Historical Marker

Rectory of Old St. Paul's Parish

Cathedral Street at Saratoga Street, northeast corner, on the grounds of the rectory · Baltimore · Baltimore city

Maryland marker

Inscription

Rectory of Old St. Paul's Parish Incorporated 1692, 37 years before Baltimore Town itself, St. Paul's moved to this vicinity in 1731. It was city's first place of public worship. This rectory, the "Parsonage on the Hill", built 1789-1791 on half-acre lot given by Col. John Eager Howard, replaced earlier house at present location of Fidelity building, Charles and Lexington Streets.

The church at Charles and Saratoga Streets, designed by Richard Upjohn in 1854, is fourth on Baltimore's original "Lot 19." Marker erected 1976 by Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Maryland

Location

AddressCathedral Street at Saratoga Street, northeast corner, on the grounds of the rectory
CityBaltimore
CountyBaltimore city
StateMaryland
Coordinates39.293056, -76.616944

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