Bethlehem_Methodist_Episcopal_Church

Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church

Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church

Historic church in Maryland, United States

Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic Methodist church located at Bethlehem, Taylor's Island, Dorchester County, Maryland. It was built in 1857, and is a gable-front common bond brick church across the road from a mid-19th century cemetery.

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The Gothic Revival Victorian church has an octagonal belfry above which is an octagonal dome with a spire superimposed and covered in copper, making it look like an inverted ice cream cone. It is the best example of a mid-19th century Methodist chapel in Dorchester County and retains its original interior.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    Michael Bourne (April 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

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