Shrewsbury Church

Shrewsbury Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Kennedyville, Maryland
Coordinates	39°19′44″N 75°58′3″W
Built	1834
Architectural style	Gothic Revival, Vernacular Gothic
NRHP reference No.	86001245[1]
Added to NRHP	June 04, 1986

Shrewsbury Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Kennedyville, Kent County, Maryland, United States. It is a rural parish church constructed in 1834, and remodeled to its present vernacular Gothic-influenced appearance in 1890. The church is constructed of brick and features a three-stage buttressed and crenelated tower at the entrance, a low one-story chancel, and Gothic influenced walnut furnishings.^[2] South Sassafras Parish, as it was originally known, was one of the original 30 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland. Buried in the churchyard is John Cadwalader, a general of the American Revolutionary War.^[3][4]

Shrewsbury Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "Maryland Historical Trust". National Register of Historic Places: Shrewsbury Church. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-10-05.
3. "About". Shrewsburyparish.org. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
4. https://apps.mht.maryland.gov/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-956.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

External links

• Shrewsbury Church, Kent County, including photo from 1977, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Shrewsbury Parish Church website