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St. John's Episcopal Church (Fort Washington, Maryland)

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589: 598: 571: 622: 610: 296:. It endured until 1726, when "Prince George's Parish" was established. Piscataway then became known as St. John's, although officially its title was "King George's Parish". Its first church at Broad Creek, begun in May 1695 of wood, and which was soon called the "Broad Creek Church". This original church was replaced in 1713 by a second wooden structure, and was in turn replaced by a third structure in 1723, which was enlarged between 1764 and 1768. The present brick building, is the fourth structure built on the same site, was completed in 1767–1768. The congregation still holds their weekly services in this building. 559: 634: 856: 658: 646: 580: 51: 68: 93: 1066: 1076: 100: 75: 863: 588: 288:. The local freeholders at Broad Creek then chose a "select" vestry and completed parish organization on January 20, 1693, authorizing Col. John Addison to purchase 78 acres of ground and obtain a contractor to build a church. The Parish at that time included a considerable portion of the future 492:
An unusual outdoor feature of St. John's is the "campanile", consisting of four uprights about forty feet high, with a canopy under which reposes a bell. Slave galleries were common in old colonial churches, but here is found a feature of unique interest - an opening about a foot square in the
402:) ordained in America, by Bishop Claggett, whose assistant he became. Bishop Claggett also oversaw in 1793 the first confirmation of young people in the new Protestant Episcopal Church, a class of forty-four presented by the parish's third rector, the Rev. Joseph Messenger. 1130: 954: 959: 969: 1029: 1014: 884: 1024: 1019: 979: 949: 919: 989: 924: 889: 984: 964: 899: 879: 793: 1115: 934: 929: 914: 904: 894: 974: 939: 1046: 909: 944: 269: 339: 414: 1009: 597: 621: 786: 657: 1005: 1069: 806: 779: 1110: 496:
One of the pews in the church bears a silver plate on the door which reads: "In memory of George Washington - - Restored by his Great-Great-Great Grandnephew, George W. Magruder, 1895".
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gallery which was designed to admit the collection bag on the end of a long pole to receive the offering of the colored people in the gallery. The porch was added in the 19th century.
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was begun as a mission of St. John's. Thus, from the old "King George Parish" also came "Prince George Parish" which originally embraced all of what is now the
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oversaw growth of the new capital city within this parish. Bishop Claggett, who also served as the Parish's rector until 1809, in 1793 became the first
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were soon built within the parish, to serve communities too far removed from Broad Creek for convenient attendance at worship. "Addison Chapel" at
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then on 'M' Street through the hospitality of its minister, the Rev. Stephen B. Balch. "Georgetown Parish" was created in 1809. A second parish
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The congregation is considered a "Mother Church" for Episcopal and Anglican parishes in suburban
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Beginning in 1794, one of the priests of St. John's parish held services and preached in
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split off in 1748, and 1776 respectively. Therefore, his successors, Rev. (then Bishop)
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established King George's Parish (also known as the "Parish of Piscataway") of the
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attended services at the Broad Creek church or the Accokeek chapel across the
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St John's Episcopal Church Chapel Erected in 1767. Weekly Services held here
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This is the oldest church site in Prince George's County, and one of the
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National Register of Historic Places in Prince George's County, Maryland
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St John's Episcopal Church- Rectory on the left and Chapel to the right
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St John's Episcopal Church Blue Star Memorial, Chapel, and Cemetery
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St. John's Church, Prince George's County, Inventory No.: PG:80-7
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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
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on numerous occasions, when inclement weather made the roads to
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was organized in 1815 across from what was then called the
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Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
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Category:National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
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impassable and boat passage unsafe. He himself, was a
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St John's Episcopal Church Youth Services Playground
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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St. John's Episcopal Church (Fort Washington, Maryland) is located in Maryland
St. John's Episcopal Church (Fort Washington, Maryland) is located in the United States
Fort Washington, Maryland
38°45′18″N 77°0′4″W / 38.75500°N 77.00111°W / 38.75500; -77.00111
74002202
Episcopal
church
Fort Washington
Prince George's County, Maryland
Flemish bond
hipped roof
barrel vaulted ceiling
"Original 30 Parishes"
General Assembly
Province of Maryland
Church of England
Piscataway tribe
Episcopal Diocese of Washington
District of Columbia
Chapels of Ease
Seat Pleasant
St. Matthews, Addison Parish
Accokeek
Christ Church (Accokeek, Maryland)
Prince George's County
Montgomery County
Washington
District of Columbia

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