Church of the Atonement, 1875

A Carpenter Gothic church was consecrated here in July 1875 by Bishop William Pinkney of Maryland. It was built on land purchased by Enoch Pratt, formerly part of Thomas F. Bowie's estate Cheltenham and William Talbert's Finches Discovery. A bell tower was constructed in the 1880s in memory of Rev. Samuel R. Gordon, rector from 1853 to 1882. A cemetery was laid off in 1884. Regular services were discontinued in November 1925, and the church was deconsecrated and torn down in 1947. John Thomas Eversfield (1833-1885), a beloved local physician, is buried here.

Croom, Maryland · United States