St. Simon's Episcopal Mission

St. Simon's Episcopal Mission was one of three Episcopal congregations in southern Maryland created after the Civil War for African Americans. Founded ca. 1892 as a Sunday school by Rev. Francis P. Willes and his sisters, it later became a mission of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. It provided vocational training for blacks through the Croom Industrial and Agricultural Institute. Pauli Murray, the first black female Episcopal priest, visited the mission. The chapel was demolished in 1976.

Croom, Maryland · United States