Sudlersville in Queen Anne's County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Dudley's Chapel

Built in 1783 on land donated by Joshua Dudley

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, October 19, 2007

1. Dudley's Chapel Marker

Inscription. The first Methodist meeting house in Queen Anne’s County. It is one of the earliest surviving Methodist Churches in the nation. It grew out of a society organized in 1774. Bishops Francis Asbury, Thomas Coke and Richard Whatcoat preached here. The brick Chapel was renovated in 1883.

On National Register of Historic Places

Erected by Maryland Historical Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Francis Asbury, Traveling Methodist Preacher, the Maryland Historical Trust, and the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1774.

Location. 39° 10.952′ N, 75° 53.549′ W. Marker is in Sudlersville, Maryland, in Queen Anne's County. It is on Benton Corner Road 0.3 miles south of Sudlersville Road (Maryland Route 300), on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sudlersville MD 21668, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Eastern Shore.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

in the Tidewater,

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Dudley's Chapel (here, next to this marker); Sudlersville Memorial Library (approx. 1.8 miles away); James Emory Foxx

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(approx. 1.8 miles away); Sudlersville (approx. 1.8 miles away); St. Andrew's Chapel, 1880 Sudlersville, MD (approx. 1.8 miles away); Sudlersville Train Station (approx. 2 miles away); Callister’s Ferry (approx. 4.6 miles away); Henry Highland Garnet (approx. 5.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sudlersville.

Also see . . . Dudley's Chapel - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form.

Dudley's Chapel is primarily significant for its prominent place in the early history of the Methodist Church in Maryland. The society which built Dudley's was organized by 1774, only eight years after Francis Asbury first preached in New York City. The church, built nine years later, is one of the earliest surviving Methodist churches in Maryland, and was the first Methodist church built in Queen Anne's County.

(Submitted on October 23, 2024, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)

Dudley's Chapel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, October 19, 2007

2. Dudley's Chapel

Interior of Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, October 19, 2007

3. Interior of Church

Dudley Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, October 19, 2007

4. Dudley Cemetery

Graves are spread all over the grounds with very little order.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 23, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,020 times since then and 34 times this year. Last updated on March 8, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 23, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.