Mercy Chapel at Mill Run is an historic Carpenter Gothic

Carpenter Gothic

Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic, and Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures built by house-carpenters...

-style church located at Selbysport

Selbysport, Maryland

Selbysport is an unincorporated community in Garrett County, Maryland, United States. Mercy Chapel at Mill Run was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.-References:...

, Garrett County, Maryland

Garrett County, Maryland

Garrett County is the westernmost county of the U.S. state of Maryland. Created from Allegany County, Maryland in 1872 it was the last Maryland county to be formed. It was named for John Work Garrett , railroad executive, industrialist, and financier. Garrett served as president of the Baltimore...

. It is a one story, one room frame structure built on an octagonal plan above a coursed stone foundation. The interior of the chapel is a fine example of local craftsmanship and is virtually unchanged since the 1870s. Two small graveyard plots lie adjacent to the chapel. It is one of the most architecturally sophisticated and well preserved octagonal buildings in Maryland, and one of only a dozen mid-19th century octagonal buildings surviving in Maryland..

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 1984.

External links

• Mercy Chapel at Mill Run, Garrett County, including photo from 1979, at Maryland Historical Trust