All Saints is another church I regularly passed on my way to St. Mary's. It's right at the intersection of Routes 2 and 4, just over the line into Calvert County, and sits at the top of a small rise.
When I turned in to the drive, I was pleasantly surprised by All Saints. It's not a traditional-looking church, but that is the fun of it. It is a Georgian-style building, in a Flemish bond with random glazed headers.
Luckily, the history of All Saints is well-documented because it's a "state church," with its establishment in 1692. The present church was built between 1774 and 1777. (You can see a labyrinth in the image below. They seem to be the thing at churches these days.)
During the Depression, the WPA compiled an inventory of Church Archives in Maryland, indicating that there was another church on this site in 1695, with additions made in 1703. But no traces of that church remain.
It's incredible how both the interior and exterior still look fresh and contemporary... but that's what classic architecture is all about.
Link to Medusa.
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