Chronology

15 October 1750 First Carmel in U. S. founded (pg  , ref 2)

15 October 1790 Nuns move up to Mount Carmel (pg 4, ref 1)

  1836   Property sold to Edward Sanders except for 1 acre which had been used as the cemetery for the nuns (pg  , ref )

2 September 1934       Mrs. Cecilia Talbott and daughter Isabelle visit the old Carmel                                            Monastery and decide to restore it (pg 13, ref 1)

16 July 1935Formal organization of Restorers is effected.

23 October 1935  Restorers adopt a Constitution (pg 18, ref 1)

2 April 1936 Deed of purchase of 6 ¾ acres and contract of sale signed by                                            president of Restorers

27 March 1949    Restorer Constitution revised and adopted (pg  , ref 1)

18 July 1954Breaking of the ground for the new Chapel.

15 August 1954   Sunday afternoon, Feast of the Assumption  Laying of the                                                corner stone by His Excellency Archbishop Patrick A. O'Boyle.

14 November 1954Dedication of the Chapel by Archbishop O'Boyle, followed by                                             Benediction by Reverend Laurence Kelly, S. J.

20 October 1968  Pilgrims' Hall dedicated (pg 36, ref 2)

23 October 1977  The Restorers of Mount Carmel in Maryland is dissolved.


14 May 2004 Articles of Incorporation are approved and The Restorers of                                             Mount Carmel in Maryland, Inc becomes a legal state of                                                  Maryland entity.

Reference (1)  A Carmelite Shrine in Maryland, Rev. Laurence J. Kelly, S. J., Second Edition 1957
Reference (2)  Who Remembers Long  A History of Port Tobacco Carmel
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Courtesy of Mrs. Ellen Talbott
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National Register of Historic Places
Photo from Independent Beacon 12/26/1973
Courtesy of Miriam Cappers
Mount Carmel Monastery, Port           Tobacco, has been entered in the National Register of Historic Places. It will now be eligible for federal matching grants for restoration and preservation.

    The announcement was made by Maryland Senators J. Glenn Beall, Jr. and Charles Mc C.Mathias. Built in the late 18th century, it is no longer used as a religious house.

    The property is presently owned and cared for by the Restorers of Mount Carmel and is open to the public on a restricted basis.
Courtesy of Miriam Matthews Cappers
This photo appeared in The Times Cresent, Vol. 127 No. 33 in La Plata, Charles County, Maryland on Thursday, May 9, 1974.
National Register
Documents courtesy of Miriam Matthews Cappers.
National Register
The Restorers of Mount Carmel in Maryland, Inc. Historical Resource Site
Dissolvement letter