Graceham Moravian Church and Parsonage

Graceham Moravian Church and Parsonage

July 14, 1996
Nearest city Thurmont, Maryland
Coordinates 39°36′59″N 77°22′43″W / 39.61639°N 77.37861°W / 39.61639; -77.37861Coordinates: 39°36′59″N 77°22′43″W / 39.61639°N 77.37861°W / 39.61639; -77.37861
Area 15 acres (6.1 ha)
Built 1749 (1749)
NRHP Reference # 76000995[1]
Added to NRHP May 13, 1976

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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ George J. Andreve (May 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Graceham Moravian Church and Parsonage" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
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