Tolson's Chapel

Tolson's Chapel
Tolson's Chapel, September 2012
Location 111 E. High St., Sharpsburg, Maryland
Coordinates 39°27′22.05″N 77°44′47.0112″W / 39.4561250°N 77.746392000°WCoordinates: 39°27′22.05″N 77°44′47.0112″W / 39.4561250°N 77.746392000°W
Built 1866
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 08001012[1]
Added to NRHP October 21, 2008

Tolson's Chapel is a historic African American church located at Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, United States. It was built in 1866 and served as a church and a Freedmen's Bureau school for black residents of Sharpsburg in the years following the American Civil War.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. Herrin, Dean; Davidson, Lisa (2004). "Tolson's Chapel". Historic American Buildings Survey. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 3, 2014.

External links