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St. Thomas' Church (Upper Marlboro, Maryland)

18th-century Episcopal church buildingsChurches completed in 1745Churches in Prince George's County, MarylandChurches on the National Register of Historic Places in MarylandEpiscopal church buildings in Maryland
Gothic Revival church buildings in MarylandHistoric American Buildings Survey in MarylandHistoric district contributing properties in MarylandIndividually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in MarylandNRHP infobox with nocatNational Register of Historic Places in Prince George's County, MarylandReligious organizations established in 1850Use mdy dates from August 2023
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St. Thomas' Church is an Episcopal church in a rural setting, located at Croom, Prince George's County, Maryland. It is one of four congregations that have constituted the parish of St. Thomas in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, the others including the Church of the Atonement in Cheltenham, the Chapel of the Incarnation in Brandywine, and St. Simon's Mission also in Croom. The original church was constructed between 1742 and 1745, and is one of the earliest Episcopal churches in Southern Maryland. With the adjacent cemetery, St. Simon's Mission, and St. Simon's Cemetery, it forms part of the St. Thomas' Episcopal Parish Historic District.

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