Mardela Springs in Wicomico County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Barren Creek Springs Church
Barren Creek Springs Village
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 14, 2022
1. Barren Creek Springs Church Marker
Inscription.
Barren Creek Springs Church. Barren Creek Springs Village. This small chapel-like building on the small rise on the north bank of the Barren Creek was built by 1842, and may have begun life a bit earlier as a school. Land was donated by local farmer Joshua Brattan, one of the important town builders of Barren Creek Springs, on the condition that a Presbyterian church be built there. Brattan also apparently constructed the building, which also continued to serve as a school for several years. Later when the Presbyterian congregation moved to Salisbury the church passed to the Episcopal Church. Over the next hundred years it was used at time by Baptists, Methodists, Boy Scouts, and others. In 1989 it was donated by the last owners, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gunby to Westside Historical Society who have restored it. No longer affiliated with a religious denomination, it is exhibited as an historic site, and is open to public use for weddings or other events.
This small chapel-like building on the small rise on the north bank of the Barren Creek was built by 1842, and may have begun life a bit earlier as a school. Land was donated by local farmer Joshua Brattan, one of the important town builders of Barren Creek Springs, on the condition that a Presbyterian church be built there. Brattan also apparently constructed the building, which also continued to serve as a school for several years. Later when the Presbyterian congregation moved to Salisbury the church passed to the Episcopal Church. Over the next hundred years it was used at time by Baptists, Methodists, Boy Scouts, and others. In 1989 it was donated by the last owners, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gunby to Westside Historical Society who have restored it. No longer affiliated with a religious denomination, it is exhibited as an historic site, and is open to public use for weddings or other events.
Erected by Westside Historical Society. (Marker Number 12.)
Location. 38° 27.64′ N, 75° 45.093′ W. Marker is in Mardela Springs, Maryland, in Wicomico County. It can be reached from Main Street 0.1 miles west of Ocean Gateway (U.S. 50), on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 108 Main St, Mardela Springs MD 21837, 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, and in the Tidewater. 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.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 14, 2022
2. Barren Creek Springs Church
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 14, 2022
3. American Presbyterian and Reformed Historical Site plaque for the church
Credits. This page was last revised on January 15, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 15, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 902 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on January 15, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
