St Andrew's Church
- Address: 44078 St Andrew's Church Rd
- Vicinity: 5 mi E of Leonardtown
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1744/00/00 | Abraham Barnes | Committee Member | St Andrew's Parish is created to provide an Anglican church for Leonardtown. According to canon law, the parish will not be established until the priests of the two older parishes out of which St Andrew's was laid have died or left their churches. | |||
| 1766/04/26 | Vestry specifications: 50x40 ft, exclusive of the chancel, painted wainscoted box pews with doors, flagstone aisles, Ionic altar piece, cypress shingle roof, quoins of stock brick, arched ceiling, flat ceilings over the 2 side aisles, aisle height of 14' | |||||
| 1766/05/00 | Richard Boulton | Architect | Richard Boulton designs St Andrew's Church. Boulton works for George Plater of Sotterley who is a member of St Andrew's Parish. | |||
| 1767/00/00 | George Plater | Vocation | George Plater rents Pew No 1 with Abraham Barnes. Plater will serve twenty-eight years as a vestryman of St Andrew's Episcopal Church. | |||
| 1771/00/00 | The carved wooden reredos have fluted Ionic pilasters which frame Biblical quotations painted by John Friech. |
| Particulars for St Andrew's Church: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Architectural Style | Georgian Architecture |
| Owner | Private |
| Area of Significance | Religion |
| Historic Use | Religious Property |
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