White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church
White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church | |
![]() White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church in 1958 | |
Location | 15 Polly Drummond Hill Rd, Newark, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 39°41′56″N 75°42′36″W / 39.698841°N 75.709964°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1855 |
NRHP reference No. | 73000531[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 20, 1973 |
White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located near Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. The current structure was built in 1855, and is a two-story brick structure, nearly as tall (about 40 feet) as it is wide (45 feet). The building measures 63 feet deep. The exterior features brick pilasters and tall stained glass windows. A 1996 addition to the front of the building contains an elevator to the second floor sanctuary and is topped by a steeple.[2] It was preceded by a structure built in 1752. The church was organized as early as 1709 to serve Scotch-Irish Presbyterians at White Clay Creek.[3] The original White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church was built in 1721 about a mile north on the NW Corner of Dewalt Rd and Old Coach Rd.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
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April, 2014
References
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "History". White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ^ Graydon Wood and Rosemary Troy (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church". National Park Service. and accompanying photo
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-160, "White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church, Robert Kirkwood Highway & Polly Drummond Hill Road, Newark, New Castle County, DE", 5 photos, 5 data pages, supplemental material
- Presbyterian churches in Delaware
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
- Churches completed in 1855
- 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States
- Churches in New Castle County, Delaware
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Delaware
- National Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware
- Delaware Registered Historic Place stubs
- Southern United States church stubs
- Delaware building and structure stubs