Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church

Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church, also known as McKennan's Church, is a historic Presbyterian church located at Mill Creek and McKennan's Church Roads near Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1853, and is a two-story, stuccoed stone structure. It was originally rectangular in plan, but additions have given it an irregular cruciform shape. It features a colonnaded porch in the Greek Revival style with a fanlight and an enclosed vestibule. The south wall incorporates a date stone from the original church building, marked "WM 1761".[2]

Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church
Red Clay Creek Church, September 2015
Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church is located in Delaware
Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church
Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church is located in the United States
Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church
Location500 McKennans Church Rd., near Newport, Delaware
Coordinates39°45′7″N 75°39′35″W / 39.75194°N 75.65972°W / 39.75194; -75.65972
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1853
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.73000532[1]
Added to NRHPApril 11, 1973

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Graydon Wood and Rosemary Troy (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos