Taylors Island in Dorchester County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Chapel of Ease
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, March 5, 2018
1. Chapel of Ease Marker
Inscription.
Chapel of Ease. . This building was constructed sometime between 1707 and 1720 as a Chapel of Ease for members of Dorchester Parish who lived too far away from their parish church; Old Trinity Episcopal Church in Church Creek, MD, to conveniently attend services. This was the first church to be built on Taylors Island and was originally located at the site now occupied by the Taylors Island Volunteer Fire Company. After the building of Grace Episcopal Church in 1873, the chapel was no longer used as a place of worship and served successively as a school, blacksmith shop, voting place, community hall and farm storage building. In 1951 it was purchased by the Grace Foundation of Taylors Island for $800, moved to its present site and restored. The fireplace, which was not part of the original building, contains more than 5,000 bricks from old homes on Taylors Island, and the flooring was restored using wood from old buildings on Taylors Island. The balcony is original, reportedly built of materials salvaged from a ship.
This building was constructed sometime between 1707 and 1720 as a Chapel of Ease for members of Dorchester Parish who lived too far away from their parish church; Old Trinity Episcopal Church in Church Creek, MD, to conveniently attend services. This was the first church to be built on Taylors Island and was originally located at the site now occupied by the Taylors Island Volunteer Fire Company. After the building of Grace Episcopal Church in 1873, the chapel was no longer used as a place of worship and served successively as a school, blacksmith shop, voting place, community hall and farm storage building. In 1951 it was purchased by the Grace Foundation of Taylors Island for $800, moved to its present site and restored. The fireplace, which was not part of the original building, contains more than 5,000 bricks from old homes on Taylors Island, and the flooring was restored using wood from old buildings on Taylors Island. The balcony is original, reportedly built of materials salvaged from a ship.
Location. 38° 28.256′ N, 76° 18.514′ W. Marker is on Taylors Island, Maryland, in Dorchester County. Marker can be reached from Hooper Neck
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Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4401 Hooper Neck Road, Taylors Island MD 21669, United States of America. Touch for directions.
4. Chapel of Ease Old Trinity Episcopal Church Circa 1707
The nearby Maryland Historical Society marker is entitled "Chapel of Ease" but its text discusses the western end of the Transpeninsular Line.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 17, 2018. It was originally submitted on March 14, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 253 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 14, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
