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Kingswood Methodist Episcopal Church

Coordinates: 39°44′36″N 75°31′58″W / 39.74333°N 75.53278°W / 39.74333; -75.53278
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Kingswood Methodist Episcopal Church
Kingswood Methodist Episcopal Church is located in Delaware
Kingswood Methodist Episcopal Church
Kingswood Methodist Episcopal Church is located in the United States
Kingswood Methodist Episcopal Church
LocationFourteenth and Claymont Sts., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates39°44′36″N 75°31′58″W / 39.74333°N 75.53278°W / 39.74333; -75.53278
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleVernacular Romanesque
NRHP reference No.89000008[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 9, 1989

Kingswood Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as Kingswood Mission of St. Paul's M.E. Church, Kingswood Community Center, and Jimmy Jenkins Community Center, was a historic Methodist Episcopal church located in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware in Riverside–11th Street Bridge. It was built in 1891,[2] and was a two bay by three bay, detached brick structure in a Vernacular Romanesque style.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1] It has since been demolished.

Former location of Kingswood Methodist Episcopal Church, November 2010

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ https://archivesfiles.delaware.gov/ebooks/The_Churches_of_Delaware.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ Patricia J. Bensinger (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Kingswood Methodist Episcopal Church". and Accompanying nine photos