Harmony Church | |
Location | Delaware Route 24, east of Road 313, Millsboro, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 38°36′21″N75°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 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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