Harmony Church

Harmony Church
Harmony Church is located in Delaware
Harmony Church
Harmony Church is located in the United States
Harmony Church
LocationDelaware Route 24, east of Road 313, Millsboro, Delaware
Coordinates38°36′21″N 75°13′8″W / 38.60583°N 75.21889°W / 38.60583; -75.21889
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1891
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
MPSNanticoke Indian Community TR
NRHP reference No.79003308[1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1979

Harmony Church is a historic Methodist Episcopal church near Millsboro in Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in 1891, and is a one-story, wood-frame building covered with asbestos siding and in the Late Gothic Revival style. It has a two-story wing and sits on a rock-faced, concrete block foundation. It features a two-story crenellated tower. The congregation was organized in 1818.[2] The Indian Mission Church of the Nanticoke Indian Association was formed from Harmony Church after the hiring of an African American minister.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ unknown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Harmony Church".
  3. ^ unknown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Indian Mission Church".
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