Rock United Presbyterian Church

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Rock United Presbyterian Church
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Rock United Presbyterian Church, April 2010
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Nearest city Elkton, Maryland
Coordinates 39°42′7″N75°53′9″W / 39.70194°N 75.88583°W / 39.70194; -75.88583 Coordinates: 39°42′7″N75°53′9″W / 39.70194°N 75.88583°W / 39.70194; -75.88583
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1761 (1761)
ArchitectWalker & Gibson; Plack, W.L.
Architectural styleGothic
NRHP reference No. 83003776 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 1, 1983

Rock United Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland. It is a rectangular building of uncoursed rubble stone construction, three bays wide by three deep, with a steeply pitched slate-clad gable roof. It was originally constructed in 1761, and remodeled to its current Victorian Gothic influenced appearance in 1872 and 1900. Also on the property is a 1+12-story, stone Session House originally constructed in 1762 and a modern white stucco Church House constructed in 1953. The church is significant due to its association with the early Scotch-Irish immigrants to Maryland. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [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. Anne Copley (June 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Rock United Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.