Near Wilson Mill in Harford County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Deer Creek Harmony Presbyterian Church
Photographed By Bill Pfingsten, July 6, 2016
1. Deer Creek Harmony Presbyterian Church Marker
place on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
circa 1870
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Churches & Religion. A significant historical year for this entry is 1870.
Location. 39° 36.376′ N, 76° 11.865′ W. Marker is near Wilson Mill, Maryland, in Harford County. Marker is at the intersection of Maryland Route 161 and Harmony Church Road, on the left when traveling north on State Route 161. Church is closer to Darlington, Maryland. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Havre de Grace MD 21078, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Prospect School (approx. 0.7 miles away); Keziah's Diary (approx. 1.9 miles away); Stafford Flint Furnace (approx. 2.2 miles away); The Mouth of Deer Creek (approx. 2.6 miles away); Rock Run (approx. 2.9 miles away); Miller's House (approx. 2.9 miles away); Carter-Archer House (approx. 2.9 miles away); Spring House (approx. 2.9 miles away).
More about this marker. The 3 plaques are on the left front corner of the sanctuary.
Also see . . . Lower Deer Creek Valley Historic District.
this page online
Restrained Gothic Revival granite structure; lancet arched windows, bracketed cornice; soaring 91' wooden steeple. Built to replace earlier (c.1837) stone church; John W. Hogg of Baltimore, architect; Carroll & West of Port Deposit, contractors. Building committee consisted of nearby farmers Benjamin Silver III (1-54), William Finney Silver (1-55), and John Archer Silver (1-52), and area blacksmith/inventor James Reasin (1-69), brother of architect William Reasin (1-9). Large cemetery to west and south of church predates present structure: described in 1880 "all of the Silver family worship here and here are laid, in the charming and handsomely ornamental cemetery connected with the church the dust of their dead;" account also praises the great "number of very pretty tombstones that stand here."(Submitted on May 2, 2024, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)
Photographed By Bill Pfingsten, July 6, 2016
2. Deer Creek Harmony Presbyterian Church Marker
Photographed By Bill Pfingsten, July 6, 2016
3. Deer Creek Harmony Presbyterian Church Marker
Photographed By Bill Pfingsten, July 6, 2016
4. Deer Creek Harmony Presbyterian Cemetery
Photographed By Bill Pfingsten, July 6, 2016
5. Deer Creek Harmony Presbyterian Church Marker
Photographed By Bill Pfingsten, July 6, 2016
6. Deer Creek Harmony Presbyterian Church Marker
Photographed By Pete Skillman, April 2, 2017
7. Deer Creek Harmony Presbyterian Church stained glass windows
Photographed By Pete Skillman, July 7, 2019
8. Deer Creek Harmony Presbyterian Church interior
Credits. This page was last revised on May 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 7, 2016, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 560 times since then and 67 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 7, 2016, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. 7, 8. submitted on May 2, 2024, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.
