Cove Street Methodist

 
This is one of the oldest houses of worship still standing in Baltimore. This humble little building seems to have been put  up by the Methodist Protestant conference and shows up on the 1822 map by F. Lucas shows a building at the location of SE  Cove Street and Cowpen Alley. Later known as Fremont Ave and Raborg St. (presently at the #5 N Fremont Ave.  Cove Street was the original street name, but the street was renamed by the 1840s.  Over the decades of the 19th century the Cove Street Chapel was the home for various denominations. In the 1840s The ill fated 6th Presbyterian congregation made use of the building, and the Emmanuel Evangelical Congregation also used it in the 1840s. In the late 1840s and into the early 1850s a tiny congregation called “Bethel” met at the site.  At some time it was converted to non church uses and today, looking very shabby, is a venue which can be rented for parties. The present owner is Biopark Fremont LLC , a shell company for the University of Maryland. They will, of course,  demolish this little bit of rare Baltimore history along with the Fayette Street Methodist building as part of their never ending expansion.