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Loch Raven in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Hunt’s Church

A Methodist Society Established in 1773.

 
 
Hunt’s Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Pfingsten, September 3, 2007
1. Hunt’s Church Marker
Inscription. First meeting house built on this site 1780. Previously met in Phineas Hunt’s House, still standing on Joppa Road. His grave is nearby. The present church building was erected in 1874.
 
Erected by Baltimore County Historical Society.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesColonial EraReligion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1773.
 
Location. 39° 24.573′ N, 76° 39.255′ W. Marker is in Towson, Maryland, in Baltimore County. It is in Loch Raven. It is at the intersection of Joppa Road and Old Court Road, on the right when traveling east on Joppa Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1912 Old Court Road, Towson MD 21204, 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
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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: Rockland (approx. 0.9 miles away); Nicholas Ruxton Moore (approx. one mile away); The Colored Methodist Protestant St. John’s Chapel of Baltimore County (approx. 1.2 miles away); Axios Farms (approx. 1½ miles away); Lutherville Historic District (approx. 1.7 miles away); Brooklandwood (approx. 2 miles away); Fire Power (approx. 2.2 miles away); Saters Church (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Towson.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Brooklandwood Plantation (was approx. 2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Phineas Hunt’s house located behind Hunt Memorial Church image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrea Waters, October 28, 2023
2. Phineas Hunt’s house located behind Hunt Memorial Church
Hunt's Methodist Church image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Pfingsten, September 3, 2007
3. Hunt's Methodist Church
Phineas Hunt’s tombstone image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrea Waters, October 28, 2023
4. Phineas Hunt’s tombstone
Graveyard where Phineas Hunt is buried image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrea Waters, October 28, 2023
5. Graveyard where Phineas Hunt is buried
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 3, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,663 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on September 3, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.   2. submitted on November 2, 2023, by Andrea Waters of Cambridge, Maryland.   3. submitted on September 3, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.   4. submitted on October 30, 2023, by Andrea Waters of Cambridge, Maryland.   5. submitted on October 31, 2023, by Andrea Waters of Cambridge, Maryland. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.
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