Saxton United Methodist Church Explained

Saxton United Methodist Church
Location:Jct. of Main and Church Sts., Bowers, Delaware
Coordinates:39.0583°N -75.4039°W
Built:1879, 1893
Architect:Godwin, George
Architecture:Gothic Revival
Added:July 23, 1990
Refnum:90001070

Saxton United Methodist Church is a historic United Methodist church located at the junction of Main and Church Streets in Bowers, Kent County, Delaware. It was built in 1879, and is a long, narrow, one-story, gable-roofed, Gothic-influenced frame building with board-and-batten siding. It measures approximately 40 feet, 5 inches, in length by 24 feet, 5 inches, in width. The steeply pitched roof is topped by a pyramidal-roofed, bell cupola. The church was moved to its present location in 1893.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=90001070}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Saxton United Methodist Church ]. Donald A. Duhadaway, Jr. and Kimberly R. Sebold. August 1989. National Park Service. and