Christ Church
William and Mary Parish
Known originally as Piccawaxen, the parish was re-named William and Mary under the Establishment Act of 1692.
Christ Church, in existence in 1690, enlarged in 1750, is otherwise unchanged except for post civil war repairs.
The boyhood church of Thomas John Clagett, first bishop consecrated in the United States (1792), this is the oldest public building in Charles County.
Marker is on Rock Point Road (Maryland Route 257) 0.1 miles north of Morgantown Road, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
