Kent County Markers

• BARRATT’S CHAPEL
• BELMONT HALL
• BETHEL METHODIST CHURCH
• BISHOP RICHARD ALLEN
• BRECKNOCK
• BYFIELD
• CAESAR RODNEY
• CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
• CAMDEN FRIENDS MEETING
• CAMDEN KC 41
• CAMDEN KC 72
• CAPTAIN JONATHAN CALDWELL
• CHESWOLD
• VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY
• CLARK’S CORNER
• COMMODORE JACOB JONES
• DELAWARE STATE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL
• DELAWARE STATE COLLEGE
• DELAWARE STATE FAIR
• DOVER KC 34
• DOVER KC 35
• DOVER KC 36
• DOVER KC 37
• DOVER KC 38
• DUCK CREEK HUNDRED KC 1
• DUCK CREEK HUNDRED KC 3
• EAST DOVER HUNDRED KC 11
• EAST DOVER HUNDRED KC 13
• EAST DOVER HUNDRED KC 21
• EAST DOVER HUNDRED KC 9
• “FIRST IN THE WORLD”
• FIRST RURAL FREE DELIVERY ROUTE
• FORMER SITE OF ILC DOVER
• MAKERS OF THE APOLLO MOONSUIT
• GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF DELAWARE
• HANGAR 1301
• HARRINGTON KC 48
• HARRINGTON KC 49
• HOME OF ALLEN McLANE
• HOME OF JOHN DICKINSON
• HOME OF JUDGE THOMAS WHITE REFUGE OF FRANCIS ASBURY
• IMMIGRANT JEWISH FARMS
• KENTON HUNDRED KC 7
• KENTON HUNDRED KC 6
• KITTS HUMMOCK
• LITTLE CREEK HUNDRED KC 4
• LITTLE CREEK HUNDRED KC 5
• LITTLE CREEK HUNDRED KC 8
• LOOCKERMAN HALL
• MASON-DIXON CROWN STONE
• MILFORD HUNDRED KC 30
• MILFORD HUNDRED KC 31
• MILFORD HUNDRED KC 27
• MILFORD KC 29
• MILFORD KC 28
• MISPILLION HUNDRED KC 19
• MISPILLION HUNDRED KC 20
• MORNING STAR INSTITUTIONAL
• CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST, INC.
• NORTH MURDERKILL HUNDRED KC 15
• NORTH MURDERKILL HUNDRED KC 23
• NORTH MURDERKILL HUNDRED KC 14
• NORTH MURDERKILL HUNDRED KC 22
• OCTAGONAL SCHOOLHOUSE
• OLD CHRIST CHURCH
• SGT. JOHN B. MABERRY
• SITE OF BLACKISTON METHODIST CHURCH
• SITE OF DOVER’S FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
• SITE OF DUCK CREEK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
• SITE OF GREEN POTTERY
• SITE OF MILFORD’S FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
• SITE OF OLD ASBURY METHODIST CHURCH
• SMYRNA OPERA HOUSE AND OLD TOWN HALL
• SOUTH MURDERKILL HUNDRED KC 18
• SOUTH MURDERKILL HUNDRED KC 24
• SOUTH MURDERKILL HUNDRED KC 16
• SOUTH MURDERKILL HUNDRED KC 26
• ST. JONES NECK: SITE OF SETTLEMENT IN THE 1660’s
• STAR HILL A.M.E. CHURCH
• THE BARRACKS
• THE CAPITOL THEATER
• THE GOLDEN FLEECE TAVERN
• THOMAS’ CHAPEL
• TOWN OF CLAYTON
• TOWN OF FELTON
• TOWN OF KENTON
• TOWN OF WYOMING
• WESLEY COLLEGE
• WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
• WEST DOVER HUNDRED KC 10
• WEST DOVER HUNDRED KC 12
• WILLIAM W. M. HENRY COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL

BARRATT’S CHAPEL

(Cradle of Methodism in America)

Erected on land deeded by Philip Barratt, August, 1780. Here Thomas Coke, D.D., representative of John Wesley, preached November 14, 1784, administering the Sacrament of Holy Communion for first time by a Methodist America. With Francis Asbury planned organization of Methodist Episcopal Church calling first conference to meet at Baltimore, December 24, 1784.

KC-25

LOCATION: On Interstate 113 (State Highway 1) northbound lane. ¾ north of Frederica.

The Delaware Public Archives operates a historical markers program as part of its mandate. Markers are placed at historically significant locations and sites across the state. For more information on this program, please contact Moira Conlan at (302) 744-5035