Old Asbury Methodist Church Explained

Old Asbury Methodist Church
Location:Walnut and 3rd Sts., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates:39.7384°N -75.5488°W
Built:1789
Architecture:Italianate, Italianate vernacular
Added:November 07, 1976
Refnum:76000578

Old Asbury Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church located at Walnut and 3rd Streets in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was the first Methodist church in Wilmington. The church is a two-story, three-bay, L-shaped stuccoed stone structure in a vernacular Italianate style. The original section was built in 1789, and subsequently enlarged in 1820, 1825, 1838, and 1845. The chapel wing to the north was added in 1875.[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=76000578}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Asbury Methodist Church ]. Susanne N. Fox . May 1976. and