Old Asbury Methodist Church is a historic

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located at Walnut and 3rd Streets in Wilmington,

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. It was the first Methodist church in Wilmington. The church is a two-story, three-bay, L-shaped

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ed stone structure in a vernacular

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style. The original section was built in 1789, and subsequently enlarged in 1820, 1825, 1838, and 1845. The chapel wing to the north was added in 1875. and It was added to the

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in 1976.

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