Near Myersville in Washington County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

The Dahlgren Chapel

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 11, 2020

1. The Dahlgren Chapel Marker

Inscription. This chapel was built around 1881 by Madeline Vinton Dahlgren, widow of Admiral John A. Dahlgren, USN, inventor of the Dahlgren gun, the armament used by the USS Monitor against the CSS Virginia, formerly the steam frigate USS Merrimack.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Civil • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1881.

Location. 39° 29.04′ N, 77° 37.098′ W. Marker is near Myersville, Maryland, in Washington County. It is at the intersection of Historic National Road (Alternate U.S. 40) and Dahlgren Road, on the right when traveling west on Historic National Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1514 Dahlgren Rd, Myersville MD 21773, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Baltimore Metro Region

and in Western Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A different marker also named South Mountain Summit (about 300 feet away); Turner's Pass Tablet T. P. 1 (about 400 feet away); Turner's Pass Tablet T. P. 2 (about 400 feet away); Turner's Pass Tablet T. P. 3 (about 400 feet away); Turner's Pass Tablet T. P. 4 (about 400 feet away); Turner's Pass Tablet T. P. 5 (about 400 feet away); Turner's Pass Tablet T. P. 6 (about 400 feet away); a different marker also named 19th Century Backpacker (about 500 feet away).

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sectionhead>Other markers no longer nearby. Dalgren Chapel (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); South Mountain Summit (was about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been replaced with another marker now near it); 19th Century Backpacker (was about 500 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

The Dahlgren Chapel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, June 9, 2007

2. The Dahlgren Chapel

Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren image. Click for full size.

Internet Archive

3. Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren

from Immortelles of Catholic Columbian Literature, 1887, by Mother Seraphine Leonard, The Ursulines of New York.

Rear Adm John A. Dahlgren standing by a Dahlgren gun on the deck of the USS Pawnee June 17, 1865. image. Click for full size.

Library of Congress

4. Rear Adm John A. Dahlgren standing by a Dahlgren gun on the deck of the USS Pawnee June 17, 1865.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 6, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 24, 2007, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 3,653 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 12, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 2. submitted on June 24, 2007, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 3, 4. submitted on August 11, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.