Built 1740 Opened 1740 Phone +1 302-654-5371 | NRHP Reference # 72000295 Area 4,000 m² Added to NRHP 13 April 1972 | |
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Location West St. on Brandywine Park Dr., in the Wilmington, Delaware, neighborhood of Midtown Brandywine Address 1101 N Market St, Wilmington, DE 19801, USA Similar First Presbyterian Church, Trinity Episcopal Church, Grace United Methodist, Holy Trinity Church, St Joseph's Catholic Profiles | ||
Old First Presbyterian Church of Wilmington is a historic Presbyterian church located on West Street on Brandywine Park Drive in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.
Built in 1740, the one-story brick structure measures 30 feet by 40 feet and has a gambrel roof. Originally located on the east side of Wilmington's Market Street between 9th and 10th Streets, the building was used during the American Revolution by British troops as a prison and hospital during the occupation of Wilmington after the Battle of Brandywine, September 12, 1777. It remained a house of worship until 1840. A cemetery on the site was the final resting place of many noted Wilmingtonians.
It was moved to its present site in 1916.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America restored the interior to its original condition in 1981. It is open as a local history museum.