St. John's Chapel

A group of people, mostly of German heritage, joined together to establish the "Dutch" Lutheran church called St. John's of Sweet Air. Its deed was dated January 20, 1855, and called for approximately a half acre of ground near the center front of the present property, given by George and Henrietta Homan. A log structure with a box altar and pulpit was built near the present chapel. This building was completed in 1888 and dedicated in November of that year. John Conrad and Lynde Homan Burk donated additional land. The steeple bell originally hung in the Chestnut Ridge Church, which disbanded, and it was installed in this church and dedicated on December 16, 1934. The church was refurbished in 1954 for the congregation's 100th anniversary, and this building housed the congregation until the new church opened in January 1964. The building was refurbished and rededicated as St. John's Chapel in 1975.

Maryland · United States