst Merrick (1793–1857). It has several impressively scaled and ornamented monuments enclosed within a decorative mid-19th century wrought iron fence. Other memorial stones bear the signature of "A. Geddess," who founded the long-active Geddess monument firm of Baltimore in 1822.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ J. Richard Rivoire (November 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.


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