Emmanuel Church - Cumberland, Maryland
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BruceS
N 39° 39.039 W 078° 45.937
17S E 691703 N 4391369
Historic Episcopal Church in Cumberland, Maryland.
Waymark Code: WMJE5K
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2013
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EMMANUEL CHURCH (P.E.), Washington and Green Sts., is a cruciform stone building of the Gothic type. Above its square buttressed tower rises a slender spire. The church was erected in 1850. Protestant Episcopal services were being held in Cumberland in 1804.-
Maryland: A Guide to the Old Line State, Cumberland section, pg. 267.
The Emmanuel Episcopal Church continues as an active Episcopal parish with two services each Sunday. The church is much as described in the Guide and more including Tiffany designed stained glass windows and tunnels beneath it dating to Fort Cumberland which was command by George Washington and later used as part of the underground railroad prior to the Civil War.