St. Anne’s Properties
Church, Parish House, & Cemetery
St. Anne’s Episcopal Church
Church Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401
Our main church building is located in the heart of Annapolis at Church Circle. Most of our worship services are held at the church, as are weddings, concerts, and community gatherings. St. Anne’s Parish House is a short half block walk from the church.
PARKING INFORMATION
Gotts Garage
Gotts Garage may be accessed from Calvert Street or Northwest Street It is ½ block from the church.
Hillman Garage
Hillman Garage may be accessed from Main Street or Duke of Gloucester Street. It is 2 blocks from the Parish House.
You may park in either garage from 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. free of charge. You may leave your car in these garages after 1:00 p.m.
***If you stay beyond 1 pm, the charge is assessed from when you enter the garage (i.e., 9 am) – not from 1 pm.
South Street Parking Lot
South Street Parking Lot is owned by the City. Parking in this lot is free on Sunday. It is just down South Street on the left. First come, first served!
Only use the lower municipal lot. The upper lot is a private lot and is clearly marked.
Calvert Street Garage
Calvert Street Garage is located at the intersection of Calvert St. and St. John’s Avenue. It is free on weekends. It is .3 miles from the church.
St. Anne’s Parish House
199 Duke of Gloucester St., Annapolis, MD 21401
Office Hours: Monday - Thursday, 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
The Parish House includes classrooms for Adult, Youth and Children’s Formation, meeting rooms for parish ministries, the Parish Hall where we hold larger events, and offices for the parish staff. Facility rental space is available for events. See here for details.
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· Offices will be closed and any mid-week liturgy at the church will be cancelled if Anne Arundel County schools are closed (https://www.aacps.org/)
· Staff will be working remotely in the event that the office is closed due to inclement weather.
· For other programs or ministries, leaders will notify participants by email.
· For service cancellations or other updates, look for email notification, visit our website at www.stannes-annapolis.org or call 410-267-9333.
· Please do not park in the lot at the Parish House or in the church driveway until the snow has been removed.
St. Anne’s Cemetery
2 Locations: Northwest Street & Church Circle
Taking a stroll through this 17-acre cemetery is like taking a trip through the history of Annapolis. Beautiful sculptures, simple headstones, and great monuments mark the final resting places of the many people who made Annapolis what it is today.
Those honored and recognized include the Brices, the Randalls, the Chases, as well as those who labored unseen. Many citizens also rest here including former enslaved persons and their families, veterans of all of America’s wars, artisans such as John Shaw who fashioned beautiful furniture for Annapolis’ colonial homes, and professors from the Naval Academy and St. John’s College. Come to walk, reflect, and treasure the history of Annapolis in this sacred space.
Cemetery Locations
Two locations compose St. Anne’s Cemetery. The first is the area around the church, which has been used as a cemetery since 1692. The second – far larger – section is located as it has been for the last 200 years, between Northwest Street and College Creek.
Available Lots
There are lots available for sale. They can be used for traditional burials or for several cremation burials. For inquiries, contact Mark Strandquist at mstrandquist@stannes-annapolis.org or 703-850-0561.
Cemetery Use Rules
This document contains the Rules and Regulations governing visitation to St. Anne’s Cemetery Properties.
Read a brief history
Around 1790, Elizabeth Bordley gave St. Anne’s some land between Northwest Street and the shores of Dorsey (now College) Creek. This was originally known simply as the City Cemetery. Many graves were removed from the St. Anne’s churchyard to create the space that is now Church Circle. Many of those removed were unidentified and the remains are buried together in a grassy mound near the highest point close to the original family vault of the Bordleys. The oldest stone in St. Anne’s Cemetery is dated 1767.
The section of the cemetery closest to the Church is also known as Locust Grove Cemetery. A group of redoubtable ladies called The Saint Anne’s and Locust Grove Cemetery Association took care of the cemeteries for many years starting in 1887. The Cemetery Endowment was established in 1909 and is still in existence today taking care of bequests and endowments for the cemeteries and churchyard. There have been more than 2,400 burials in Locust Grove.
Cemetery boundaries were enlarged in 1901 when the City of Annapolis deeded to St. Anne’s a triangular plot of about two acres along the then newly constructed Rowe Boulevard. In 1990, Cedar Bluff Cemetery was merged with St. Anne’s Cemetery. With over one thousand burials, this was first established as an Elks cemetery and, at one time, housed an African-American chapel of worship.
In addition to veterans from most wars and conflicts, there are many well-known Annapolitans buried here. Those buried include members of the Randall, Buchanan, Mackubin, Murray, Key, Pinkney, Claude, Fell, Tilton, Waddell, Dorsey and Brice families. A transcription of grave markers was completed around 1980 by the Anne Arundel County Geneaological Society. More information can be found at www.aagensoc.org.