Dunker Church, Hagerstown & Smoketown Roads, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
Summary
Significance: Built in 1853 by members of the Church of the Brethren, the building was a focal point in the Battle of Antietam September 14-19, 1862. Although it collapsed during a storm in 1921, portions of the woodwork, including pews and bricks, were saved and will be included in the 1961 reconstruction of the building on its original foundation. These fragments are detailed in this set of drawings.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-124
Survey number: HABS MD-203
Building/structure dates: 1853 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1921 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000038
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Tags
churches
brick buildings
religions
structural failures
re creations conjectural works
maryland
dunker
church
dunker church
hagerstown
smoketown
smoketown roads
sharpsburg
washington county
jack e boucher
historic american buildings survey
james f talbutt
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
historic american engineering record
historic american landscapes survey
architecture
american architecture
church architecture
building
church buildings
library of congress
national register of historic places
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Talbutt, James F, delineator
Location
maryland
,
39.45760, -77.74888
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html