Saxton United Methodist Church

Jct. of Main and Church Sts., Bowers, Delaware. County/parish: Kent.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 23, 1990. NRIS 90001070.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • K-5713

From Wikipedia:

Saxton United Methodist Church

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.

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

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323975

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