Delaware’s Historic Houses of Worship

“Gilbert Presbyterian Church. In 1859, Central Church opened a mission in the Phoenix Fire House at 209 e. 14th St. and named it Brandywine Mission. On July 7, 1866, the lot at the s. e. cor. of 13th and French Sts. was purchased as a church site. A frame church was built in 1868 and named “Gilbert Chapel.” The chapel was enlarged in November, 1882…”