Christ Church, Graveyard and Sexton's House

Christ Church, Graveyard and Sexton's House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city:	Worton, Maryland
Coordinates:	39°17′26″N 76°5′32″W / 39.29056°N 76.09222°W / 39.29056; -76.09222Coordinates: 39°17′26″N 76°5′32″W / 39.29056°N 76.09222°W / 39.29056; -76.09222
Built:	1765
Architectural style:	Gothic Revival
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	80001822 [1]
Added to NRHP:	April 02, 1980

Christ Church, Graveyard and Sexton's House is an historic Episcopal church complex located at Worton, Kent County, Maryland. The church, also known as Christ Church IU, is a small brick structure, basilican in plan, with a narrower sanctuary appended. It was built in 1765 to serve as the parish church of Chester Parish which had been established that same year. It is a well-proportioned example of a small Gothic Revival structure interpreted in brick. The Sexton's house dates from the period of the earlier church and consists of two adjoining sections, one brick and one stone, both one story high with dormers.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

See also

• List of post 1692 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ "Maryland Historical Trust". National Register of Historic Places: Christ Church, Graveyard and Sexton's House. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-10-05. http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=615&COUNTY=Kent&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Kent. 

External links

• Christ Church, Graveyard and Sexton's House, Kent County, including photo from 1968, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Christ Church IU Parish website