Cool Spring Presbyterian Church Explained

Cool Spring Presbyterian Church
Location:West of Lewes on Road 247, near Lewes, Delaware
Coordinates:38.7369°N -75.2392°W
Built:1854
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:August 31, 1982
Refnum:82002363

Cool Spring Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church building located near Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in 1854, and is on the site of two previous church buildings that served the congregation dating back to its establishment in 1726. It is a one-story, frame structure, three bays deep, in a rural Greek Revival style. It sits on a brick foundation and has a gable roof. It features a simple pedimented portico supported by two Doric order columns. The churchyard was officially granted to the congregation in 1737 by Governor Thomas Penn.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=82002363}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cool Spring Presbyterian Church]. Richard B. Carter and Phyllis A. Hastings. December 1981. and