National Register of Historic Places

Graceham Moravian Church And Parsonage

Thurmont, Frederick County, Maryland
Listed
May 12, 1976
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
76000995

About this property

Graceham Moravian Church and Parsonage is a historic church building and parsonage located at 8231 Rocky Ridge Road, MD 77 in Graceham, east of Thurmont, Frederick County, Maryland. It is a two-story Flemish bond brick church built in 1822, and covered with white stucco because of deteriorated masonry. The church was built as an addition to the adjacent meeting house and parsonage built in 1797. This building and the church's cemetery having uniform flat gravestones (called God's Acre by the Moravians) represents Maryland's only remaining 18th-century Moravian settlement.

Location

Thurmont, Frederick County, Maryland
39.61685, -77.37852

Categories

EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENTRELIGION
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Graceham Moravian Church And Parsonage listed on the National Register?

Graceham Moravian Church And Parsonage was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 12, 1976.

What type of historic resource is Graceham Moravian Church And Parsonage?

Graceham Moravian Church And Parsonage is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Graceham Moravian Church And Parsonage is recorded as the industrial era.

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