Saint Anne's Church

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Saint Anne's Church

  • September 29, 2006
  • Rated 3 of 5 by moatway from Riverview, New Brunswick
Saint Anne's Church

Saint Anne’s Church is in Church Circle, just up School Street from the State Capital. It is actually the third church built on this site, a brick building in the Romanesque Revival style (1859).


Open daily at 8am, it presents a nice display of stained glass on the walls of a three nave church. In the semi-circle of the chancel, small Romanesque stained-glass windows sit under a ceiling painted to represent heaven. Below, there is an attractive wooden altar piece that was carved by Maryland artist, W.H. Rinehart.


While the pews that occupy the central nave and the side aisles are attractive, dark wood, it is the kneelers that are worthy of note. Each is uniquely embroidered, many of them dated. Under the pews is rough plank flooring; the aisles have been done with square primitive tiles.


St. Anne’s was the church that was attended by three of the four Maryland signers of the Declaration of Independence. It was also the church (for 11 years) of Francis Scott Key, the author of "The Star Spangled Banner". As churches go, it has attractive dimensions without a lot of decoration; it is its history and its site in the center of historic Annapolis that make it noteworthy.


From journal Annapolis: A Colonial Jewel Box

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