Indian Mission Church

Indian Mission Church is a historic Methodist church located in Millsboro, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in 1921, and is a one-story, wood frame building covered with clapboard siding and in the Late Gothic Revival style. It features a two-story hipped roof tower and lancet windows. The congregation was organized in 1881 from the Harmony Church after the strongly Native American families of the Nanticoke community separated after the hiring of an African American minister.[2][3]

Indian Mission Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Junction of Delaware Route 5 and Road 48, Millsboro, Delaware
Coordinates	38°40′25″N 75°14′5″W
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1921
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
MPS	Nanticoke Indian Community TR
NRHP reference No.	79003307[1]
Added to NRHP	April 26, 1979

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

See also

• Indian Mission School

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. unknown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Indian Mission Church".
3. Delaware Public Archives: Indian Mission Church marker

External links

• Indian Mission United Methodist Church website