Decaying churches in the middle of a forest

[shoeless]

When you're walking through the woods and come across the remains of an old stone church. Inspired by @Mark Wein's https://markweinguitarlessons.com/forums/threads/decaying-barns-on-the-side-of-the-highway.96155/ thread.

Complete with a creepy old graveyard out back. I didn't get any pictures of that.

 

[mongooz]

now that's creepy.
what the heck is it doing out in the middle of the woods?

 

[Theodore]

 

[Motorik]

Where is that? That's the kinda thing you see in Europe a lot, but much less often in the US.

 

[shoeless]

It's what is left from the old settlement of Daniels, MD. There was a town and a mill there in the early 1900s but got wiped out by a flood and never rebuilt. The church is up on a hill and burned in 1926 and was left to crumble. Some of the graves are still visited though, as a few had artificial flowers on them.

The Mrs. and I went for a hike along the Patapsco river last week.

Here are some links if you want to learn more about the area.

http://www.theurbanhistorians.com/maryland/daniels-maryland/

..and the church, specifically, http://www.thefirering.com/ROP_Stanislaus.php

The foundation of the old mill is still visible in the side of the hill down by the river.

 

[Andrew Sak]

Stealing this from Garys thread.

 

[shoeless]

Stealing this from Garys thread.

For years I thought that was Ozzy in that photo.

 

[MonkeyZero]

For years I thought that was Ozzy in that photo.

It's not? Damn. I've learned 2 things today!

 

[tiger roach]

That would be an awesome spot for human sacrifice.

 

[Motorik]

It's what is left from the old settlement of Daniels, MD. There was a town and a mill there in the early 1900s but got wiped out by a flood and never rebuilt. The church is up on a hill and burned in 1926 and was left to crumble. Some of the graves are still visited though, as a few had artificial flowers on them.

The Mrs. and I went for a hike along the Patapsco river last week.

Here are some links if you want to learn more about the area.

http://www.theurbanhistorians.com/maryland/daniels-maryland/

..and the church, specifically, http://www.thefirering.com/ROP_Stanislaus.php

The foundation of the old mill is still visible in the side of the hill down by the river.

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Thanks! That is very interesting!

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

 

[Gary Blanchard]

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That's the home site of Lucy Stone, just about around the corner from my house.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Stone