Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church
Appearance
Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church | |
Location | Hoopers Neck Rd., Taylor's Island, Maryland |
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Coordinates | 38°28′56″N 76°18′58″W / 38.48222°N 76.31611°W |
Area | 2.4 acres (0.97 ha) |
Built | 1857 |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival; Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 79001126[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 7, 1979 |
Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic Methodist church located at Bethlehem, Taylor's Island, Dorchester County, Maryland. It was built in 1857, and is a gable-front common bond brick church across the road from a mid-19th century cemetery.
The Gothic Revival Victorian church has an octagonal belfry above which is an octagonal dome with a spire superimposed and covered in copper, making it look like an inverted ice cream cone. It is the best example of a mid-19th century Methodist chapel in Dorchester County and retains its original interior.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Michael Bourne (April 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
External links
[edit]Media related to Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church at Wikimedia Commons
- Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church, Dorchester County, including photo from 1975, at Maryland Historical Trust
Categories:
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- Gothic Revival church buildings in Maryland
- Victorian architecture in Maryland
- Churches in Dorchester County, Maryland
- Methodist churches in Maryland
- National Register of Historic Places in Dorchester County, Maryland
- 1857 establishments in Maryland
- Taylors Island, Maryland
- Methodist Episcopal churches in the United States
- Churches completed in 1857
- Eastern Shore, Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs
- Maryland church stubs