St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church and Joshua Thomas Chapel | |
Location: | 9883 Deal Island Road (MD 363), Deal Island, Maryland |
Coordinates: | 38.1553°N -75.9472°W |
Architecture: | Gothic, Greek Revival |
Added: | November 1, 1990 |
Refnum: | 90001550 |
St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church and Joshua Thomas Chapel is a historic Methodist Episcopal church complex located at Deal Island, Somerset County, Maryland. The complex consists of St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church, an 1879 frame Gothic building; Joshua Thomas Chapel, an 1850 Greek Revival frame structure; and the surrounding cemetery with 19th and 20th century burials and markers. The church features a three-story bell tower. The chapel is the oldest site in Somerset County in continuous use for Methodist meetings, which began in tents in 1828.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.