Wye Parish, Old Wye

Wye Parish is an active Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Easton. It is one church with two locations but with one vestry (governing body) that oversees the business of both churches. Historic Old Wye Church dates from 1721 and was built as a "chapel of ease" for St. Paul's Church in Centreville, MD. St. Luke's Chapel at 7208 Main Street in Queenstown, MD was built in 1841 on land deeded to the Parish by Mr. & Mrs. James Massey of Bowlingly. In the early 1900's, St. Paul's Chapel was the active church and the Old Wye Church fell into disrepair but in 1949 the Old Wye Church was fully restored. The Vestry Cottage, which had disappeared, was rebuilt at that time.