Name/Title
English ChurchEntry/Object ID
IMG3935Description
Shepherdstown's English Church on 113 N. Church Street. The cemetery contains the graves of several members of the founding families and nine Revolutionary War soldiers.
A plaque in the cemetery gives the following account of the church's names:
-First stone structure built in 1769. Additions and/or rebuildings followed.
-Circa 1747 Mecklenburg Chapel/Old English Church, Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
-1859 African Episcopal Church
-1862 Battle of Antietam Hospital
-1865 Court House
-1866 Freedmen's School
-1867 African Methodist Episcopal Church, Asbury United Methodist ChurchAcquisition
Accession
570Source or Donor
Niederhauser, CarlosAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
No deed of giftMade/Created
Place
* Untyped Place
Shepherdstown, West Virginia