Shrewsbury Church

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Shrewsbury Church
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Nearest city Kennedyville, Maryland
Coordinates 39°19′44″N75°58′3″W / 39.32889°N 75.96750°W / 39.32889; -75.96750
Built1834
Architectural styleGothic Revival, Vernacular Gothic
NRHP reference No. 86001245 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 04, 1986

Shrewsbury Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Kennedyville, Kent County, Maryland, United States. It is a rural parish church constructed in 1834, and remodeled to its present vernacular Gothic-influenced appearance in 1890. The church is constructed of brick and features a three-stage buttressed and crenelated tower at the entrance, a low one-story chancel, and Gothic influenced walnut furnishings. [2] South Sassafras Parish, as it was originally known, was one of the original 30 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland. Buried in the churchyard is John Cadwalader, a general of the American Revolutionary War. [3] [4]

Shrewsbury Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [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. "Maryland Historical Trust". National Register of Historic Places: Shrewsbury Church. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-10-05.
  3. "About". Shrewsburyparish.org. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  4. https://apps.mht.maryland.gov/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-956.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]