St. Mary's Church | |
Location: | South of Emmorton on MD 24, Abingdon, Maryland |
Coordinates: | 39.4878°N -76.3178°W |
Architecture: | Gothic Revival |
Added: | March 30, 1973 |
Refnum: | 73000928 |
St. Mary's Church is a historic Episcopal church in Abingdon, Maryland. It is a small Gothic Revival parish church It was built about 1851 and carefully designed in the "Early English" manner with gray rubble stone walls, cut Port Deposit granite trim, and a very steep slate-covered roof. It features an ornamental chimney, with a fleur-de-lis, the symbol of the Virgin Mary, in a bas-relief panel. It is the only church in America to have a complete set of stained glass windows designed by William Butterfield, the English Gothic Revival architect. Johannes Oertel did the chancel paintings.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.