The construction of All Hallows Episcopal Church, also known as All Hallows, Snow Hill, located at 109 West Market Street in
Snow Hill, Maryland
Snow Hill is a town in and the county seat of Worcester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,156 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Snow Hill was founded ...
, was funded in 1748 by an act of the Maryland Colonial Assembly, which taxed tobacco for the church. Completed in 1756, it is an unusually elaborate building for its time and place.
All Hallows Parish is one of the
original 30 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland.
All Hallows Episcopal Church was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1979.
It is still an active parish in the
Episcopal Diocese of Easton
The Episcopal Diocese of Easton is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America that comprises the nine counties that make up the Eastern Shore of Maryland. It is in Province III (the Middle Atlantic region) and was created ...
. The Rev. Kenneth Thom is its current Supply Priest. The Rev. Charles Hatfield will be the Rector starting February 12, 2018.
References
External links
*, including photo in 1988, at Maryland Historical Trust
All Hallows Episcopal Church website
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Episcopal church buildings in Maryland
Churches in Worcester County, Maryland
18th-century Episcopal church buildings
Georgian architecture in Maryland
National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Maryland
Snow Hill, Maryland
Brick buildings and structures in Maryland
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