Thomas' Methodist Episcopal Chapel

Thomas' Methodist Episcopal Chapel
Location Road 206 west of Chapeltown, West Dover Hundred, near Chapeltown, Delaware
Coordinates 39°5′55″N 75°42′15″W / 39.09861°N 75.70417°W / 39.09861; -75.70417Coordinates: 39°5′55″N 75°42′15″W / 39.09861°N 75.70417°W / 39.09861; -75.70417
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1825, 1877
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 93001516[1]
Added to NRHP January 26, 1994

Thomas' Methodist Episcopal Chapel, also known as Thomas Chapel, is a historic Methodist chapel and cemetery located near Chapeltown in Kent County, Delaware. The site was the location of the freedman Harry Hosier's 1784 sermon, the first to be delivered by an American black directly to a white congregation.[2]

The present structure was originally built in 1825 and remodeled in 1877. It is a small one-story, three-bay by three-bay, gable-roofed, brick building in the Greek Revival style. Also on the property are a contributing privy and combination storage shed and refreshment stand, both built about 1900.

Adjacent to the church is the cemetery, used since the late-18th century.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Smith, Jessie C. Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events (3rd ed.), pp. 1820–1821. "Methodists: 1781". Visible Ink Press (Canton), 2013. Accessed 17 October 2013.
  3. ↑ Robin K. Bodo (September 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Thomas' Methodist Episcopal Chapel" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying eight photos


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