St. Paul's Episcopal Church

St. Paul's Parish was officially established as a result of the Vestry Act, and the formal record of vestry proceedings began on May 8, 1694. On May 1, 1834, the cornerstone for the church was laid by the Rev. Robert Goldsborough, and its walls were built with bricks and materials taken from the old church on Hibernia Road. The building was originally small and exceedingly simple, consisting of the present nave without transepts, apse, or spire. The transepts were added in 1855, and the Scripture window probably dates from the same period, when it was originally above the altar in a very small chancel. In 1892 the church was entirely remodeled, with the apse, spire, and interior embellishments added, along with changes that included removing the old slave gallery, adding the oak ceiling, deepening the chancel, and building an apse-shaped sanctuary. The chancel work was done by Gorham and Co. of New York and included seven Tiffany windows depicting the seven churches in early Christian history.

Centreville, Maryland · United States