Churchville Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at Churchville, Harford County, Maryland. It consists of three harmoniously designed sections: the original one-story, four by three bay, gable-roofed brick building dated to 1820; the three-story, restrained

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian ...

, brick bell tower added in 1870; and the low, one-story brick church hall and office added in 1950. Located adjacent is a sequestered graveyard with stones dating back to 1819. The community of Churchville, which surrounds the church, grew up around and took its name from the structure. The 1870 addition of an

, brick belltower was designed by architect J. Crawford Nielson of the firm Niernsee and Neilson. It was listed on the

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in 1986.

Notable burials

* John Archer (1741–1810), U.S. Representative, Maryland delegate, physician * R. Harris Archer (died 1922), Maryland delegate * Stevenson Archer (1786–1848), U.S. Representative and Maryland delegate * Stevenson Archer (1827–1898), U.S. Representative and Treasurer of Maryland *

J. Wilmer Cronin J. Wilmer Cronin (October 14, 1896 – April 28, 1982) was a politician, lawyer and newspaper publisher from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1927 to 1930 and Maryland Senate from 1939 to 1946. He was the o ...

(1896–1982), state politician and lawyer from Maryland * John Miller Turpin Finney (1863–1942), academic and surgeon * Benedict H. Hanson (died 1882), state delegate * Stevenson A. Williams (1851–1932), Maryland state senator

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* *, including photo from 1979, at Maryland Historical Trust Presbyterian churches in Maryland Churches in Harford County, Maryland Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Churches completed in 1820 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States Churchville, Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Harford County, Maryland {{Maryland-church-stub