Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church

Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic Methodist church located at Bethlehem, Taylor's Island, Dorchester County, Maryland. It was built in 1857, and is a gable-front common bond brick church across the road from a mid-19th century cemetery.

Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church
Front of the church, July 2018
LocationHoopers Neck Rd., Taylor's Island, Maryland
Coordinates38°28′56″N 76°18′58″W
Area2.4 acres (0.97 ha)
Built1857 (1857)
ArchitectUnknown
Architectural styleGothic Revival Victorian
NRHP reference No.79001126[1]
Added to NRHPJune 7, 1979

The Gothic Revival Victorian church has an octagonal belfry above which is an octagonal dome with a spire superimposed and covered in copper, making it look like an inverted ice cream cone. It is the best example of a mid-19th century Methodist chapel in Dorchester County and retains its original interior.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

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