Little Creek Methodist Church

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Little Creek Methodist Church
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Little Creek Methodist Church, January 2011
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LocationMain St., Little Creek, Delaware
Coordinates 39°9′49″N75°26′49″W / 39.16361°N 75.44694°W / 39.16361; -75.44694
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1883
Architectural styleGothic Revival
MPS Leipsic and Little Creek MRA
NRHP reference No. 82002316 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 24, 1982

Little Creek Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church located on Main Street in Little Creek, Kent County, Delaware. It was built in 1883, and is an ell-shaped, one-story frame building in the Late Gothic Revival style. It has a gable roof and square bell tower topped with a tapered, pyramidal cupola housing the bell. The bell tower has a circular, recessed, stained glass "rose" window. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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. Stephen Del Sordo; et al. (November 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Little Creek Methodist Church". National Park Service. and Accompanying five photos