Harmony Church
church building in Delaware, United States of America
Harmony Church is a historic Methodist Episcopal church near Millsboro in Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in 1891, and is a one-story, wood-frame building covered with asbestos siding and in the Late Gothic Revival style. It has a two-story wing and sits on a rock-faced, concrete block foundation. It features a two-story crenellated tower. The congregation was organized in 1818. The Indian Mission Church of the Nanticoke Indian Association was formed from Harmony Church after members of the Nanticoke Indian Association objected to the hiring of an African American minister.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The public source identifies “Harmony Church” as church building in Delaware, United States of America. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Harmony, Church and church.
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