Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage explained

Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage
Location:1009 Philadelphia Pike
Nearest City:Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates:39.7771°N -75.4907°W
Built:1838
Architect:Harvey, George; Springer, Lewis
Architecture:Queen Anne
Added:August 28, 1998
Refnum:98001097

Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage is a historic Methodist Episcopal church and parsonage located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1838, and is a one-story, stuccoed stone structure with a gable roof. It measures approximately 50 feet by 40 feet, and has a gable-roofed vestibule added in 1893. Adjacent to the church is the parsonage built in 1894. It is a -story, four-bay L-shaped frame dwelling in the Queen Anne style. It sits on a fieldstone foundation and features gray-green fish-scale shingles. Adjacent is the contributing church cemetery with burials dating back to 1841.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. It is now part of Bellevue State Park, a Delaware state park.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=98001097}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage ]. Martha L. Daniel . Susan L. Taylor . Rebecca J. Siders . amp . May 1988. and
  2. Web site: Mount Pleasant Meeting House . Delaware State Parks.