St. Thomas' Episcopal Parish Historic District

St. Thomas' Episcopal Parish Historic District is a national historic district located at Croom, Prince George's County, Maryland. The district encompasses four contributing buildings and three contributing sites associated with St. Thomas' Church. The other contributing buildings are the Gothic Revival style St. Thomas' Church Rectory (1852-1853), Tenant/Sexton's House (c. 1890), and tobacco barn (c. 1905). The contributing sites are the St. Thomas' Episcopal Church Cemetery, St. Simon's Mission Chapel Site, and St. Simon's Cemetery. The African-American communicants of St. Thomas' Church formed St. Simon's Mission Chapel in the late-19th century and it operated on the property associated with the Croome Industrial and Agricultural School (Croom Settlement School), which operated from about 1902 to 1952.^[2]

St. Thomas' Episcopal Parish Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, August 2014
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Location	From east side of Croom Rd. along north & south sides of St. Thomas Church Rd., eastward for about 1500 ft., near Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Coordinates	38°44′51″N 76°45′29″W / 38.74750°N 76.75806°W / 38.74750; -76.75806
Area	43.77 acres (17.71 ha)
Built	1742
Built by	Page, Daniel; Tayman, Harry P.; Armstrong, H. and J.
Architect	Priest, John W; Grigg, Milton
Architectural style	Georgian, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	20120106^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 30, 2011

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.^[1]

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/27/11 through 12/30/11. National Park Service. January 6, 2012.
2. Emma K. Young (October 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Thomas' Episcopal Parish Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved August 1, 2015.

External links

• St. Thomas' Episcopal Parish Historic District, Prince George's County, Inventory No.: PG:86A-59, including undated photo and boundary map, at Maryland Historical Trust website
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-631, "St. Thomas' Church, 14300 St. Thomas' Church Road at Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County, MD", 9 photos, 4 data pages, 1 photo caption page, supplemental material
• St. Thomas Parish, Diocese of Washington