St. James Church (Monkton, Maryland)

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St. James Church
St. James Church (Monkton, Maryland) is located in Maryland
St. James Church (Monkton, Maryland)
St. James Church (Monkton, Maryland) is located in the United States
St. James Church (Monkton, Maryland)
Location3100 Monkton Road, Monkton, Maryland
Coordinates39°33′41″N 76°34′11″W / 39.56139°N 76.56972°W / 39.56139; -76.56972
Arealess than one acre
Built1755 (1755)
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No.74000941[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 12, 1974

St. James Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Monkton, Baltimore County, Maryland, US.

History

In 1713,

grist mill along the Gunpowder River. A chapel of ease was constructed, and, clergy from St. John's Parish in Joppatown
visited periodically.

St. James Episcopal Church, Monkton, Maryland
St. James Episcopal Church, Monkton, Maryland

Maryland's legislature recognized St. James as a separate parish from St. John's (also called Copley Parish) in 1770. In 1773, Baltimore and Harford Counties split, with the Gunpowder River becoming the dividing line. Thus, both counties received parts of My Lady's Manor, with the port of Joppatowne securely in Harford County and thriving until silting of the Gunpowder River and development of larger ocean-going vessels made Baltimore the region's major port. The My Lady's Manor land was owned by descendants of scandal-plagued Thomas Brerewood, whose son had married (secretly) the daughter of the fourth Lord Baltimore, who had inherited it in 1731 and soon after emigrated to Maryland with her husband, who developed the land grant. Maryland's legislature confiscated the My Lady's Manor property during the American Revolutionary War and stored gunpowder in the church building (which remained standing). In 1782 the new state of Maryland sold the adjoining lands to tenant farmers, many of whose families still remain in the area.[2] By 1795, the parish had approximately 1600 baptized members.[3]

Monkton Road had been a major north-south route for Native Americans, as well as through the Revolutionary War. However, construction of a road between Baltimore and

Northern Central Railroad Trail
.

Architecture

Construction of a 60x30 foot brick chapel, a Maryland vernacular interpretation of

box pews) completed in 2005. The bell tower dates from 1884. A cemetery surrounds the church, enclosed by a stone wall.[4]

A school was constructed adjacent to the church in 1821, but its buildings physically dismantled in 1884 and the bricks reused in the new bell tower. The parish hall was built in 1904 and expanded in 1950, and the St. James Academy refounded in 1957, with a major refurbishment in 1994-1999.[5] That 89 acre property includes playing fields and a parking lot on the side furthest from Monkton Road.

The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

Notable burials

See also

  • List of post 1692 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ historical marker on site
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-08-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Nancy Miller (1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. James Church" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  5. ^ "History". Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  6. Newspapers.com.Open access icon

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