Old Christ Church - Delaware Public Archives - State of Delaware

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KC-39:

Founded as a Mission by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in response to a petition from twenty-two inhabitants of Dover in 1703. The present church was erected in 1734. Among early missionaries here was the Rev. Charles Inglis, later first Bishop of Nova Scotia.

Installed in 1941. Reinstalled in 2015.

Sponsors:

Public Archives Commission, 1941.

Marker Photo Gallery:

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Resources Related to Dover:

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Location:

523 South State Street Dover, DE 19901

Links to more resources:

Petition of a Committee appointed by Christ Church, Dover, praying that the General Assembly would pass a law that would enable the Church to sell or rent its Glebe land, February 1847. General Assembly, Legislative Papers
Deed Record, Charles Kimmey and wife to the Rectors, Wardens, and Vestrymen of Christ Church Dover, Volume B6, pages 473 to 475, 1879 – Kent County Recorder of Deeds
Paper advertising talks on Soviet – American relations at Old Christ Church
Pamphlet on the history of Old Christ Church
Pamphlet discussing Old Christ Church
Pamphlet for the Two – hundredth Anniversary church service at Old Christ Church
Pamphlet for a self – guided tour of Christ Church Cemetery
An act concerning the Glebe of Christ Church, Dover
The Churches of Delaware by Frank R. Zebley, Christ P. E. Church
Inventory of the Church Archives of Delaware by the Historical Records Survey, entry #528 Christ Church
Christ Church, Dover, National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. National Archives and Records Administration. NAID: 75324092
Christ Church, Dover, DE – Official
Christ Church, Dover, DE – Find A Grave
Christ Church, Dover DE – Wikipedia
Christ Church, Dover DE – National Register of Historic Places Form
Christ Church Dover, DE – National Register of Historic Places Photos

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