Cool Spring Presbyterian Church

{{short description|Historic church in Delaware, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Cool Spring Presbyterian Church

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| image = Cool Spring Front View.jpg

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| location = West of Lewes on Road 247, near Lewes, Delaware

| coordinates = {{coord|38|44|13|N|75|14|21|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Delaware#USA

| built = 1854

| architecture = Greek Revival

| added = August 31, 1982

| area = {{convert|4.4|acre}}

| refnum = 82002363{{NRISref|2009a}}

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Cool Spring Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church building located near Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in 1854, and is on the site of two previous church buildings that served the congregation dating back to its establishment in 1726. It is a one-story, frame structure, three bays deep, in a rural Greek Revival style. It sits on a brick foundation and has a gable roof. It features a simple pedimented portico supported by two Doric order columns. The churchyard was officially granted to the congregation in 1737 by Governor Thomas Penn.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=82002363}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cool Spring Presbyterian Church|author=Richard B. Carter and Phyllis A. Hastings|date=December 1981}} and {{NRHP url|id=82002363|title=Accompanying seven photos|photos=y}}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Gallery

Coolspring Church Sign.jpg|Church sign

Coolspring Church Interior.jpg|Inside of the church

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