# McColley's Chapel

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**McColley's Chapel** is a [Methodist](/source/Methodist) chapel located between [Ellendale](/source/Ellendale,_Delaware) and [Georgetown, Delaware](/source/Georgetown,_Delaware). It was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) on November 30, 2011.[1]

## Description

The property consists of a single-story church facing east-northeast, surrounded by a cemetery.[2] The church proper is a simple wood-framed gabled structure covered in asphalt shingles, with a [chancel](/source/Chancel) projecting from the back and a brick chimney applied to the south side.[2] The facade features an [open pediment](/source/Open_pediment) in the gable and a pair of windows flanking the central entrance, with a wooden sign over the door; each side also has three tall, narrow double-hung windows, with a smaller window on either side of the chancel.[2] The interior is fitted with box pews flanking a center aisle, and a pulpit and altar, also aligned with the center line of the building. The chancel opening has plain casing surmounted by a pediment; the back wall of the altar area is ornamented by column casing supporting a [dentil](/source/Dentil) [architrave](/source/Architrave).[2]

The cemetery contains burials from 1860 up to 2007.[2] Some plots are surrounded by iron railings; older tombstones are generally of marble and are hard to read. Many of the stones have elaborate low relief, but some stone are simple obelisks.[2]

## History

It is the second church building on land donated by James Rudden in 1857.[2] The first church was built by Trustan P. McColley and was named after him; it was the oldest Methodist church in [Georgetown Hundred](/source/Georgetown_Hundred).[2][3] This building fell into disrepair and was destroyed in a fire sometime in the late 1890s. The second building was built in 1898.[2] As of 2013 the church was used for services and was under the Peninsula-Delaware Conference of the [United Methodist Church](/source/United_Methodist_Church).[4]

## References

1. ["National Register of Historic Places Listings: December 9, 2011"](https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-2011-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf). [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service). Retrieved 2013-02-14.

1. ["US Route 113 North/South Study: Evaluation of NR Eligibility for Architectural Properties - Ellendale Study Area"](http://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/us113_dual/pdf/n-s_ellendale/5-crs_prop_evals2.pdf). Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2013-02-14.

1. Scharf, J. Thomas (1888). [*History of Delaware: 1609-1888*](https://books.google.com/books?id=mqwUAAAAYAAJ&dq=McColley's+Chapel+delaware&pg=PA1239). Vol. II. Philadelphia: L. J. Richards & Co. p. 1239. Retrieved 2013-02-14.

1. ["McColley's Chapel United Methodist Church"](http://www.pen-del.org/churches/detail/20). Peninsula-Delaware Conference UMC. Retrieved 2013-02-14.

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