Spring Hill Church, also known as Old Spring Hill and St. Paul's Episcopal Church, was a historic Episcopal church located at

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Wicomico County, Maryland Wicomico County () is located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Maryland, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 103,588. The county seat is Salisbury. The county was named for the Wicomico River, whi ...

. It was located eight miles north on the Wicomico River from Green Hill Church, which it strongly resembled. The white frame structure, two bays wide and four deep and set on a

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brick foundation, was constructed as St. Paul's Episcopal Church in 1773. The interior featured a barrel-vault ceiling. It was listed on the

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in 1976. Fire destroyed the historic wooden church on July 22, 2014, months after it celebrated its 240th anniversary. Nearly 100 firefighters from numerous fire departments, including Wicomico County as well as Sussex County, Delaware responded to the fire, which investigators said quickly escalated to three alarms.

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*, including photo from 1999, at Maryland Historical Trust *
The Historical Marker Database entry
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Churches completed in 1773 Historic American Buildings Survey in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Wicomico County, Maryland Buildings and structures demolished in 2014 18th-century Episcopal church buildings {{Maryland-church-stub