Coventry Parish Ruins

Coventry Parish Ruins
Location Off Maryland Route 667, Rehobeth, Maryland
Coordinates 38°2′18″N 75°39′59″W / 38.03833°N 75.66639°WCoordinates: 38°2′18″N 75°39′59″W / 38.03833°N 75.66639°W
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1785
Built by Marshall, Isaac & Stephen
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 84001869[1]
Added to NRHP August 9, 1984

Coventry Parish Ruins are the remnants of an historic Episcopal church located at Rehobeth, Somerset County, Maryland. It consists of a two-story seven-by-three-bay Flemish bond brick church erected between 1785 and 1788. The ruin has been reduced to three primary walls, since the south wall rises only a foot above ground level, except for one single-story pier. At the time of its construction it was the largest Episcopal church on Maryland's Eastern Shore.[2] Coventry Parish was one of the original 30 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. ↑ "Maryland Historical Trust". Coventry Parish Ruins, Somerset County. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-08.
  3. ↑ Middleton, the Rev. Canon Arthur Pierce, Ph.D., Anglican Maryland, 1692-1792, Virginia Beach: The Donning Company, 1992, pp. 5, 12, ISBN 0-89865-841-1

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