Mettam Memorial Baptist Church
Appearance
Mettam Memorial Baptist Church | |
Location | Old Court Rd. between Sudbrook and Reisterstown Rds., Pikesville, Maryland |
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Coordinates | 39°22′41″N 76°43′10″W / 39.37806°N 76.71944°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1835 |
NRHP reference No. | 75000867[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 24, 1975 |
Mettam Memorial Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located at Pikesville, Baltimore County, Maryland. It is a 1+1⁄2-story gable-front stone structure measuring 30-by-40-foot (9.1 by 12.2 m) and built in 1835. It was renovated in 1965–1966 by the Pikesville Lions Club. The church sits on an acre of ground which includes a cemetery. The building is named for its first pastor, Joseph Mettam. The congregation joined with five others to found the Maryland Baptist Union Association, later the Baptist State Mission Board of Maryland.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Nancy Miller (April 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mettam Memorial Baptist Church" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
External links
[edit]- Mettam Memorial Baptist Church, Baltimore County, including photo from 1968, at Maryland Historical Trust
Categories:
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- Churches completed in 1835
- 19th-century Baptist churches in the United States
- Baptist churches in Maryland
- Churches in Baltimore County, Maryland
- Religious buildings and structures in Pikesville, Maryland
- National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore County, Maryland
- Baltimore County, Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs
- Maryland church stubs