Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church

Historic church in Delaware, United States

United States historic place


Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Red Clay Creek Church, September 2015
39°45′7″N 75°39′35″W / 39.75194°N 75.65972°W / 39.75194; -75.65972
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1853
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	73000532^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 11, 1973

Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church, also known as McKennan's Church, is a historic Presbyterian church located at Mill Creek and McKennan's Church Roads near Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1853, and is a two-story, stuccoed stone structure. It was originally rectangular in plan, but additions have given it an irregular cruciform shape. It features a colonnaded porch in the Greek Revival style with a fanlight and an enclosed vestibule. The south wall incorporates a date stone from the original church building, marked "WM 1761".^[2]

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

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Graydon Wood and Rosemary Troy (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos