McColley's Chapel

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McColley's Chapel
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Location18168 Redden Road, north of Georgetown
Coordinates 38°44′34.1″N75°25′56.3″W / 38.742806°N 75.432306°W / 38.742806; -75.432306 Coordinates: 38°44′34.1″N75°25′56.3″W / 38.742806°N 75.432306°W / 38.742806; -75.432306
NRHP reference No. 11000859 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 30, 2011

McColley's Chapel is a Methodist chapel located between Ellendale and Georgetown, Delaware. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 30, 2011. [1]

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Description

Front of McColleys Chapel in Sussex County, Delaware in February 2015 McColleys Chapel.jpg
Front of McColleys Chapel in Sussex County, Delaware in February 2015

The property consists of a single-story church facing east-northeast, surrounded by a cemetery. [2] The church proper is a simple wood-framed gabled structure covered in asphalt shingles, with a chancel projecting from the back and a brick chimney applied to the south side. [2] The facade features an open pediment in the gable and a pair of windows flanking the central entrance, with a wooden sign over the door; each side also has three tall, narrow double-hung windows, with a smaller window on either side of the chancel. [2] The interior is fitted with box pews flanking a center aisle, and a pulpit and altar, also aligned with the center line of the building. The chancel opening has plain casing surmounted by a pediment; the back wall of the altar area is ornamented by column casing supporting a dentil architrave. [2]

The cemetery contains burials from 1860 up to 2007. [2] Some plots are surrounded by iron railings; older tombstones are generally of marble and are hard to read. Many of the stones have elaborate low relief, but some stone are simple obelisks. [2]

History

This is the second church building on this land, which was donated by James Rudden in 1857. [2] The first church was built by Trustan P. McColley and was named after him; it was the oldest Methodist church in Georgetown Hundred. [2] [3] This building fell into disrepair and was destroyed in a fire sometime in the late 1890s. The current building, its replacement, was constructed in 1898. [2] The church is still used for services and is under the Peninsula-Delaware Conference of the United Methodist Church. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings: December 9, 2011". National Park Service . Retrieved 2013-02-14.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "US Route 113 North/South Study: Evaluation of NR Eligibility for Architectural Properties - Ellendale Study Area" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2013-02-14.
  3. Scharf, J. Thomas (1888). History of Delaware: 1609-1888. Vol. II. Philadelphia: L. J. Richards & Co. p. 1239. Retrieved 2013-02-14.
  4. "McColley's Chapel United Methodist Church". Peninsula-Delaware Conference UMC. Retrieved 2013-02-14.