Phillips Mills Baptist Church

On June 10th, 1785, 16 members met in a mill on this site owned by Joel Phillips, a Revolutionary soldier, and organized Phillips Mills Baptist Church. The Rev. Silas Mercer, leader of the group, became the first pastor of the ...

Historic Bell From St. Dominic's Church at Iowa Hill

Bell was originally erected

there in 1860. It was place

here in October 1988.

Marker is on Oak Street near Auburn Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Freedom's Hill Church

First Wesleyan Methodist

Church in the South

1848

Marker is on Wesleyan Drive, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Church Hill Tunnel

About 200 feet east is the western portal of the Church Hill Tunnel. On 11 Dec. 1873, Chesapeake and Ohio locomotive number 2 passed through the tunnel, marking the completion of one of the longest tunnels in the United States. ...

Emmanuel Church at Brook Hill Episcopal

Built directly west by John Stewart of Brook Hill and consecrated by the Right Reverend John Johns on 6 July 1860, Emmanuel Church (Episcopal) is a classic example of late-antebellum Gothic Revival architecture. Considerable military activity took place nearby during ...

Little Church on the Hill

Built by volunteers with donated materials, this church was first consecrated June 20, 1894. It was the only house of worship in the region for half a century. Services were discontinued in the early 1950's. The community rallied to save ...

Ketoctin Church Short Hill

Constituted on October 8, 1751

Present Church Built 1854

Placed By Ketoctin Chapter

Daughter Of

The American Revolution

Marker is at the intersection of Ketoctin Church Road (County Route 716) and Allder School Road (County Route 771), on the right when traveling south on Ketoctin ...

Liberty Hill Church / Pioneers in Desegregation

Liberty Hill ChurchIn 1867, five years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Thomas and Margaret Briggs gave four acres of land to this African Methodist Episcopal church. The present building, completed in 1905, has been brick veneered. Meetings held here in the ...

Liberty Hill Methodist Church

Founded 1854 (1.5 mi. NW of here). Construction of 3-story building of native stone for use of the church, school, and Masonic lodge was begun in 1870 on land given by T. S. Snyder. Upper stories were removed and choir ...

Liberty Hill Baptist Church

Organized in 1869 by slaves, the first church building was built on land donated by Mrs. Emma Jones and Mrs. Nora Felton. The church was called the Bush Arbor Church because the construction and materials used. Reverend Phil Owens was ...