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St. Paul's by-the-sea Protestant Episcopal Church

Ocean City, US

St. Paul's by-the-sea Protestant Episcopal Church

St. Paul's by-the-sea Protestant Episcopal Church is a parish of the Episcopal Church located in Ocean City, Worcester County, Maryland. It is noted for its historic Carpenter Gothic parish church, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. Episcopal services were held fro

m 1878 at Congress Hall, with a mission church built nearby in 1881. In 1898, John Waggaman of Washington D.C. donated two lots "up the beach" at Baltimore Avenue and Third Street to the congregation. The cornerstone for the new church was laid on June 6, 1900, and the first service was held the following year. In 1924, it was elevated to parochial status.

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