Prince George's Chapel is a historic Episcopal

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located near Dagsboro,

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. It was built in 1755 as a chapel-of-ease for St. Martin's Church, Worcester Parish, Maryland. Churches built to serve the outlying areas of a parish where it was difficult for people to travel to the main church were given a chapel-of-ease designation. On June 30, 1757, the completed chapel was received by the vestry, dedicated, and named "Prince George's Chapel" for England's Prince George, later

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. It is a small, shingled structure. A

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and

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were added about 1763, but these have been removed. The interior features a vaulted ceiling of heart-pine, timbered pine pillars. and ' The State of Delaware purchased the property in 1967 and renovated the building.Delaware Public Archives: Prince George's Chapel
The site was added to the

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in 1971.

Notable burials in church's cemetery

*General John Dagworthy, namesake of Dagsboro, Revolutionary War veteran

References

External links

Sussex County Online: Prince George's Chapel, Dagsboro, Delaware
* Episcopal church buildings in Delaware Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Churches completed in 1757 Churches in Sussex County, Delaware 18th-century Episcopal church buildings Historic American Buildings Survey in Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Sussex County, Delaware Episcopal chapels in the United States {{Delaware-church-stub