Union Chapel (Glenwood, Maryland)

Union Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Union Chapel, January 2011
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Location	1 mile north of Glenwood on Maryland Route 97, Glenwood, Maryland
Coordinates	39°17′45″N77°1′31″W / 39.29583°N 77.02528°W / 39.29583; -77.02528
Area	less than one acre
Built	1831 (1831)
NRHP reference No.	75000904 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 17, 1975

The Union Chapel, now known as St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, is a historic church located near Glenwood, Howard County, Maryland, United States. It is a rectangular two-story building of stuccoed stone construction painted pastel yellow completed in 1833 for $1,459. ^{[2] [3]} To the rear of the chapel is the attractively landscaped non-sectarian Oak Grove Cemetery. Charles Dorsey Warfield, a member of the prominent Warfield family that settled this region, deeded the property to the residents of the area for non-denominational church and community use. The building was constructed for $5,040 ^[4] In 1886, it became part of the Methodist church circuit. ^[5]

Union Chapel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. ^[1]

See also

• List of Howard County properties in the Maryland Historical Trust
• Bushy Park, Glenwood Maryland
• Ellerslie (Glenwood, Maryland)

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Howard County Historic Society. Images of America Howard County. p. 58.
3. Celia M. Holland. Old homes and families of Howard County, Maryland: with consideration of various additional points of interest. p. 222.
4. Barbara W. Feaga. Howard's Roads to Past. p. 72.
5. J. Richard Rivoire (February 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Union Chapel" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 1, 2016.

External links

• Union Chapel, Howard County, including photo from 1997, at Maryland Historical Trust
• St. Andrew's Episcopal Church website