All Saints Church at Monie

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All Saints Church at Monie
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LocationVenton Road
Venton, Maryland
Coordinates 38°11′37″N75°45′55″W / 38.19361°N 75.76528°W / 38.19361; -75.76528 Coordinates: 38°11′37″N75°45′55″W / 38.19361°N 75.76528°W / 38.19361; -75.76528
Area28 acres (11 ha)
Built1881 (1881)
Architectural style Carpenter Gothic
NRHP reference No. 90001167 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 3, 1990

All Saints Church at Monie is a historic Episcopal church located at Venton, Somerset County, Maryland. It is a single-story Carpenter Gothic-style building, five bays across by one room deep built in 1881. It is a well-preserved example of a small, rural Carpenter Gothic church taken from the designs of Richard Upjohn. Also on the property is the cemetery with 18th, 19th, and 20th century burial sites and markers. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Paul B. Touart (October 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: All Saints Church at Monie" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.