Second Presbyterian Church - Baltimore MD - Presbyterian Churches on Waymarking.com

From their website in part:

"SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: MORE THAN 200 YEARS OF PRESBYTERIAN HISTORY IN BALTIMORE
In 1790, application was made to the Baltimore Presbytery to organize a second Presbyterian congregation on the east side of the city. Dr. Patrick Allison, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, preached frequently in Fells Point where a portion of his congregation resided, but as the first church grew, it demanded all his time and he was not able to go as frequently to East Baltimore. In his account of the “Rise and Progress of the Presbyterian Church,” written in 1793, he said: “It has been proposed at different times to form another Presbyterian Church in the Town, and raise a separate house of worship for which purpose a lot of ground was some years ago generously given by Col. John E. Howard; however the design seems to be waived for the present, though there can remain no doubt but that such a measure must become necessary in a short space.”

PROMINENT BALTIMOREANS AMONG SECOND’S FOUNDING FATHERS
Among the prominent Baltimoreans who were founding fathers of the new church were Alexander Brown, founder of Baltimore’s storied investment firm, Alex. Brown and Sons (founded 1800); David Stodder, a shipbuilder who supervised the building of the 1797 frigate USS Constellation, the rebuilt 1854 version of which now sits in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor; and General William McDonald, an officer during the Revolutionary War and commander the 6th Maryland infantry regiment during the Battle of North Point where the British were successfully rebuffed during the War of 1812. Coincidentally, General McDonald’s estate in Baltimore, named Guilford after the Revolutionary War Battle of Guilford Courthouse where he was wounded as a young man, later became the neighborhood of Guilford and the location for Second Church’s current building.

1930 PALMER-LAMDIN CHURCH BUILDING
Designed by the noted Palmer-Lamdin architectural firm, ground was broken for our present Sanctuary and Manse on April 26, 1929. The Manse home for church’s pastor was completed and occupied in December of that year, and the new church Sanctuary was dedicated a short time later on October 26, 1930. The congregation at this service filled the church to overflowing.

In April 1965, the construction of the chapel and new office wing began, culminating forty years of church expansion and construction in the Guilford area. The Chapel and office wing, mostly paid for by memorial contributions, were occupied in 1966.

In 2003 Second Church celebrated its bicentennial.

Presbyterian Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA) Status: Active House of Worship Address: 4200 St Paul Street Baltimore , MD USA 21218 Date Built: 1929 Architect: Palmer-Lamdin architectural firm, Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

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