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Mt. Gilboa Chapel
Location: Oella and Westchester Aves., Oella, Maryland Built: 1859 Architect: Unknown Architectural style: No Style Listed Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 76000978
[1]Added to NRHP: October 21, 1976 Mt. Gilboa Chapel is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Church located at Oella, Baltimore County, Maryland. It is a small stone church measuring 28 feet by 42 feet, built about 1859 by free African Americans. The front façade is ashlar masonry, but the sides and rear are of rubble. It replaced an earlier log chapel, where neighbor Benjamin Banneker may have attended services.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Maryland Historical Trust". Mt. Gilboa Chapel, Baltimore County. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-11-21. http://mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=401&COUNTY=Baltimore%20County&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Baltimore%20County.
External links
- Mt. Gilboa Chapel, Baltimore County, including photo from 1975, at Maryland Historical Trust
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Lists by county Allegany • Anne Arundel • Baltimore County • Calvert • Caroline • Carroll • Cecil • Charles • Dorchester • Frederick • Garrett • Harford • Howard • Kent • Montgomery • Prince George's • Queen Anne's • Somerset • St. Mary's • Talbot • Washington • Wicomico • Worcester
Lists by city Other lists Categories:- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- African Methodist Episcopal churches in Maryland
- Churches in Baltimore County, Maryland
- Religious buildings completed in 1859
- 19th-century church buildings
- African American history by location
- Baltimore County, Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs
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