St. Paul's by-the-sea Protestant Episcopal Church

Historic church in Maryland, United States

United States historic place


St. Paul's by-the-sea Protestant Episcopal Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


38°20′5″N 75°5′5″W / 38.33472°N 75.08472°W / 38.33472; -75.08472
Area	less than one acre
Built	1900 (1900)-1901
Architectural style	Carpenter Gothic
NRHP reference No.	08001013^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 22, 2008

St. Paul's by-the-sea Protestant Episcopal Church is a parish of the Episcopal Church located in Ocean City, Worcester County, Maryland. It is noted for its historic Carpenter Gothic parish church, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.^[1]

Episcopal services were held from 1878 at Congress Hall, with a mission church built nearby in 1881. In 1898, John Waggaman of Washington D.C. donated two lots "up the beach" at Baltimore Avenue and Third Street to the congregation. The cornerstone for the new church was laid on June 6, 1900, and the first service was held the following year. In 1924, it was elevated to parochial status.^[2]

Architecture

The church is a frame church with a wood-shingled exterior. There is a corner bell tower and entrance with pointed-arch openings.^[3]

The altar, made of quartered oak, was presented to the church in 1903 by the Women's Auxiliary of the Diocese of Easton. The Italian marble baptismal font was an 1893 gift of Josephine L. Massey, proprietor of the Hamilton Hotel.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "History and Architecture". History of St. Paul's by-the-sea Protestant Episcopal Church. St. Paul's by-the-sea Protestant Episcopal Church. 2008-11-21.
^ Paul B. Touart (February 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Paul's by-the-sea Protestant Episcopal Church" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.