| McColley's Chapel | |
| Location: | 18168 Redden Road, north of Georgetown |
| Coordinates: | 38.7428°N -75.4323°W |
| Added: | November 30, 2011 |
| Refnum: | 11000859 |
McColley's Chapel is a Methodist chapel located between Ellendale and Georgetown, Delaware. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 30, 2011.[1]
The property consists of a single-story church facing east-northeast, surrounded by a cemetery.[2] The church proper is a simple wood-framed gabled structure covered in asphalt shingles, with a chancel projecting from the back and a brick chimney applied to the south side.[2] The facade features an open pediment in the gable and a pair of windows flanking the central entrance, with a wooden sign over the door; each side also has three tall, narrow double-hung windows, with a smaller window on either side of the chancel.[2] The interior is fitted with box pews flanking a center aisle, and a pulpit and altar, also aligned with the center line of the building. The chancel opening has plain casing surmounted by a pediment; the back wall of the altar area is ornamented by column casing supporting a dentil architrave.[2]
The cemetery contains burials from 1860 up to 2007.[2] Some plots are surrounded by iron railings; older tombstones are generally of marble and are hard to read. Many of the stones have elaborate low relief, but some stone are simple obelisks.[2]
This is the second church building on this land, which was donated by James Rudden in 1857.[2] The first church was built by Trustan P. McColley and was named after him; it was the oldest Methodist church in Georgetown Hundred.[2] [3] This building fell into disrepair and was destroyed in a fire sometime in the late 1890s. The current building, its replacement, was constructed in 1898.[2] The church is still used for services and is under the Peninsula-Delaware Conference of the United Methodist Church.[4]