St. Ignatius Church (Forest Hill, Maryland)
St. Ignatius Church | |
![]() St. Ignatius Church in 1936 | |
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Location | 533 E. Jarrettsville Rd., Forest Hill, Maryland |
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Coordinates | 39°34′25″N 76°21′19″W / 39.57361°N 76.35528°WCoordinates: 39°34′25″N 76°21′19″W / 39.57361°N 76.35528°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1789 |
NRHP reference No. | 74000956[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 16, 1974 |
St. Ignatius Church is a historic Roman Catholic Church located at Forest Hill, Harford County, Maryland. It is a rubble stone, one-story rectangular structure of five bays, with a tall tower at the west end and a rubble stone two-story rectangular addition. The original 35 feet by 50 feet church was built between 1786 and 1792.
A major addition was made in 1848 and the tower was added in 1865. The parish hall wing was constructed in 1822 and a small frame sacristy was added in 1887. It is the oldest extant church in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Clarence V. Joerndt (September 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Ignatius Church" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
External links[]
- St. Ignatius Church, Harford County, including photo from 1973, at Maryland Historical Trust
- St. Ignatius Catholic Church, 533 East Jarrettsville Road, Hickory, Harford, MD at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)
Categories:
- Churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore
- Roman Catholic churches in Maryland
- Churches in Harford County, Maryland
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- Churches completed in 1789
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Maryland
- 1789 establishments in Maryland
- 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places in Harford County, Maryland
- Harford County, Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs
- Maryland church stubs