Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
| Grace Methodist Episcopal Church | |
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| Site Information | |
| Address | 1121 W Lanvale St |
| Geo-reference | 39°17′52″N 76°38′13″W / 39.29765°N 76.63697°W |
| Building Data | |
| Building Type | Church |
| Design | |
| Architect | Frank E. Davis |
| Construction | |
| Completed | 1876 |
In 1875, The Baltimore Sun announced that the congregation of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church was moving from Franklin Square to Lafayette Square, where a stone chapel designed by Thomas Dixon & Charles L. Carson had been standing since 1871. As the new and more substantial building was being constructed out of stone to a design by Frank E. Davis, the steeple was blown over by a windstorm, resulting in stones falling through the roof, becoming embedded in the floor and surrounding sidewalk. Damage was widespread throughout the city, but the new church was still finished that year. The parsonage, which was also designed by Davis, was the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church’s third and final construction project on Lafayette Square. It was completed in 1887. The parsonage, unlike the church itself, was done in the Queen Anne Revival style, contrasting with the Gothic Revival church. Sash windows replaced lancets, a rounded arch replaced pointed ones, a dormer fell among interlocking gables, all giving the parsonage a distinct facade. In 1927, the congregation sold the church and parsonage to the Metropolitan Methodist Episocal Church, and they’re still there today.
