The church at 44 South Main Street was financed by James Harvey Rowland and built with local granite in 1902 on the lot of the former Touchstone fenceworks (maker of most of the iron fences in town).
The sanctuary has a handsome wooden-beamed ceiling. The organ, with decorated pipes, was a gift from Mr. Rowland’s son Samuel. The pews were donated by his daughter, Mary Rowland Black. Most of the stained glass windows were commissioned as memorials. This was not the original Presbyterian church built in town. The first was built of stone in 1836 and it was rebuilt in 1872 on the site of the existing first Baptist Church of Port Deposit (at 282 North Main). Before the Presbyterians had a church building of their own, the Reverend James McGraw, a minister from West Nottingham, would preach to the congregation from horseback or standing on an upturned box before his death in 1835. The organ was recently restored, and the church is currently in use and an integral part of the community. You are invited inside to see this lovely historical building, and participate in church services.
