Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church

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Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church
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Red Clay Creek Church, September 2015
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Location500 McKennans Church Rd., near Newport, Delaware
Coordinates 39°45′7″N75°39′35″W / 39.75194°N 75.65972°W / 39.75194; -75.65972
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1853
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 73000532 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 11, 1973

Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church, also known as McKennan's Church, is a historic Presbyterian church located at Mill Creek and McKennan's Church Roads near Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1853, and is a two-story, stuccoed stone structure. It was originally rectangular in plan, but additions have given it an irregular cruciform shape. It features a colonnaded porch in the Greek Revival style with a fanlight and an enclosed vestibule. The south wall incorporates a date stone from the original church building, marked "WM 1761". [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [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. Graydon Wood and Rosemary Troy (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos