Ott's Chapel

	Ott's Chapel
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Ott's Chapel in 2012
Location	1655 Otts Chapel Rd., near Newark, Delaware
Coordinates	39°38′03″N 75°46′43″W / 39.63411°N 75.77857°W
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1871
NRHP reference No.	86001555
Added to NRHP	August 13, 1986

Ott's Chapel (also known as Ott's Chapel Sunday School) is a historic chapel in New Castle County, Delaware, located roughly halfway between Newark, Delaware and Elkton, Maryland on Ott's Chapel Road.

It was built in 1871 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

History

The chapel was built by Stephen Ott, a local farmer who also hosted nondenominational prayer meetings at his house. After the meetings grew too large, Ott built the chapel with the help of his neighbors in 1871. Ott conducted prayer meetings and Sunday school at the chapel until his death in 1875, after which his wife Jane took over until 1881. The chapel was later run by George A. Blake from 1889 to 1910, and has continued to host nondenominational prayer meetings and Sunday school since.^[2]

Architecture

Ott's Chapel is a small, one-story frame building with clapboard siding and a gable roof, typical of the rural church architecture of 19th-century Delaware. The chapel is one bay wide by three bays deep, with a gable-roofed front porch, and stands on a rubble stone foundation. The interior of the building consists of a single room with a high ceiling and elaborate pressed tin ornamentation.^[2]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form". National Park Service. Retrieved August 19, 2012.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrnom-2] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form". National Park Service. Retrieved August 19, 2012.

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