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Saint Mary's Catholic Church

Peerless Rockville

 
 
Saint Mary's Catholic Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, September 13, 2017
1. Saint Mary's Catholic Church Marker
Inscription.
1817
Historic
Saint Mary's
Catholic Church
and
Cemetery
Original cost: $4,000.00
Renovations:
1885 • 1929 • 1889 • 1981

 
Erected by Peerless Rockville. (Marker Number 4.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesReligion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1817.
 
Location. 39° 4.907′ N, 77° 8.701′ W. Marker is in Rockville, Maryland, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Veirs Mill Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 520 Veirs Mill Rd, Rockville MD 20852, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Saint Mary's Church (here, next to this marker); Rockville Station (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Rockville's Pump House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Typhoid in Rockville (approx. 0.3 miles away); Preserving a Community Resource (approx. 0.3 miles away); Mr. John Diggs-Dorsey (approx. 0.3 miles away); Mr. Sidney Randolph (approx. 0.3 miles away); Montgomery County Jail (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rockville.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Saint Mary’s Church (was within
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Three Markers image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, September 13, 2017
2. Three Markers
P A X image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, September 13, 2017
3. P A X
The Original
Parish Church of St. Mary's
Parish Canonically Established 1813
Church Dedicated - December 14, 1817
Three Markers<br>at Saint Mary's Catholic Church image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, September 13, 2017
4. Three Markers
at Saint Mary's Catholic Church
<br><br>I H S image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, September 13, 2017
5.

I H S
───
Anno Domini
1817
Saint Mary's Catholic Church image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, September 13, 2017
6. Saint Mary's Catholic Church
Saint Mary's Church image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, September 13, 2017
7. Saint Mary's Church
Historic Saint Mary's
Canonically Established: 1813
Saint Mary image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, September 13, 2017
8. Saint Mary
At Saint Mary's Church
The Altar in Saint Mary's Church image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, September 13, 2017
9. The Altar in Saint Mary's Church
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 15, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 480 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on September 15, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.   7, 8, 9. submitted on September 16, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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