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St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Baltimore, Maryland)

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during the rectorship of the Rev. David Cobb, as a complementary ensemble. A mixed adult choir (volunteers plus professionals), formed under the leadership of the Rev. Mark Stanley, now sings for the primary Sunday service. Noted former Organist/Choirmasters of Old St. Paul's include Rodney Hansen, Daniel Fortune,
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In the 1930s, the faux blocking was removed, leaving only tracery around the windows. The chancel was renovated for cleaning and maintenance in the 1990s. In the summer of 2013, the interior of the church underwent a historic restoration that included painting the nave and adding a blue field with
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Thus the "high church" position that St. Paul's had occupied since the rectorate of Dr. Bend became more pronounced, especially under the rectorate of Dr. William Wyatt, who oversaw the construction of the new building and the creation of a number of Anglo-Catholic mission parishes around Baltimore
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Gravestones, bodies and coffins, along with other cemetery material were relocated in 1800 to the western side of town at a new plot and cemetery at West Lombard and Fremont Streets, near the present Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, (which curves around the west-side of downtown) and southwest of
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In 1903, the chancel was renovated to a brighter appearance, in accordance with the tastes of the period. The reredos was moved to the back of the church (where it still stands as a memorial wall), and a new Tiffany reredos was installed with a completely new design for the east wall, including a
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For many years St. Paul's held the distinction of having the finest liturgical music in the city. In 1873, the Rev. John Sebastian Bach Hodges replaced the church's paid quartet with a professional Choir of Men and Boys, which sang continuously for 141 years. In 2002 a Choir of Girls was created
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The church was given a relatively dark Victorian appearance when opened. The Greek columns were painted a sandstone orange, with an elaborate color scheme of brown, red, and yellow ochres dominating the rest of the nave. The chancel was dominated by a black walnut
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edifice. The second church continued to use the former steeple of the first church building as a private prayer chapel where it was relocated in the middle of the surrounding cemetery to the north and west along the sloping hill along future East Saratoga Street and
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and East Chase Streets, where the building is now used by an evangelical Protestant congregation. Another congregation, St. Peter's, was created in an evangelical controversy resulting in a split from Old St. Paul's in 1801 during the rectorate of Rev. Dr.
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there now. When Baltimore Town was founded in its present location in 1729/1730, the parish moved to "Lot 19," in the Original Survey" of 1730 at the highest point just inside the original town boundaries on the north end which were purchased from
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between East Lexington and Fayette Streets. The present "Old Saint Paul's Church (as it is generally known throughout the state) is located now on a portion of that property, in the northwest corner of the original platted lot of 1730.
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to do so, and wealthiest man in America). Here a small brick church, (facing south towards the harbor), a rectory and some cemetery plots were placed in 1739 on a cliff overlooking the
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at the southwest corner of South Gay and East Fayette Streets. This building was later transferred to another Episcopal parish named Messiah which remained here until burned in the
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officers and soldiers are buried here, along with an unusually large number of Baltimore and Maryland civic, business and commercial leaders from the region’s early history.
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Bishop of Maryland (consecrated/ordained 1792) in 1797 (also the year of Baltimore Town's incorporation into a City) and endured on the site until 1812 when replaced by the
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tiles adorned the aisles and chancel that complemented the color scheme of the church. An anonymous painting of this interior is still in the possession of the parish.
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was installed above the altar, with the St. Paul window moved to the south aisle. The ochres of the 1850s gave way to white faux blocks etched into the nave.
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The third building in Baltimore City (and fourth of the parish in its history) erected for St. Paul's was designed by noted Baltimore architect
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The oldest of the aisle windows date to 1890, but most were installed at the same time as the chancel redecoration. The designers include
673: 1215: 555:, across the street from the former brownstone mansion which served as Diocesan House (bishop's and administrative staff offices) in the 1266: 434: 966: 570:, (1810-1849), and constructed in 1812 (some sources say 1814-1817). This neo-classical structure faced towards the west on 938: 792: 744: 48: 1256: 1281: 820: 496: 752: 474: 328: 292: 617: 552: 613: 430: 311:) near "Cathedral Hill" on the northern edge of the downtown central business district to the south and the 764: 426: 1241: 539: 483: 907: 586: 571: 500: 458: 296: 609:. His successor, Rev'd. Milo Mahan, introduced candles on the altar and seasonal liturgical colors. 349: 597:
Since the existing walls of St. Paul's did not allow for the pointed-gothic design preferred by the
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neighborhood, further northwest. Grace and St. Peter's Parish has now evolved into a high church "
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cultural/historic neighborhood to the north. It was founded in 1692 as the parish church for the
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to the southeast waterfront) and northwest of the original Courthouse Square (later became
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Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore
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of 1904. Christ Episcopal congregation then moved to the northwest corner of
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Two rectors of Old St. Paul's have gone on to become bishops of the
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A second brick church, also built facing south towards "The Basin" (
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St. Paul's was founded in 1692 under the Establishment Act, by the
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St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
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30 "Protestant" (Anglican) parishes in the colony of Maryland
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Category:National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
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St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church was listed on the
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The 1856 building reflected the growing influence of the
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St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore City
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The present church was designed by renowned architect
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at the southeast corner with East Saratoga Street, in
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All Episcopal parishes in Baltimore City and many in
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Anglo-Catholic church buildings in the United States
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Black and Pamela Cohen (July 1972). 1228: 660:(who also sculpted the statue on the top of the 923: 457:Square after its construction, 1815-1822) at 445:stream (which divided the town from adjacent 547:; that congregation is known today known as 469:), was completed in 1784 and consecrated by 429:, (1702-1782), (father of nationally famous 420:are in suburban communities in southeastern 1216:Portal:National Register of Historic Places 1287:Brick buildings and structures in Maryland 930: 916: 639: 69: 27:Historic church in Maryland, United States 939:U.S. National Register of Historic Places 810: 489: 49:U.S. National Register of Historic Places 738: 719:Prominent members of the parish include 643: 495:the multi-blocks campus of the downtown 1262:19th-century Episcopal church buildings 903:Old St. Paul's Episcopal Church website 14: 1247:Episcopal church buildings in Maryland 1237:Episcopal church building in Baltimore 1229: 862:"Baltimore National Heritage Area Map" 829: 788:"National Register Information System" 782: 780: 343: 327:in colonial Maryland (now part of the 285:St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church 41:St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church 911: 854: 364:under the Lord Proprietorship of the 793:National Register of Historic Places 745:National Register of Historic Places 867:. City of Baltimore. Archived from 777: 747:in 1973. It is included within the 497:University of Maryland at Baltimore 408:in southeastern Baltimore City and 24: 25: 1298: 890: 811:Middleton, Arthur Pierce (1992). 75:Old St. Paul's Church, March 2012 1267:Baltimore National Heritage Area 1210: 1201: 1200: 997: 990: 753:Baltimore National Heritage Area 749:Cathedral Hill Historic District 714: 143: 136: 118: 111: 93: 86: 620:(1764-1827) and the Right Rev. 356:, then the colonial/provincial 804: 250: 13: 1: 770: 614:Episcopal Diocese of Maryland 431:Charles Carroll of Carrollton 152:Show map of the United States 813:Anglican Maryland, 1692-1792 549:Grace and St. Peter's Church 532:War Memorial/City Hall Plaza 427:Charles Carroll of Annapolis 376:, on the north shore of the 350:General Assembly of Maryland 30:United States historic place 7: 1188:National Historic Landmarks 843:. 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St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church (Baltimore, Maryland)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Baltimore City Landmark

St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Baltimore, Maryland) is located in Baltimore
St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Baltimore, Maryland) is located in Maryland
St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Baltimore, Maryland) is located in the United States
Baltimore, Maryland
39°17′31″N 76°36′54″W / 39.29194°N 76.61500°W / 39.29194; -76.61500
73002198
Episcopal
North Charles Street
Baltimore
Maryland
United States
Mount Vernon-Belevedere
"original 30 parishes"
Church of England
Episcopal Church, U.S.A.
Anglican Communion
General Assembly of Maryland
Lionel Copley
Governor of Maryland
Province of Maryland
Lords Baltimore
30 "Protestant" (Anglican) parishes in the colony of Maryland
Colgate Creek
Patapsco River
Chesapeake Bay
North Point

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