St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Kingston, Maryland)

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St. Mark's Episcopal Church
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Location6973 Old Westover Marion Road, Kingston, Maryland
Coordinates 38°4′21″N75°42′35″W / 38.07250°N 75.70972°W / 38.07250; -75.70972
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1846 (1846)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 90001569 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 25, 1990

St. Mark's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Kingston, Somerset County, Maryland. It is a single-story one-by-three-bay frame structure in the Greek Revival style, built in 1846 and moved to this site in 1924. Also on the property is cemetery with about a dozen 19th-century burials. [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 Baker Touart (October 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Mark's Episcopal Church" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.