Indian Mission Church
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Indian Mission Church
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Location | Junction of Delaware Route 5 and Road 48, Millsboro, Delaware |
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Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1921 |
Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
MPS | Nanticoke Indian Community TR |
NRHP Reference # | 79003307[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 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]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
See also
References
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Categories:
- United Methodist churches in Delaware
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
- Carpenter Gothic churches in Delaware
- Religious buildings completed in 1921
- Churches in Sussex County, Delaware
- Nanticoke tribe
- Native American history of Delaware
- Delaware Registered Historic Place stubs
- Northeastern United States church stubs
- Delaware building and structure stubs