Mill Creek Friends Meetinghouse
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Mill Creek Friends Meetinghouse | |
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Mill Creek Friends Meetinghouse, 1958 | |
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| Location | 1140 Doe Run Rd., near Newark, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°45′52″N 75°44′30″W / 39.76444°N 75.74167°WCoordinates: 39°45′52″N 75°44′30″W / 39.76444°N 75.74167°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1840 |
| NRHP Reference # | 73000530[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 03, 1973 |
Mill Creek Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house located near Newark, New Castle County, Delaware.
It was built as a one-story meeting house for 33 Friends from Mill Creek Hundred who, in 1838, had obtained permission to hold their worship services separately from the New Garden Monthly Meeting. It was built as a stone, one-story meeting house in 1840 and 1841.[2]
The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. A wrought iron fence encircles a cemetery to the east.[2]
References
- ↑ Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 Grayton Wood and Rosemary Troy (July 18, 1972). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Mill Creek Friends Meetinghouse" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying three photos from 1972
External links
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-161, "Mill Creek Friends Meetinghouse, Landenburg-Wilmington Road, Corner Ketch, New Castle County, DE", 7 photos, 5 data pages, supplemental material
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