Grace Reformed Episcopal Church | |
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Location | Havre de Grace, Maryland |
Country | United States |
Denomination | Anglican Church in North America Reformed Episcopal Church |
Website | gracerechurch |
History | |
Founded | 1910 |
Dedicated | 1910 |
Architecture | |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Administration | |
Diocese | Northeast and Mid-Atlantic |
Clergy | |
Rector | The Rev. Mark Specht |
Grace Reformed Episcopal Church | |
Part of | Havre de Grace Historic District (ID82002815) |
Added to NRHP | March 25, 1982 |
Grace Reformed Episcopal Church is a historic church in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Founded and built in 1910, it is a parish of the Reformed Episcopal Church's Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic and a contributing property to the Havre de Grace Historic District. [1]
Grace Reformed Episcopal Church was founded in 1910 as the result of a split in St. John's Episcopal Church in Havre de Grace. [2] The church was received into the New York and Philadelphia Synod of the REC in June 1910. [3] The cornerstone was laid that year, and the small church at 560 Fountain Street was completed in time for Christmas Day services on December 25, 1910. [4]
The church has been expanded and renovated over its history. A 1,500-pound bell was donated in 1911., [5] that the daughters also presented a bell weighing 1,500 lbs to Grace Reformed Episcopal Church.In 1915, a lightning strike to the steeple ignited wooden rafters and caused "considerable damage" to the church. The reconstruction deepened the chapel and added a choir and vestry room. [4] The parish hall was built in 1916 [4] and dedicated in 1917. [6]
In 1950, the rectory was built next door, and in 1961, a two-story education building was added. Renovations in 1984 saw the installation of kneelers, refurbishment of the sanctuary and the addition of air conditioning. [4] Among the church's notable members in the 20th century was G. Arnold Pfaffenbach, a Maryland state delegate in the 1930s. [7] Pfaffenbach donated the church's pulpit in 1948 in memory of his mother. [8]
The Maryland Historical Trust survey form for Grace REC's inclusion in the Maryland Index of Historic Properties describes a "[b]rick church, one story," with three bays by four bays. The belfry is located in the northwest corner, and the church has a hipped roof with a ridgeline running north to south. The "[w]indows have Gothic arch shape [with] Tiffany glass." [2]
In 2010, the church received an award from the Havre de Grace Historic Preservation Commission. [4]
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