The Boonsboro Historical Society hosts an annual tour of the historic churches in South Washington County, Maryland each December. The tour includes a total of 17 churches located in Boonsboro, Keedysville and Sharpsburg.
Some of the churches have special music and refreshments for visitors. A wonderful way to celebrate the holidays by touring these churches decorated for Christmas!
Sunday, December 16, 2018 from 1 to 5pm
– Click for Church Tour Brochure (lists details on churches)
– Click for 2018 Tour Details
Boonsboro
- First Christian – Holiday music and light refreshments
- Trinity Evan. Lutheran – Chancel Choir from 2-3pm
- Mt. Nebo United Methodist – Organ/piano selections, violin solos, We4 Flutes, tour of church celebrating 150 years. Refreshments.
- St. James Catholic – Open for tour
- Trinity Reformed UCC – Refreshments, Bell Choir at 4pm
- St. Mark’s Episcopal – Guided tours of church/grounds. On the Nat’l Register of Historic Sites, African American. Historic Sites of Washington Co., and Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area.
- Dahlgren Chapel – Closed
Keedysville
- Salem United Methodist
- St. Peter’s Evan. Lutheran – Light refreshments, historic pamphlet
- Mt. Vernon Reformed UCC- Light refreshments
Sharpsburg
- Dunker Church, Antietam Battlefield – Rangers provide historic info from 1-4 pm
- Saint Paul’s Episcopal
- Sharpsburg Church of the Brethren
- Holy Trinity Memorial Lutheran Church
- Christ Reformed UCC – Light refreshments
- Tolson’s Chapel – Light refreshments, tours from 1-4pm
- Sharpsburg United Methodist and First Church of God – Closed
All participating churches will be open from 1-5pm, except where otherwise noted.
We thank the Hagerstown Convention and Visitors Bureau for sponsoring our tour brochure.
