Griffith's Chapel

Coordinates: 38°53′45″N 75°30′30″W / 38.89583°N 75.50833°W / 38.89583; -75.50833
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Griffith's Chapel
Griffith's Chapel is located in Delaware
Griffith's Chapel
Griffith's Chapel is located in the United States
Griffith's Chapel
LocationIntersection of Williamsville Road and Abbotts Pond Road, Williamsville, Delaware
Coordinates38°53′45″N 75°30′30″W / 38.89583°N 75.50833°W / 38.89583; -75.50833
Arealess than one acre
Built1850
NRHP reference No.83001370[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 29, 1983

Griffith's Chapel, also known as Williamsville Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist chapel located at the junction of Williamsville Road and Abbotts Pond Road in Williamsville, Kent County, Delaware.[2] It was built in 1850, and is a one-story, rectangular frame building measuring 24 feet wide by 30 feet deep. It has a gable roof and is sheathed in clapboard. The property also includes a 19th-century graveyard in which early members of the congregation are buried.[3][4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Griffiths Chapel in Kent County DE".
  3. ^ Calvin Vinyard Hollis III and Patricia Wright (1980–1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Griffith's Chapel". National Park Service. and Accompanying five photos
  4. ^ "History of Griffiths Chapel on Delaware.Gov".