William C. Jason Comprehensive High School

First African-American Secondary School In Sussex County

Named after the first African-American

president of Delaware State College, the

school opened in October 1950. Funds were

provided in the will of H. Fletcher

Brown a local philanthropist, and by the

State General ...

Ford's Chapel United Methodist Church

(organized 1808)

The Western Conference, Oct. 1-7, 1808 in Williamson County, Tenn., sent James Gwinn to the "great bend" of the Tenn. River. Gwinn organized at the home of Richard and Betsy Ford, the first Methodist Society of the six in ...

Town of Millsboro

For countless centuries, this was an

important meeting place for the Native

American residents of the Delmarva Peninsula.

In 1792, the state legislature authorized

the construction of a mill dam “across

the head of the waters of Indian River

near ...

Star Cemetery / Borland Cemetery Veterans Memorial

In Grateful Memory of All

Those Who Served Their Country.

Star Cemetery

Fred Fry • William Druit • Pete Bond

James Geddes • James Huntsinger

John Marietta • Joe Marietta

Dalla Creekmore • Julian Englebright

Charles Stout • Thorvald K. Johnson

John Watson • Charles Dewey

Ben Callihan • ...

John Street Methodist Church

Landmarks of New York

The oldest Methodist Society in America organized in 1766 by Philip Embury and Barbara Heck constructed here in 1768 Wesley Chapel, the first Methodist meeting house in America. The present church, the third on this site, ...

1 Wall Street / 14 Wall Street

Exploring Downtown

1 Wall Street

On one of the world’s most expensive corners – 1 Wall Street and Broadway – architect Ralph Walker conceived his zig-zag Art Deco skyscraper for the Irving Trust Company as a “curtain wall” – not ...

Providence United Methodist Church

In 1865 the Maryland Conference of the Methodist

Protestant Church established a “mission” or

charge circuit in Sussex County. At the time

local members of that faith were meeting nearby

in Rogers School. Services were held in the

schoolhouse until ...

Shiloh United Methodist Church

Organized 1808

In October, 1808, the Western Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church sent James Gwinn, a circuit rider, to the "great bend" of the Tennessee River to formalize existing Methodist Societies. He organized the Flint Circuit to serve frontier settlers ...

Prospect A.M.E. Church

The roots of African-American Methodism in this community can be traced to the organization of a black “class” within the local Methodist society in the 1790’s. By the 1830’s a group of residents had affiliated themselves with Bishop Richard Allen’s ...

Wortendyke Dutch Barn

This pre-Revolutionary Dutch barn was built by the Wortendyke family. Once common in the Hudson River area, the barn is one of the few remaining in this country. Broader than deep, the structure is entirely supported by four H-frames tied ...