Thomas Run Church
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Thomas Run Church, also known as Watters Meeting House, is a historic Methodist church located at Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland
. It is a one-story, rubble stone, three-bay church with a slate
-covered gabled roof. It was among the first structures used by Methodists in colonial America.
According to records at the Lovely Lane Methodist Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, the Church was part of the Darlington Methodist Charge, which included Darlington United Methodist Church
and Rock Run United Methodist Church
. Currently, services are held semiannually with one on the first Sunday of June and the other on the first Sunday of October.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1978.
Harford County, Maryland
Harford County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland. In 2010, its population was 244,826. Its county seat is Bel Air. Harford County forms part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area.-History:...
. It is a one-story, rubble stone, three-bay church with a slate
Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering...
-covered gabled roof. It was among the first structures used by Methodists in colonial America.
According to records at the Lovely Lane Methodist Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, the Church was part of the Darlington Methodist Charge, which included Darlington United Methodist Church
Darlington United Methodist Church
Darlington United Methodist Church is located in Darlington, Maryland. It is a pre Civil War structure, built in 1852, with white siding, large windows, and many historically original architecture. It is a church within the Baltimore Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church...
and Rock Run United Methodist Church
Rock Run United Methodist Church
Rock Run United Methodist Church is a one story building, with stone walls and a slate-covered gable roof, located on a 1.24 acre plot of land at the corner of Craig's Corner Road and Rock Run Road near Level, Maryland and approximately six miles south of Darlington, Maryland...
. Currently, services are held semiannually with one on the first Sunday of June and the other on the first Sunday of October.
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 1978.
External links
- Thomas Run Church, Harford County, including photo from 1969, at Maryland Historical Trust