Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage

Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage
Location 1009 Philadelphia Pike
Nearest city Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates 39°46′37″N 75°29′27″W / 39.77708°N 75.49072°W / 39.77708; -75.49072Coordinates: 39°46′37″N 75°29′27″W / 39.77708°N 75.49072°W / 39.77708; -75.49072
Area 1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built 1838
Architect Harvey, George; Springer, Lewis
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 98001097[1]
Added to NRHP August 28, 1998

Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage is a historic Methodist Episcopal church and parsonage located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1838, and is a one-story, stuccoed stone structure with a gable roof. It measures approximately 50 feet by 40 feet, and has a gable-roofed vestibule added in 1893. Adjacent to the church is the parsonage built in 1894. It is a  2 1⁄2-story, four-bay L-shaped frame dwelling in the Queen Anne style. It sits on a fieldstone foundation and features gray-green fish-scale shingles. Adjacent is the contributing church cemetery with burials dating back to 1841.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1] It is now part of Bellevue State Park, a Delaware state park.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Martha L. Daniel; Susan L. Taylor & Rebecca J. Siders (May 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage" (PDF). and Accompanying 24 photos
  3. ↑ "Mount Pleasant Meeting House". Delaware State Parks.


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