Crownsville in Anne Arundel County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

St. Paul's Anglican Chapel

Consecrated in 1865

Photographed by Pete Skillman, June 5, 2025

1. St. Paul's Anglican Chapel Marker

Inscription. Located on the historic route taken by General George Washington to Annapolis to resign his commission, this chapel of ease was built in 1861 in the Gothic Revival board and batten design of the noted architect Richard Upjohn, first President of the American Institute of Architects.

St. Paul's was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #01 George Washington, and the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1861.

Location. 39° 1.537′ N, 76° 36.015′ W. Marker is in Crownsville, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County. It can be reached from Crownsville Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1505 Crownsville Rd, Crownsville MD 21032, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic

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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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Crownsville Hospital Memorial Park (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Crownsville Hospital and Civil Rights (about 600 feet away); A Challenged State Institution Evolves (about 600 feet away); Founding of the Crownsville State Hospital (about 600 feet away); Belvoir (approx. one mile away); Henry Baldwin (approx. 1.3 miles away); Rising Sun Inn (approx. 1.8 miles away); a different marker also named Rising Sun Inn (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Crownsville.

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

The history of St. Paul's Chapel begins in the years immediately before the Civil War. When the Reverend Henry R. Payne was rector for Severn Parish (1858 to 1861) he began holding regular Protestant Episcopal services
Photographed by Pete Skillman, June 5, 2025

2. St. Paul's Anglican Chapel Marker - wide view
at Severn, or Old Cross Roads, without a church building. His enthusiasm for this missionary work infected his parishoners who raised $700 toward the construction of what has become St. Paul's Chapel.On May 10, 1865, the Right Reverend Horatio Southgate, Bishop of Maryland, consecrated the chapel. After the installation of the Reverend B.H.T. Maycock, as rector of Severn Parish from 1884 to 1889, the chancel of the chapel was expanded and enlarged.

(Submitted on June 5, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)

St. Paul's Anglican Chapel Marker - view of church itself image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Pete Skillman, June 5, 2025

3. St. Paul's Anglican Chapel Marker - view of church itself

Credits. This page was last revised on June 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 5, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware. This page has been viewed 288 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 5, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.