Old Drawyers Church is a historic

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church on U.S. 13 near

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. The congregation was founded by

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and

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immigrants, though by the time the church was built the congregation was largely made up of Scottish immigrants.Delaware Public Archives: Old Drawyers Presbyterian Church
/ref> It was built between 1769 and 1773, and is a two-story, five bay brick building in the

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style. It features an elaborate Georgian doorway and gable roof. The interior features an ornate soundingboard, suspended over the open pulpit. and It was listed on the

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in 1973.

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* Historic American Buildings Survey in Delaware Presbyterian churches in Delaware Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Georgian architecture in Delaware Churches completed in 1773 Churches in New Castle County, Delaware Dutch-American culture in Delaware Scottish-American history Swedish-American culture in Delaware National Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware 18th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States {{Delaware-church-stub