Harmony Church
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Location | Delaware Route 24, east of Road 313, Millsboro, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 38°36′21″N 75°13′8″W / 38.60583°N 75.21889°WCoordinates: 38°36′21″N 75°13′8″W / 38.60583°N 75.21889°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1891 |
Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
MPS | Nanticoke Indian Community TR |
NRHP reference No. | 79003308[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 26, 1979 |
Harmony Church is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located at Millsboro, 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 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]
See also[]
- Historical Marker Database: Harmony United Methodist Church
- Delaware Public Archives: Harmony United Methodist Church marker
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ unknown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Harmony Church".
- ^ unknown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Indian Mission Church".
Categories:
- United Methodist churches in Delaware
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
- Carpenter Gothic church buildings in Delaware
- Churches completed in 1891
- Churches in Sussex County, Delaware
- Nanticoke tribe
- National Register of Historic Places in Sussex County, Delaware
- Millsboro, Delaware
- Delaware Registered Historic Place stubs
- Northeastern United States church stubs
- Delaware building and structure stubs