Timonium in Baltimore County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Saters Church

1742

Photographed by William Pfingsten, September 3, 2007

1. Saters Church 1742 Marker

Inscription. On land granted by the Fifth Lord Baltimore, Henry Sater, gentleman planter, founded this first church of Baptists in Maryland. To the congregation he deeded a plot and chapel “forever to the end of the world.”

Erected 1962 by Maryland Historical Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Maryland Historical Trust series list.

Location. 39° 26.172′ N, 76° 40.939′ W. Marker is in Timonium, Maryland, in Baltimore County. It is at the intersection of Falls Road (Maryland Route 25) and Saters Lane, on the left when traveling north on Falls Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1012 Westwicke Ln, Lutherville Timonium MD 21093, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic

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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Sater’s Church (approx. ¼ mile away); Brooklandwood (approx. 0.4 miles away); Axios Farms (approx. 0.9 miles away); Hunt’s Church (approx. 2.4 miles away); Rockland (approx. 2.6 miles

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away); Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad Marble Track Bed (approx. 2.6 miles away); Jones Falls Watershed (approx. 2.6 miles away); Baltimore & Susquehanna Railroad Marble Track Bed (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Timonium.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Brooklandwood Plantation (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Pfingsten, September 3, 2007

2. Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church

Marker is on the grounds of Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church. Saters Church is located approximately .4 miles further down Saters Lane.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 22, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 3, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 4,664 times since then and 116 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 3, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.