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Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1009 Philadelphia Pike
Nearest city	Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates	39°46′37″N 75°29′27″W / 39.77708°N 75.49072°W / 39.77708; -75.49072
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	1838
Architect	Harvey, George; Springer, Lewis
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	98001097
Added to NRHP	August 28, 1998

Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage is a historic Methodist Episcopal church and parsonage located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1838, and is a one-story, stuccoed stone structure with a gable roof. It measures approximately 50 feet by 40 feet, and has a gable-roofed vestibule added in 1893. Adjacent to the church is the parsonage built in 1894. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, four-bay L-shaped frame dwelling in the Queen Anne style. It sits on a fieldstone foundation and features gray-green fish-scale shingles. Adjacent is the contributing church cemetery with burials dating back to 1841.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. It is now part of Bellevue State Park, a Delaware state park.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Martha L. Daniel; Susan L. Taylor & Rebecca J. Siders (May 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage". and Accompanying 24 photos
3. "Mount Pleasant Meeting House". Delaware State Parks.

External links

• Mount Pleasant Meeting House Cemetery at Find a Grave

v t e U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
Topics	Contributing property Keeper of the Register Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Property types
Lists by county	Kent New Castle (Northern) New Castle (Southern) Sussex
Lists by city	Wilmington (New Castle County)
Other lists	Bridges National Historic Landmarks
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Portal:National Register of Historic Places

• Methodist churches in Delaware
• Queen Anne architecture in Delaware
• Churches completed in 1838
• 19th-century Methodist church buildings in the United States
• Churches in Wilmington, Delaware
• Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
• National Register of Historic Places in Wilmington, Delaware
• Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
• Cemeteries established in the 1830s
• 1830s establishments in Delaware