First Baptist Church of Elkridge

First Baptist Church of Elkridge is a historic African American Church located at 5795 Paradise Ave in Elkridge, Maryland. The building was constructed in 1877.

Type: Church
Denomination: Baptist
Description: historic African American Church in Elkridge, Maryland, US
Address: 5795 Paradise Avenue, Elkridge, MD 21075

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Thomas Viaduct and BWI Rail Station.

Thomas Viaduct

Bridge

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.

The Thomas Viaduct is a viaduct that spans the Patapsco River and Patapsco Valley between Relay, Maryland and Elkridge, Maryland, USA. It was commissioned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; built between July 4, 1833, and July 4, 1835; and named for Philip E. Thomas Viaduct is situated 3,800 feet northwest of First Baptist Church of Elkridge.

BWI Rail Station

Railway station

Photo: airbus777, CC BY 2.0.

BWI Rail Station is an intermodal passenger station in Linthicum, Maryland near Baltimore/Washington International Airport. It is served by Amtrak Northeast Corridor intercity trains, MARC Penn Line regional rail trains, and several local bus lines. BWI Rail Station is situated 1½ miles southeast of First Baptist Church of Elkridge.

St. Denis station

Railway stop

Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St. Denis station is a passenger rail station on the MARC Camden Line in the Maryland town of the same name. While the small station is the line's closest station to its terminus at Camden Yards in Baltimore, it has low ridership. St. Denis station is situated 1 mile north of First Baptist Church of Elkridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elkridge and Relay.

Elkridge

Village

Photo: Scott Saghirian, CC BY 2.0.

Elkridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland, United States. Elkridge is a rapidly growing area; between the 2010 and the 2020 census, the population had grown from 15,593 to 25,171.

Relay

Village

Photo: EikwaR, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Relay, Maryland, or Relay House, Maryland, was an important junction and rail stop on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, located 9 miles west of Baltimore, Maryland.

Hanover

Photo: GoMaryland, Public domain.

Hanover is an unincorporated community in the Baltimore/Annapolis area in northwestern Anne Arundel County and eastern Howard County in the U.S. state of Maryland, south of Baltimore.

First Baptist Church of Elkridge

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Howard, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.21203° or 39° 12′ 43″ north

Longitude

-76.70762° or 76° 42′ 27″ west

Elevation

69 feet (21 metres)

Open location code

87F5676R+RX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1198020928

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=baptist

GeoNames ID

4354956

Wikidata ID

Q22059441

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