The Christ Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Port Republic,

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. The church is a three-

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-wide, five bays long, beige

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covered structure featuring stained glass in most of the tall paired round-arched

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s. It is the mother Episcopal Church of Calvert County and its oldest continually worshipping congregation. Middleham Chapel was started from this congregation as a

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. Christ Church Parish was one of the original 30 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland. Burials in the church cemetery include former

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and

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Admiral Merlin O'Neill. Christ Church was listed on the

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in 1975.

Gallery

Christ Church South Dec 08.JPG, Christ Church - South Side, December 2008 Christ Church Door Dec 08.JPG, Christ Church - Door Detail, December 2008 Christ Church Plaque Dec 08.JPG, Christ Church - Historic Marker, December 2008

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*, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Churches completed in 1772 Episcopal church buildings in Maryland Churches in Calvert County, Maryland 18th-century Episcopal church buildings National Register of Historic Places in Calvert County, Maryland {{Maryland-Anglican-church-stub