Christ Church (Port Republic, Maryland)

{{short description|Historic church in Maryland, United States}}

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Christ Church

| nrhp_type =

| image = Christ Church North Dec 08.JPG

| caption = Christ Church – North Side, December 2008

| nearest_city = Port Republic, Maryland

| coordinates = {{coord|38|29|38|N|76|32|12|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Maryland#USA

| area =

| built = 1772

| architect =

| architecture = Gothic Revival

| added = November 12, 1975

| refnum = 75000871{{NRISref|2008a}}

}}

The Christ Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Port Republic, Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The church is a three-bay-wide, five bays long, beige stucco 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.{{cite web|url=https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-343.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Christ Church |date=April 1974 |accessdate=2016-01-01 |author=William M. Plummer |publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}} Middleham Chapel was started from this congregation as a Chapel of Ease. Christ Church Parish was one of the original 30 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland. Burials in the church cemetery include former U. S. Representative Thomas Parran Sr.{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000077|title=PARRAN, Thomas - Biographical Information|website=bioguide.congress.gov|accessdate=22 July 2017}} and United States Coast Guard Admiral Merlin O'Neill.

Christ Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Gallery

Christ Church South Dec 08.JPG|Christ Church - South Side, December 2008

Christ Church Door Dec 08.JPG|Christ Church - Door Detail, December 2008

Christ Church Plaque Dec 08.JPG|Christ Church - Historic Marker, December 2008

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