St. Thomas' Parish Church

This cruciform brick church succeeded the seventeenth-century Anglican church at Mount Calvert. Authorized in 1732 and completed in 1745 during the rectorate of John Eversfield, 1728-1780, it was built by Daniel Page and served as a chapel of ease for the northern part of St. Paul's Parish, Prince George's County, until 1850. Since 1850 it has been the parish church of St. Thomas' Parish, Prince George's County. Victorianized in the 1850's, it was partially restored from 1955-58 following the detailed original contract. Thomas John Claggett, first Bishop of Maryland, lived nearby and served as priest in this church. Members of the Lord Proprietor's family are buried here, and the blessed sacrament has been continuously reserved here for many years.

Croom, Maryland · United States