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 1886, when the present church

was built on land that had been provided by

Harrison Rogers. The church lot was formally

transferred to the trustees by Charles H. Elliott

in 1924.

Following the closure of Rogers School in 1932,

the congregation acquired the vacant building

for use as a Community Hall. Constructed in 1904

to replace the earlier structure where the

congregation had once met, the building was

moved to its present location in 1933.

Marker is on Shortly Road (County Road 431), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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