Anderson Chapel, also known as St. Paul's Episcopal Chapel, is a historic Episcopal church located at Swanton,

Garrett County, Maryland Garrett County () is the westernmost county of the U.S. state of Maryland, completely within the Appalachian Mountains. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 28,806, making it the third-least populous county in Maryland. I ...

. It is a late-19th century frame, one-story, gable-roofed church built in the

Carpenter Gothic Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic or Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massin ...

board-and-batten style. This style was popularized by the architect

Richard Upjohn Richard Upjohn (22 January 1802 – 16 August 1878) was a British-American architect who immigrated to the United States and became most famous for his Gothic Revival churches. He was partially responsible for launching the movement to popula ...

during the 19th century. It was listed on the

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in 1984.

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*, including photo from 1981, at Maryland Historical Trust Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Churches completed in 1882 19th-century Episcopal church buildings Episcopal church buildings in Maryland Carpenter Gothic church buildings in Maryland Churches in Garrett County, Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Garrett County, Maryland 1882 establishments in Maryland {{Maryland-Anglican-church-stub