ADDENDUM PG:86A-12 St. Simon's Episcopal Church Site and

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PG:86A-12 St. Simon's Episcopal Church Site and Cemetery St. Thomas Church Road Croom, Prince George's County Rosemary Proia The Ottery Group Inc. March 6, 2009

Deed 14158:61 May 31 , 2000

Unknown October 8, 1971

Deed 31 :200 June 2, 1906

Chain of Title - Church Site

Map 128, Grid E2, Parcel 59

The Convention of Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of, Washington to Vestry of St. Thomas' Parish, Croom (2.0568 acres, $10)

Croom Settlement to Unknown (Unknown, $0) Date and grantor information from real property record

Susie Willes, unmarried, to Trustees of the Croome Industrial and Agricultural Institute of Prince George's County, Maryland (1.868 acres and .29 acres, $5) 1.868 acres for "the colored minister' s house and lot;" .29 acres for the chapel. Surveyed by Edward L. Lattimer, 12/26/1905. Parsonage located behind the chapel.

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Deed 3086:482 December 29, 1964

Deed 173 :77 June 30, 1921

Deed 137: 343 December 31 , 1918

Deed 97:345 February 5, 1914

Chain of Title - Cemetery

Map 128, Grid E2, Parcel 59

Kenneth E. Pruden, Receiver and Trustee, to Board of Education, Prince George ' s County, Maryland (43.492 acres, $1) By order of the Circuit Court (12-17-1964, Equity No. C-1059), Pruden appointed receiver for Croome Settlement School of Prince George's County, Maryland, and directed to convey real property belonging to the school.

Susie Willes, Trustee, to The Croome Settlement School of Prince George's County, State of Maryland, Inc. (45 acres more or less, $1) Real estate conveyed to Willes by a decree of the Circuit Court in Equity No. 5044 as trustee for a corporation that has been formed in accordance with said decree.

M. Hampton Magruder, Receiver, to Susie Willes, Trustee (60 acres more or less, save and excepting land conveyed Liber 98, Folio 420, $5) Circuit Court passed a decree in Equity No. 5044, in the matter of the Dissolution of the Croome Industrial and Agricultural Institute in which case Susie Willes is a defendant and M. Hampton Magruder was appointed receiver with the authority to convey to Willes as trustee for uses and purposes described in the decree and Willes having complied with prerequisites of said decree.

Rev. Alfred Harding, Trustee, to The Croome Industrial and Agricultural Institute (60 acres mil, $10) Same land described in 16/7 and 7/343, save and excepting three acres for the Chapel and Minister' s House and Garden conveyed 31/200. Purpose to convey all the right, title, and deed to the land to Croome Industrial and Agricultural Institute.

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Deed 97: 344 February 5, 1914

Deed 97: 343 January 13, 1914

Deed 82: 248 1911

Deed 16:7 April 14, 1904

Deed 7: 373

William L. Devries, Trustee, to Rev. Alfred Harding, Trustee ( 60 acres more or less, $10) Same land conveyed in 16/7 and 97/343, save and excepting three acres as described above. William Devries is one of the original trustees of the Croome Industrial and Agricultural Institute named in Liber 16, Folio 7, and one of the Trustees named in the articles of incorporation recorded in Bond Record JB No. 1 Folio 181. Purpose of deed to convey land in trust for the Croome Institute as set forth in the articles of incorporation.

Susie Willes to Rev. Alfred Harding, Trustee (60 acres, more or less, $10; Save and excepting three acres conveyed 31/200) Reference to Liber 82, Folio 248 when five of six original trustees conveyed land to grantor.

Susanne Willes, et al, trustees, to Susie Willes (60 acres more or less, $5 and other good and valuable considerations) Trustees as named in Liber 16, Folio 7. Handwritten notation "Remitted to Miss Susie Willes, Croome, Md. June 12, 1912"

Susie Willes to Suzanne Willes, Katherine Willes of Prince George's County; Thomas J. Packard of Montgomery County; William L. Devries and Richard B.B. Chew Jr. of the District of Columbia, Gertrude H. Woodward of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Trustees of the Croome Industrial and Agricultural Institute of Prince George's County, Maryland (60 acres more or less, $10) "Saving and excepting three acres for the chapel and minister's house and garden to be selected and surveyed by the party of the first part."

Rice N. Hooe and Augusta H. Hooe, his wife, to Susie Willes

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June 30, 1902 (60 acres, more or less, $1500) A part of the 200 acres Rice Hooe received from Caleb C. Hooe and others in 1898, recorded in JB 3/681.

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Section 7. DESCRIPTION

Prepare both a one paragraph summary and comprehensive description of the resource and its various elements as it exists today.

SUMMARY

Saint Simon Chapel was a frame building constructed c. 1894 on the grounds of St. Thomas Episcopal Church Rectory, and was moved to the south side across St. Thomas Church Road to the present site in 1902.1 The chapel stood facing north close to the road, and a chancel and tower were later added to the building. A two-story frame vicarage was constructed on the site soon after the chapel ' s relocation. St. Simons Chapel was closed in 1964 and stood vacant until it was demolished in 1974.

The cemetery is located approximately one-quarter mile from Saint Thomas Church Road on a quarter-acre section of the Board of Education's 43-acre parcel. There are approximately 70 marked graves and an unknown number of unmarked graves in the cemetery. The earliest grave marker identified is dated 1929 and the most recent burial in 2005 . The grave markers vary in design and material and include concrete and marble tablets, bronze and granite flush plaques, and 13 concrete crosses.

DESCRIPTION

St. Simon's Episcopal Church Site and Cemetery (HS: 86A-012), located in Croom, was documented on Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory forms in 197 4 and 1982. Saint Simon Chapel was a frame building constructed c. 1894 on the grounds of St. Thomas Episcopal Church Rectory, and was moved across St. Thomas Church Road to the present site in 1902.2 The chapel stood close to the road, and a chancel and tower were later added to the building. A two-story frame vicarage was constructed on the site soon after the chapel's relocation. A few years later, a cemetery was established about a 1;4-mile south of the chapel and vicarage. In 1964, the St. Simon's congregation merged with St. Thomas. According to the inventory form, the chapel and vicarage were demolished in 1972.

This addendum further documents the cemetery. St. Simon's cemetery is located in a clearing in the woods, southeast of the parcel that contained the chapel and vicarage. An

1 Pearl, Susan G. "Maryland Inventory of Historic Places Form 86A-012." State of Maryland, Maryland Historical Trust. 1982. The following paragraph is taken directly from Susan Pearl ' s MIHP form. 2 Pearl, Susan G.

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unpaved road beginning at St. Thomas Church Road runs south along the western edge of the chapel site to the cemetery. At the rear of the chapel site, the road is crossed by a locked iron gate supported by two brick piers. At this point, the road runs through property belonging to the Prince George's County Board of Education. The cemetery is located on a quarter-acre section of the Board of Education's 43-acre parcel. The road is flanked on either side by woods, and the cemetery is located on the east side of this road, approximately one-quarter mile from Saint Thomas Church Road. The cemetery is bordered on the north, south, and west by woods. Short metal stakes are located along the northern perimeter and on the western and southern boundaries there are wooden fence posts.

There are approximately 70 marked graves and an unknown number of unmarked graves in the cemetery. The earliest grave marker identified is dated 1929. The cemetery is still in active use, with the most recent burial in 2005 . The marked graves are concentrated in the western half of the cemetery; the eastern half is largely open ground. The grave markers vary in design and material and include concrete and marble tablets, bronze and granite flush plaques, and 13 concrete crosses. Five of the crosses also have footstones. The markers face east. About 13 grave locations are marked with either concrete blocks or sections of concrete border edging. According to the Saint Thomas Church parish historian, Franklin Robinson, these markers were placed by the Saint Thomas Parish Cemetery Committee and identify known grave sites and family plots. There are also unmarked graves located on the chapel site, according to Robinson. 3

There are about a half dozen trees consisting of mature oaks and beeches in the western section of the cemetery. There is a circular bed of lilies planted at the center of the cemetery. In addition, there are a number of boxwoods and a few holly and rose bushes. Other than the trees, the plantings appear to be ofrelatively recent date. The cemetery grounds are well maintained, cared for by members of the cemetery committee.

The site of the St. Simon's chapel and vicarage possess a moderate level of integrity, chiefly through the site's associative values. The cemetery possesses a high level of integrity, largely retaining original setting, location, grave markers, design, workmanship, and materials, feeling, and association with the historic period.

3 Franklin Robinson, Telephone interview, 12 September 2008

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Section 8. SIGNIFICANCE

Prepare both a one paragraph statement of significance addressing applicable criteria, followed by a narrative discussion of the history of the resource and its context. (For compliance projects, complete evaluation of a DOE Form - see manual.)

SUMMARY

The history of Saint Simon Episcopal Church, located in Croom, was well documented in the 1982 inventory form. Saint Simon began as a mission of Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, Croom. Saint Thomas traces its roots to the 1740s when St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Baden, established a chapel near the intersection of present day Route 382 and Saint Thomas Church Road. By 1894, St. Thomas had been "ministering to some members of the black community for generations," according to the 1982 form, and in that year, a mission chapel was built on the grounds of the rectory for African-American communicants.4 (The church history places the founding date for St. Simon's two years later, when Misses Susanne, Katherine, and Elizabeth Willes, sisters of the St. Thomas pastor, Rev. Frank P. Willes, began offering a Sunday School for African Americans in the rectory.) The number of African-American communicants increased, and the congregation petitioned the bishop for a full-time African-American priest.5 This request was granted in 1902 when Rev. August E. Jensen was appointed rector. The chapel was then moved southeast, across the road, to a 60-acre tract of land that had been purchased in June 1902 by Susanne Willes. Twenty-three communicants are recorded as of May 23, 2002, with the total increased to 62 a year later. The church register also records that Rev. Jensen performed a number of baptisms in the chapel June 8, 1902.6

A few years after the chapel was moved, the cemetery was established 114 mile to the south according to the inventory form. This location appears to place the church cemetery in the southeastern comer of the land belonging to the Croom Agricultural and Industrial Institute, a school established for African Americans by Suzanne Willes. The earliest burials at St. Simon's were recorded in 1903, with the infant daughter of Rev. Jensen the first interred. It is likely that in the first decade, burials were within the chapel grounds,

4 Pearl, Susan G. "Maryland Inventory of Historic Places Form 86A-012." State of Maryland, Maryland Historical Trust. 1982. 5 Pearl, Susan G. "Maryland Inventory of Historic Places Form 86A-012." State of Maryland, Maryland Historical Trust. 1982. The following paragraph is taken directly from Susan Pearl's MIHP form. 6 St. Simon's Chapel, Croome, Church Register, 1902-1950, Microfilm, Church Collection, Maryland State Archives

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since the cemetery was not consecrated until 1914 by Bishop Harding of the Diocese of Washington. 7

There is no count of weekly attendance recorded in the church register of 1902-1950. A later parish register (1951-1963) records weekly attendance beginning in 1957. Attendance for Easter was at a high of 53 in 1960, and a low of 25 in 1963. While the attendance records continue for another year, ending on December 13, 1964, the parish was listed as inactive by 1963. In 1964, the congregation of St. Simon 's merged with that of St. Thomas.8

ST A TEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

St. Simon's is significant as one of only two Episcopal chapels established for AfricanAmericans in the nineteenth century in Prince George ' s County. St. Simon's possesses significant character, interest, and value as part of the development of the AfricanAmerican community. St. Simons exemplifies the cultural, social, political, and historic heritage of Prince George's County. The church site and cemetery is listed as a Historic Resource in the Prince George's County Plan for Historic Sites and Districts, 1992. A historic marker was added to the site in April 2008. In summer 2008, St. Thomas was in negotiation with the Prince George ' s County Board of Education to transfer title of the cemetery property to the church.

7 Jean A. Sargent, 1984, Stones and Bones: Cemetery Records of Prince George's County, Maryland, 260 8 Records description, St. Simon's Chapel, Maryland State Archives

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P.G. #86A-12 St. Simon's Church Site and Cemetery St. Thomas' Church Road, Croom, Md. Priv/Unocc/Cem/Site

ca. 1894

St. Simon's was a simple frame structure constructed on the grounds of St. Thomas' Rectory and later transported a short distance south to the present site. The chapel was demolished in 1972. The cemetery is located on a oneacre parcel of land ca. 1/4 mile south of the chapel site; it contains many gravestones from the early years of this century, and is still in use.

In 1892, Rev. Frank P. Willes became Rector of St.Thomas' Episcopal Church in Croom, and it was under his leadership that a chapel was built ca. 1894 for Black communicants. Although St. Thomas' bad been ministering to members of the

·local Black community for more than a century, the construction of St. Simon's chapel allowed separate educational and social events, and attracted a larger Black congregation. (The success of the school held in the chapel led to the estab-1 ishrnent in 1903 by Suzanne Willes, sister of the RectoG of the Croom Industrial and Agricultural Institute; cf. P.G. #86A-24). In 1902, St. Simon's received its first full-time Black priest, August Jensen, and in that year the chapel was moved from its location on the St. Thomas Rectory grounds south to the other side of St. Thomas' Church Road; a cemetery was laid out ca. 1/4 mile to the south. Twelve Black priests served St. Simon's until it closed in 1964; at that time the congregation merged (again) with St. Thomas', and the chapel was demolished ca. 1972. It s site, and the nearby cemetery, constitute a--Very important Black historic site, representing one of only two Episcopal chapels established for Blacks in nineteenth century Prince George's County.

Maryland Historical Trust .-State Historic Sites Inventory Form

1. Name {indicate pref erred name}

historic St. Si~on' s Church and Cemetery

and/or common

2. Location

Survey No • ... P.G. #86A-12

Magi No. 1704564632

DOE ___yes no

street & number St. Thomas' Church Road -- not for publication

city, town Upper Marlboro _vicinity of Croomngressional district 4

state Maryland county P • G. 20772

3. Classification Category _district- building(s) _. structure

-- _x_ site _object

Ownership _public __ private _both Public Acquisition _in process _ being considered ~-not applicable

Status _occupied _ unoccupied __ work in progress Accessible _yes: restricted _yes: unrestricted __ no

Present Use ~ agriculture _commercial _ educational _ entertainment _ government _ industrial _military

__ museum __ park __ private residence __ religious __ scientific __ transportation __ other:

4. Owner of Property (give names and mailing addresses of ~ owners>

name P. G. Co. Board of Education

street & number telephone no.:

city, town Upper Marlboro state and zip code Md. 20772

5. Location of Legal Description

courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. P • G. Co. Courthouse liber #3086

street & number Main Street folio $ 482

city,town Upper Marlboro state Md. 20772

6. Representation in Existing Historical surveys

m~ P. G. Co. Inventory of Historic Sites

jate 1974 _federal __ state X county __ local

depository for survey records History Division, M-NCPPC

city, town Riverdale state Md. 20737

-7. Description Survey NoP. G. #86A-12

Condition __ excellent _good __ fair

Check one . _ deteriorated _ unaltered

_ruins _altered _x_ unexposed

Check one _ original site _moved date of move

Prepare both a summary paragraph and a general description of the resource and its various elements as it exists today.

St. Simon's was a simple frame structure constructed

on the grounds of St. Thomas' Rectory, and later

moved a short distance south to a new site. A chancel

and tower were added to the chapel, and a two-story

frame vicarage was built next to it. The chapel was

closed in 1964 and demolished in 1972; the vicarage

was demolished in 1973.

St. Simon's cemetery is located on a one-acre parcel of

land ca. 1/4 mile south of the chapel site; it contains

many gravestones from the early years of this century,

and is still in use.

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8. Significance Survey No. p. G. #S6 A_ 1 2

Period Areas of Significance-Cteck and justify below _ prehistoric _1400-1499 _ 1500-1599 _ 1600-1699 _1700-1799 -XX 1800-1899 _xx 1900-

_archeology-prehistoric _community planning __ landscape architecture__K religion _ archeology-historic _ conservation __ law __ science _ agriculture _ economics __ literature - __ sculpture _ architecture _education __ military ~ social/ _ art _ engineering __ music humanitarian _ commerce _ exploration/settlement __ philosophy __ theater _ communications - Industry _ politics/government __ transportation

_ invention __ other (specify)

Specific dates 1894-1972 guilder/Architect

check: Applicable Criteria: A B c D and/or

Applicable Exception: A B c D E F G

Level of Significance: m.tional state local

Prepare both a summary paragraph of significance and a general statement of history and support. St. Simon's Site

By the 1890's St. Thili~as' Episcopal Church, Croom, which had been built in the 1740's as a chapel-of-ease of St. Paul's, Baden, was already 150 years old.

In 1892, Rev. Frank P. Willes was confirmed as Rector of St. Thomas, and it was under his rectorship (1892 -1903) that a mission chapel was built (ca 1894) for black communicants. Although St. Thomas' had been ministering to some Lernbers of the black community for generations, the construction of St. Simon's on the grounds of the St. Thomas rectory building, allowed for separate educational and social events among the black community, and attracted a larger black congregation. (The success of the school held in the chapel in its early years led to the establishment in 1903 by Suzanne Willes, sister of the Rector, of the Croom Industrial and Agricultural Institute; cf. Croom Settlement School).

In 1902 the congregation of St. Simon's petitioned the Bishop of Washington for a full-time black priest to serve St. Simon's, and the Rev. August E. Jensen was installed in June of that year. Immediately after his arrival, the chapel was moved from the St. Thomas' Rectory grounds, across St. Thomas' Church Road to a 60-acre tract of land which Suzanne Will~s had just purchased for that purpose. The small frame structure was lifted onto rolling logs, and slowly transported by this means to its new location just south of St. Thomas' Church Road. Services were actually held in the chapel enroute during the moving process, which took several weeks. After the chapel was stabilized in its new location, a Minister's House (vicarage) was built on the lot immediately adjoiniri.g, and a few years later a cemetery was laid out 1/4 mile to the south. A series of twelve black priests served St. Simon's until it was closed in 1964. At that time, the congregation of

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8. SIGNIFICANCE (Cont'd) P.G. #86A-12

St. Simon's merged (again) with St. Thomas', and the chapel stood vacant until it was razed circa 1972. A year or so later, the vicarage was also demolished. The 60-acre tract on which both buildings and the cemetery were located was deeded (in 1964) to the P.G. Co. Board of Education, but responsibility for maintenance of the (approximately one acre) St. Simon's cemetery remains with the Vestry of St. Thomas. The cemetery remains in use today.

9. Major Bibliographical References survey No.P. G. #86A-12 P.G.Co. Deeds: 3086:482; 173:77; 137:343; 97:345; 91:343, 344; 82:248; 16:7; 7:373 Diocese of Washington Archives, 1940, pp 102-03; "Brief History of St. Simon's Chapel" by Rev. F.P. Willes, 1935; Interviews with Rev. E. Raffetto and Ellen Henson, and Frank Perry.

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11. Form Prepared By

name/title Susan G. Pearl

organization History Division M-NCPPC date December 1982

street & number 4811 Riverdale Rd. telephone 779-2011

city or town Riverdale state Md • 2 0 7 3 7

The Maryland Historic Sites Inventory was officially created by an Act of the Maryland Legislature to be.found in the Annotated Code of Maryland, Article 41, Section 181 KA, 1974 supplement.

The survey and inventory are being prepared for information and reco~d purposes only and do not constitute any infringement of individual property rights.

return to: Maryland Historical Trust Shaw House 21 State Circle Annapolis,-- Maryland 21401 (301) 269-2438

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MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST

INVENTORY FORM FOR STATE HISTORIC SITES SURVEY

DNAME HISTORIC

St. Simon's Ch-=u.:.:r::..c-=-h=-=--.....:C=-e::..m=e-'t'""'e::..;r;;;;;..t...· _______________________ _ AND/OR COMMON

0LOCATION STREET & NUMBER

dirt lane, south of St. Thomas Church Road, near Rte. 382 CITY. l'OWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Croom _ v1c1..,1rY oF STATE COUNTY

Marv land Prince George's

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CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS _DISTRICT _PUBLIC 1uCCUPIED _BUILDING(S) iRIVATE UNOCCUPIED

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DOWNER OF PROPERTY NAME

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REGISTRY OF DEEDS. ETC. Prince George's County Courthouse STREET & NUMBER

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Upper .Marlboro

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_ORIGINAL SITE

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DESCRIEE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

This is a small cemetery plot that sits in the woods beside a dirt lane (south of St. Thomas Church Road, east of Rte. 382.) There are apparently a number of markers here.

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PERIOD AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW

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_1500-1599

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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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Apparently, this was the cemetery for St. Simon's Church, that stood nearby on St. Thomas Church Rd. It seems to have been an early-20th Century Negro church.

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IIi]GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY _______ _

VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION

LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES

STATE COUNTY

STATE COUNTY

mFORM PREPARED BY NAME I TITLE

Michael F. J.NJyer, Senior Park Historian. ORGANIZATION DATE

M-NCPPC 9/17/74 STREET & NUMBER TELEPHONE

8787 Georgia Ave. 589-1480 CITY OR TOWN STATE

Silver Spring Maryland

The Maryland Historic Sites Inventory was officially created by an Act of the Maryland Legislature, to be found in the Annotated Code of Maryland, Article 41, Section 181 KA, 1974 Supplement.

The Survey and Inventory are being prepared for information and record purposes only and do not constitute any infringement of individual property rights.

RETURN TO: Maryland Historical Trust The Shaw House, 21 State Circle Annapolis, Maryland 21401 (301) 267-1438

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Site of St . Simon's Church Prince George's County, Md . Susan G. Pearl January 1983 View to northeast Neg: Md. Hist. Trust, Annapolis, Md.

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St. Simon's Cemetery Prince George ' s County, Md. Susan G. Pearl January 1983 View to east Neg: Md . Hist . Trust, Annapolis, Md .

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ADDENDUM PG:86A-12 St. Simon's Episcopal Church Site and