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St. Paul A.M.E. Church (Harrington, Delaware)

Coordinates: 38°55′21″N 75°34′58″W / 38.92250°N 75.58278°W / 38.92250; -75.58278
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St. Paul A.M.E. Church
St. Paul A.M.E. Church (Harrington, Delaware) is located in Delaware
St. Paul A.M.E. Church (Harrington, Delaware)
St. Paul A.M.E. Church (Harrington, Delaware) is located in the United States
St. Paul A.M.E. Church (Harrington, Delaware)
Location103 W. Mispillion St., Harrington, Delaware
Coordinates38°55′21″N 75°34′58″W / 38.92250°N 75.58278°W / 38.92250; -75.58278
Arealess than one acre
Built1895 (1895)
Architectural styleGothic revival
NRHP reference No.16000726[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 17, 2016

The St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church at 103 Mispillion Street in Harrington, Kent County, Delaware. It is a single-story wood-frame structure with vernacular Gothic Revival features. It has a steeply-pitched gable roof, and narrow pointed-arch stained-glass windows with scissor-like muntins and mullions. It was built about 1895 for a predominantly African-American congregation founded in 1830.[2]

The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "St. Paul AME Church in Harrington added to the National Register of Historic Places". State of Delaware. Retrieved February 6, 2017.