White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church

White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located near Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. The current structure was built in 1855, and is a two-story brick structure, nearly as tall (about 40 feet) as it is wide (45 feet). The building measures 63 feet deep. The exterior features brick pilasters and tall stained glass windows. A 1996 addition to the front of the building contains an elevator to the second floor sanctuary and is topped by a steeple.[2] It was preceded by a structure built in 1752. The church was organized as early as 1709 to serve Scotch-Irish Presbyterians at White Clay Creek.[3] The original White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church was built in 1721 about a mile north on the NW Corner of Dewalt Rd and Old Coach Rd. It remains the Old White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church
White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church in 1958
Location15 Polly Drummond Hill Rd, Newark, Delaware
Coordinates39.698841°N 75.709964°W / 39.698841; -75.709964
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1855
NRHP reference No.73000531[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 20, 1973

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

  • April, 2014

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "History". White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  3. Graydon Wood and Rosemary Troy (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church". National Park Service. and accompanying photo


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