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Harmony Church
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LocationDelaware Route 24, east of Road 313, Millsboro, Delaware
Coordinates 38°36′21″N75°13′8″W / 38.60583°N 75.21889°W / 38.60583; -75.21889
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1891
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
MPS Nanticoke Indian Community TR
NRHP reference No. 79003308 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 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]

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  1. 1 2 "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".