Shrewsbury Church is a historic Episcopal church

Episcopal Church (United States)

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 located at Kennedyville

Kennedyville, Maryland

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, Kent County

Kent County, Maryland

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, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

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. It is a rural parish church

Parish church

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 constructed in 1834, and remodeled to its present vernacular Gothic

Gothic architecture

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-influenced appearance in 1890. The church is constructed of brick and features a three-stage buttress

Buttress

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ed and crenelated tower at the entrance, a low one-story chancel

Chancel

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, and Gothic influenced walnut furnishings. South Sassafras Parish, as it was originally known, was one of the original 30 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland.

Shrewsbury Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1986.

External links

• Shrewsbury Church, Kent County, including photo from 1977, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Shrewsbury Parish Church website