National Register of Historic Places

Christ Episcopal Church and Cemetery

Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland
Listed
April 11, 1984
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
84001767

About this property

Christ Episcopal Church and Cemetery is an historic Episcopal church and cemetery located at Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. Christ Church is the parish church of Great Choptank Parish, founded in 1692 as one of the List of original 30 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland. The church structure, designed by noted Baltimore architect Charles E. Cassell and built between 1883 and 1884, is a large Gothic Revival stone structure of green serpentinite stone on a cruciform plan. The adjoining cemetery is enclosed on three sides by a brick wall, and burials therein date from 1674 to the present. Church parishioners included five governors of Maryland, a state Attorney General, an Ambassador to the Netherlands, local judges and lawyers and several U.S. Congressmen, where most are buried. Christ Episcopal Church and Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Robert Goldsborough – delegate to the Continental Congress. William A. Sulivane – State Boundary Commissioner for Dorchester County (appointed 1865). Grandson of James Sulivane. Media related to Christ Episcopal Church (Cambridge, Maryland) at Wikimedia Commons Christ Episcopal Church and Cemetery, Dorchester County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust

Location

Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland
38.57216, -76.07641

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Nearby Historic Sites

Dorchester County Courthouse and Jail
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Goldsborough House
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Sycamore Cottage
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Pine Street Neighborhood Historic District
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0.3 mi
Cambridge Historic District, Wards I and III
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0.4 mi

Nearby Battles

Chesapeake Bay Flotilla Actions 1813
1813Early Republic
8.3 mi

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When was Christ Episcopal Church and Cemetery listed on the National Register?

Christ Episcopal Church and Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 11, 1984.

What type of historic resource is Christ Episcopal Church and Cemetery?

Christ Episcopal Church and Cemetery is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Christ Episcopal Church and Cemetery is recorded as the industrial era.

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