Last week, I photographed the Neelsville Presbyterian Church for my Maryland Mondays project.  I found this interesting bit of Germantown history and the church which is a historical landmark.

Over in the area around Rt. 355 a growing number of people of the Presbyterian faith were settling in the early 1800s, and a Presbyterian Church made of logs was built at the intersection of Rt. 355 and Neelsville Church Road in 1845. The present church was built in 1878 and the cemetery behind the church contains the graves of many of the early settlers of Germantown. The Neelsville Presbyterian Church and the Darnestown Presbyterian Church were served by the same minister. So a road was built by local farmers to connect the two churches. This road is Rt. 118 (Germantown Road) [the section of this road from the railroad to Clopper Road is now known as Liberty Mill Road].

Here is an old image of the church and below, my current-day rendition. There is now an addition to the right side of the old build and a newer building to the far right. (left in image)

                                         

The Neelsville Presbyterian Church