Indian Mission Church

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LocationJunction of Delaware Route 5 and Road 48, Millsboro, Delaware
Coordinates 38°40′25″N75°14′5″W / 38.67361°N 75.23472°W / 38.67361; -75.23472 Coordinates: 38°40′25″N75°14′5″W / 38.67361°N 75.23472°W / 38.67361; -75.23472
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1921
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
MPS Nanticoke Indian Community TR
NRHP reference No. 79003307 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1979

Indian Mission Church is a historic Methodist church located in Millsboro, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in 1921, and is a one-story, wood-frame building covered with clapboard siding and in the Late Gothic Revival style. It features a two-story hipped roof tower and lancet windows. The congregation was organized in 1881 from the Harmony Church after the strongly Native American families of the Nanticoke community separated after the hiring of an African American minister. [2] [3]

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

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References

  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: Indian Mission Church".
  3. Delaware Public Archives: Indian Mission Church marker

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