Lewes Historic District in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Old Bethel Church
Photographed By Mike Stroud, October 18, 2011
1. Old Bethel Church Marker
Inscription.
Old Bethel Church. . Built in 1790 as a meeting place for Methodists, this structure originally stood at third and Market Streets and consisted of one large room with an end gallery (slave box). In 1828 it was moved to Church and Mulberry Streets and enlarged to serve the growing congregation. Replaced by a larger structure in 1870 and therefore nor longer needed as a church building it was moved to this site and considerably altered thereafter into two private residences. Restoration of the 1790 large room and end gallery was begun in 1980. Completed in 1982 by John M. Vessels, Jr. this building and Barratt's Chapel near Frederica are the only two 18th century Methodist Preaching Houses to have survived in Delaware to the present day. , " We have a chapel built at Lewistown." , ... from the journal of Bishop Francis Asbury, , October 23, 1790
Built in 1790 as a meeting place for Methodists, this structure originally stood at third and Market Streets and
consisted of one large room with an end gallery (slave box). In 1828 it was moved to Church and Mulberry Streets
and enlarged to serve the growing congregation. Replaced by a larger structure in 1870 and therefore nor longer
needed as a church building it was moved to this site and considerably altered thereafter into two private
residences. Restoration of the 1790 large room and end gallery was begun in 1980. Completed in 1982 by John M.
Vessels, Jr. this building and Barratt's Chapel near Frederica are the only two 18th century Methodist Preaching
Houses to have survived in Delaware to the present day.
" We have a chapel built at Lewistown."
... from the journal of Bishop Francis Asbury,
October 23, 1790
Location. 38° 46.531′ N, 75° 8.503′ W. Marker is in Lewes, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in the Lewes Historic District. Marker is on Mulberry Street near 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west
2. Old Bethel Church Marker, at left along Mulberry Street
Photographed By Mike Stroud, October 18, 2011
3. Old Bethel Church Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 494 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on November 9, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
