The Christ Church is a historic Episcopal church

Episcopal Church (United States)

The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...

 located at Port Republic

Port Republic, Maryland

Port Republic is a small, rural community located inCalvert County, Maryland. It is approximately5 miles south of Prince Frederick, Maryland, the countyseat of Calvert County...

, Calvert County

Calvert County, Maryland

Calvert County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It occupies the Calvert Peninsula which is bordered on the east by the Chesapeake Bay and on the west by the Patuxent River. Calvert County is part of the Southern Maryland region. Calvert County's residents are among the highest...

, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

United States

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. The church is a three-bay

Bay (architecture)

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-wide, five bays long, beige stucco

Stucco

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 covered structure featuring stained glass in most of the tall paired round-arched sash windows. It is the mother Episcopal Church of Calvert County and its oldest continually worshipping congregation. Middleham Chapel

Middleham Chapel

Middleham Chapel is an historic Episcopal church located at 10210 H. G. Trueman Road in Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland. It is a one-story, cruciform, Flemish bond brick structure with exposed fieldstone foundations. It was built in 1748, to replace an earlier frame or log structure believed to...

 was started from this congregation as a Chapel of Ease

Chapel of ease

A chapel of ease is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently....

. Christ Church Parish was one of the original 30 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland.

Christ Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1975.

External links

• Christ Church, Calvert County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust