Key date analysis:
The Parish Hall was built by the East New Market Vestry of the Methodist Episcopal Church around 1914.
Who built it:
The East New Market Vestry of the Episcopal Church built the Parish Hall around 1914.
Longest Residents:
none
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Historic Records:
18 CL 205 - 6 March 1894 - The East New Market Female Seminary to the Convention of the P.E. Church in the Diocese of Easton for $1: All the right, title, and interest at law of the said East New Market Female Seminary in the town of East New Market. Beginning on the west side of the county road leading to Cabin Creek at a stone on the N E corner of the lot belonging to Fred Wright and running thence N71W 256f by and with the line of said Fred Wright, thence N21E 83f by and with the line of Samuel L. Webster, thence S69E 257f by and with the line of the Protestant Episcopal Church lot, thence S19W 73.5f by and with said road to place of beginning. The same being known as the Seminary Lot. Together with the improvements thereupon. Unto the said Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Easton in trust for the use and benefit of the Vestry of East New Market Parish to use and occupy and enjoy the property for such purpose as the said Vestry may from time to time prescribe. The East New Market Female Seminary is a corporation duly incorporated by an act of the General Assembly of Maryland passed at the Session of 1849 being Chapter 553 of said Act of 1849. Signed by Isaac H. Wright & J.T. Jacobs, surviving Trustees.
For more information about the history of the land on which the St. Stephen's Parish Hall was erected, see the Historic Record Report for the Female Seminary.