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Chapel of the Incarnation (Brandywine, Maryland)

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Built
  
1916 (1916)

NRHP Reference #
  
00001505

Area
  
1,200 m²

Built by
  
Palmer, William J.

Opened
  
1916

Added to NRHP
  
13 December 2000

Chapel of the Incarnation (Brandywine, Maryland)

Location
  
14070 Brandywine Rd., Brandywine, Maryland

Address
  
14070 Brandywine Rd, Brandywine, MD 20613, USA

Architectural style
  
Mission Revival architecture

Similar
  
St Thomas' Church, St Paul's Parish Church, Glen Echo Park - Maryland, Jolly Roger Amusement Park, Susquehanna State Park

The Chapel of the Incarnation is an L-shaped church building of the Mission style. It is located at 14070 Brandywine Rd., Brandywine, Prince George's County, Maryland.

The cornerstone was laid in September 1916, and the chapel opened for Mass early in 1917. The chapel's architect, William J. Palmer, designed numerous residences and churches in Washington, D.C., prepared the plans and specifications for the church and attached Parish Hall. The Mission style may have been deemed appropriate to the church's status as a "mission chapel," or offshoot, of St. Thomas' Church in Croom, Maryland.

The chapel is constructed of poured-in-form concrete covered with a coarse pebble-filled stucco to resemble adobe. It is a one-story cross-gabled building with the entrance through the lower-gabled narthex. The structure is highlighted by a shaped parapet and bell tower. The interior is distinguished by its original altar balustrade and pulpit, and an ancient stone baptismal font brought from a church in England.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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