All Saints' Church is a historic Episcopal church located at 100 Lower Marlboro Road (near the intersection of Southern Maryland Boulevard MD 4 and Solomons Island Road MD 2), in

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. All Saint's Parish was one of the thirty original Anglican parishes created in 1692 to encompass the Province of Maryland. In 1693 its first parish church, a log structure, was built on an acre of land called ''Kemp's Desire'' donated by Thomas Hillary. This log church was expanded in 1703-1704 and repaired at least 4 times before being replaced on top of the hill between MD routes 4, 262, and 2 by the present brick building.Middleton, the Rev. Canon Arthur Pierce, Ph.D., ''Anglican Maryland, 1692-1792'', Virginia Beach: The Donning Company, 1992, pp. 5, 69-70, Built between 1774 and 1777, the present church building is a Georgian structure of

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brick with random glazed headers. Since All Saint's Parish was part of the established church of the

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, the published volumes of the Archives of Maryland contain pertinent documented source material on the building showing that it was built with county taxes while future bishop Thomas Claggett served as its rector. All Saints' Church was listed on the

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in 1973. All Saints' Church remains an active parish in the

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. Its current rector is the Rev. Andrew Rutledge.

Gallery

All Saints Rear Dec 08.JPG, All Saints' Church - Rear View, December 2008 All Saints Labyrinth Dec 08.JPG, All Saints' Church - Labyrinth, December 2008 All Saints Labyrinth Sign Dec 08.JPG, All Saints' Church - Labyrinth Sign, December 2008

References

External links

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All Saints' history
*, including photo from 1978, at Maryland Historical Trust *
Waymarking listing for the first All Saints ChurchWaymarking listing for present All saints Church
{{National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Churches completed in 1774 Episcopal church buildings in Maryland Churches in Calvert County, Maryland Historic American Buildings Survey in Maryland 18th-century Episcopal church buildings National Register of Historic Places in Calvert County, Maryland Brick buildings and structures in Maryland