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St. Paul's Church
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St. Paul's in 1936
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| Location: | 7579 Sandy Bottom Rd., Fairlee, Maryland |
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| Nearest city: | Chestertown, Maryland |
| Built: | ca. 1712 |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: |
80001820 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | June 06, 1980 |
St. Paul's Church, also known as St. Paul's Church, Fairlee, is an historic Episcopal church located at Fairlee, Kent County, Maryland. It is an 18th century brick structure, dating to about 1712, measuring 30 feet by 40 feet with a semicircular apse on the east gable. Additions occurred after 1841, when a robing room was built (later enlarged in 1967) then around 1908, when an organ room was built, It is the earliest existing Episcopal church building on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, except for the restored Trinity Church, Church Creek and one of the first parishes established by the Colonial Assembly in 1692 for the dissemination of the Church of England throughout the province.[2] St. Paul's Parish, Kent was one of the original 30 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
Tallulah Bankhead died in New York City on Dec. 12, 1968, and was buried in the churchyard of St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Sandy Bottom Road in Chestertown two days later.
Her stone is simply engraved: "TALLULAH BROCKMAN BANKHEAD - January 20, 1902-December 12, 1968."
Her sister joined her there in 1979.
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