Mount Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church (Crownsville, Maryland)

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Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church
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Nearest city Crownsville, Maryland
Coordinates 39°0′25″N76°37′50″W / 39.00694°N 76.63056°W / 39.00694; -76.63056 Coordinates: 39°0′25″N76°37′50″W / 39.00694°N 76.63056°W / 39.00694; -76.63056
Built1893
ArchitectQueen, James; Parker, George
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 01000373 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 12, 2001

Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as Mt. Tabor United Methodist Church, is an historic church located at 1421 St. Stephens Church Road, in Crownsville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The wood-frame building was constructed in 1893. It is rectangular in plan and features a bell tower projecting from the gable front. The bell tower was added between 1923 and 1929 by Henry and John Queen. Also on the property is the Mt. Tabor Good Samaritan Lodge No. 59. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Donna Ware (June 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mount Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.