All Saints Church (Frederick, Maryland)
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| Location | Frederick, Maryland, United States |
| Denomination | Episcopal |
| Churchmanship | Broad church |
| History | |
| Founded | 1742 |
| Founder(s) | Maryland General Assembly |
| Dedication | All Saints |
| Associated people |
Thomas Bacon William N. Pendleton John Johns Henry Van Dyke Johns Francis Scott Key |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Richard Upjohn |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1855 |
| Completed | 1860 |
| Construction cost | $28,800 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 300 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | All Saints Parish |
| Diocese | Maryland |
| Province | Third |
All Saints Church, or All Saints Episcopal Church, founded in 1742, is a historic Episcopal church now located at 106 West Church Street in the Historic District of Frederick, Maryland. It is the seat of All Saints Parish, Diocese of Maryland, which covers most of Frederick County, Maryland and once covered most of Western Maryland.
In 1742, Maryland's General Assembly separated the westernmost parts of the vast Piscataway (Broad Creek Church) parish to form the large “All Saints Parish”. In 1747, Maryland's Assembly provided for buying land and constructing the parish church on Carroll's Creek, as well as chapels of ease between the Monocacy and Seneca Creeks (which ultimately became Poolesville) and another between the Antietam and Cannogocheague Creeks (which became Hagerstown). In 1770, legislation provided for separating Eden (or Zion or St. Peter's) parishes as well as St. John's Parish, Hagerstown, but such never became effective before the American Revolution. In 1786, Maryland's General Assembly separated the westernmost parts of the congregation to create a new “Frederick Parish” named for Frederick Calvert, the last colonial governor of Maryland, and elevated the former chapel at Hagerstown, Maryland to the parish church.
The original All Saints building, built in 1750, was about four blocks away from the buildings constructed in the next century. In 1759, Rev. Thomas Bacon, former rector of St. Peter's Church in Talbot County, was appointed third "reader" of the parish, which by then was the colony's richest with an income of ₤400 sterling, but he was expected to first compile the laws of Maryland in Annapolis. This caused local consternation such that Rev. Bacon agreed to hire a priest to help him in the 100 mile by 30 mile parish, and moved to Frederick in 1762 upon receiving Governor Sharpe's assent to his appointment, which proved to be his last (he died in 1768).
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