Prince George's Chapel
Prince George's Chapel
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Prince George's Chapel in 1960
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Location | East of Dagsboro on Delaware Route 26, near Dagsboro, Delaware |
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Area | 2.3 acres (0.93 ha) |
Built | 1757 |
Architectural style | English Tradition |
NRHP Reference # | 71000235[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 24, 1971 |
Prince George's Chapel is a historic Episcopal chapel of ease located near Dagsboro, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in 1755 as a chapel-of-ease for St. Martin's Church, Worcester Parish, Maryland. Churches built to serve the outlying areas of a parish where it was difficult for people to travel to the main church were given a chapel-of-ease designation. On June 30, 1757 the completed chapel was received by the vestry, dedicated, and named "Prince George's Chapel" for England's Prince George, later George III of the United Kingdom. [2] It is a small, shingled structure. A transept and chancel were added about 1763, but these have been removed. The interior features a vaulted ceiling of heart-pine, timbered pine pillars.[3] The State of Delaware purchased the property in 1967 and renovated the building.[4]
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]
Notable burials in church's cemetery
- General John Dagworthy, namesake of Dagsboro, Revolutionary War veteran
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Sandie Gerken, Dagsboro's Historic Treasure, High Tide News, February 2014
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. and Accompanying two photos
- ↑ Delaware Public Archives: Prince George's Chapel
External links
- Sussex County Online: Prince George's Chapel, Dagsboro, Delaware
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-158, "Prince George's Chapel, Route 26, Dagsboro, Sussex County, DE", 4 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page
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- Episcopal churches in Delaware
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
- Religious buildings completed in 1757
- Churches in Sussex County, Delaware
- 18th-century Episcopal churches
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Delaware
- Delaware Registered Historic Place stubs
- Northeastern United States church stubs
- Delaware building and structure stubs