Taylor's Chapel

Taylor's Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Taylor's Chapel, August 2011
Location	6001 Hillen Rd., Mount Pleasant Park, Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates	39°21′46″N 76°34′40″W
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1853 (1853)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	83002940
Added to NRHP	July 28, 1983

Taylor's Chapel is an historic chapel located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a Greek Revival style chapel located in a quarter acre fenced-in plot, which also includes a graveyard, within Mount Pleasant Park in northeast Baltimore. The structure is a small, mid-19th-century country church, built of stone, covered with stucco, painted white, and has a gable roof. The interior features frescoes on the walls and ceiling, attributed by tradition to the Italian-American painter Constantino Brumidi. The frescoes are trompe l’oeil paintings of classical architectural detailing, including pilasters, panels, coffering, and ornaments. It has remained completely unaltered since its construction in 1853. It was built as a Methodist chapel by the Taylor family on their Mt. Pleasant plantation. In 1925 the City of Baltimore purchased the land surrounding the chapel and burial grounds for use as a public golf course. The site of the chapel and burial grounds was left to a self-perpetuating board of trustees. Taylor's Chapel is considered the mother church of St. John's United Methodist Church of Hamilton.

Taylor's Chapel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

External links

• Taylor's Chapel, Baltimore City, including photo from 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Taylor's Chapel – Explore Baltimore Heritage
• Find A Grave: Taylor's Chapel Cemetery
• Taylor's Chapel - The Historical Marker Database