Preston in Caroline County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church

1864 - 1962

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, October 3, 2016

1. Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church Marker

Inscription.
Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church served the communities of Preston, Elwood, Tanyard, Jonestown and Marsh Creek. The church grew spiritually and financially for many years fostering many local preachers.

Dedicated leaders of the Sunday School, choir, usher board, and trustee boards, as well as many other counterparts of the church revealed many successes.

On Easter Monday in the year of 1962 Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church was destroyed by fire.

This memorial is dedicated in loving memory by the trustees of Mt. Calvary United Methodist Church of Preston, Maryland.

Erected 1999.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1864.

Location. 38° 43.24′ N, 75° 55.565′ W. Marker is in Preston, Maryland, in Caroline County. It is on Marsh Creek Road. Marker is in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Preston MD 21655, 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); Site of Frazier’s Chapel (approx. 1.1 miles away); Linchester Mill (approx. 2 miles away); The Underground Railroad (approx. 2 miles

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away); Linchester (approx. 2.1 miles away); a different marker also named Linchester Mill (approx. 2.1 miles away); Leverton House (approx. 2.2 miles away); Freedom (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Preston.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Preston (was approx. 1.1 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, October 3, 2016

2. Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church Marker

Photographed by Bill Pfingsten, October 3, 2016

3. Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 3, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 6, 2016, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 662 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 6, 2016, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.