English Church

Name/Title

English Church

Entry/Object ID

IMG3935

Description

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 Church

Acquisition

Accession

570

Source or Donor

Niederhauser, Carlos

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

No deed of gift

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Shepherdstown, West Virginia