Dorsey House, 8 East Third Street, New Castle, New Castle County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-109 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction
John B. Lindale Farm, Water Tower, 24 South Main Street, Magnolia, Ken...
Survey number: HABS DE-172-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Delaware, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old Arsenal, The Green, New Castle, New Castle County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-133 Building/structure dates: 1809 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1852 Subsequent Work
Walter-Kautz Farm, Washhouse & Woodshed, River Road, Shawnee on Delawa...
Survey number: HABS PA-1169-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
27-33 The Strand, Row Houses, New Castle, New Castle County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-97 Building/structure dates: 18t1 Initial Construction
Derrickson House, 1801 North Market Street, Wilmington, New Castle Cou...
Survey number: HABS DE-34 Building/structure dates: ca. 1771 Initial Construction
De Motte House, Delaware & Hudson Canal, High Falls, Ulster County, NY
Survey number: HABS NY-4383 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hunn House, East Dover Hundred, 21 North State Street, Dover, Kent Cou...
Significance: Built in the mid-1870s, the Hunn House and Carriage House significantly contribute to a street scape of Victorian homes built between 1860 and 1890. Survey number: HABS DE-316
Aspendale, Route 300 (Downs Chapel), Kenton, Kent County, DE
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-36 Survey number: HABS DE-143 Building/structure dates: 1773 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000170
Aspendale, Route 300 (Downs Chapel), Kenton, Kent County, DE
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-36 Survey number: HABS DE-143 Building/structure dates: 1773 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000170
John Dill Store, 2 Market Street, Frederica, Kent County, DE
Significance: The Wootten Store is one of the earliest commercial structures still in use in Frederica. Erected by 1797, all subsequent deeds refer to a "store house" on the property. In 1873 additional land ... More
Bartsch Farm, 500 Wilson Road, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE
Significance: Bartsch Farm, near Wilmington, is the last intact nineteenth-century farmstead in Brandywine Hundred. It dates to a period of agricultural reform and reflects the values and changes brought about... More
West Brandywine Grange, 4008 Concord Pike, Wilmington, New Castle Coun...
Significance: The West Brandywine Grange survives as a largely unaltered agricultural meeting hall built in the last quarter of the 19th century. The area of northern New Castle County served by the Grange was... More
Valentine Weaver House, River Road (Smithfield Township), Shawnee on D...
Significance: Built in 1867, this large stone building was intended for an inn to serve lodgers. However, Mr. Weaver was unable to procure a tavern license, and the tap room became a kitchen. The house exhibits... More
Valentine Weaver House, River Road (Smithfield Township), Shawnee on D...
Significance: Built in 1867, this large stone building was intended for an inn to serve lodgers. However, Mr. Weaver was unable to procure a tavern license, and the tap room became a kitchen. The house exhibits... More
Valentine Weaver House, River Road (Smithfield Township), Shawnee on D...
Significance: Built in 1867, this large stone building was intended for an inn to serve lodgers. However, Mr. Weaver was unable to procure a tavern license, and the tap room became a kitchen. The house exhibits... More
Pont Reading House, 2713 Haverford Road (Haverford Township), Havertow...
Significance: House with construction spanning three centuries. Survey number: HABS PA-1239 Building/structure dates: 1683 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1730 Subsequent Work Building/s... More
Chichester Friends Meeting House, 611 Meetinghouse Road, Boothwyn, Del...
Significance: Chichester Meeting House is a well-preserved and unusual example of eighteenth-century Quaker meeting-house architecture in the Delaware Valley. Erected between 1769 and 1771, the building follows... More
Chichester Friends Meeting House, 611 Meetinghouse Road, Boothwyn, Del...
Significance: Chichester Meeting House is a well-preserved and unusual example of eighteenth-century Quaker meeting-house architecture in the Delaware Valley. Erected between 1769 and 1771, the building follows... More
Beck-Care Warehouse, 18-20 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia, Philad...
Significance: It was built in the latter part of the 18th century on the Delaware River wharves. At the earliest record it was owned by merchant Paul Beck and was under the tenancy of E. Beck and Phillip Care (... More
Beck-Care Warehouse, 18-20 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia, Philad...
Significance: It was built in the latter part of the 18th century on the Delaware River wharves. At the earliest record it was owned by merchant Paul Beck and was under the tenancy of E. Beck and Phillip Care (... More
Couper Bank Barn, Road 381, West of U.S. Route 13, Tybouts Corner, New...
Significance: The Couper Barn is an unusually complete example of a functionally integrated bank barn of the type advocated by the writers and supporters of the mid 19th-century agricultural reform movement in ... More
Town Hall, Second & Delaware Streets, New Castle, New Castle County, D...
Survey number: HABS DE-9-4 Building/structure dates: 1823 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000003
Town Hall, Second & Delaware Streets, New Castle, New Castle County, D...
Survey number: HABS DE-9-4 Building/structure dates: 1823 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000003
Chuckswood, Spring Mill Road (Radnor Township), Villanova, Delaware Co...
Significance: One of the better Federal period brick houses (has outstanding interior architectural detail) in Radnor Township. Survey number: HABS PA-195 Building/structure dates: ca. 1807 Initial Construct... More
John B. Lindale House & Farm, 24 South Main Street, Magnolia, Kent Cou...
Significance: The Lindale House and its outbuildings are a rare surviving example of the entire complex of a Delaware peach farm. Built for John B. Lindale, who is often described as the last of the great peac... More
John B. Lindale House & Farm, 24 South Main Street, Magnolia, Kent Cou...
Significance: The Lindale House and its outbuildings are a rare surviving example of the entire complex of a Delaware peach farm. Built for John B. Lindale, who is often described as the last of the great peac... More
John B. Lindale House & Farm, 24 South Main Street, Magnolia, Kent Cou...
Significance: The Lindale House and its outbuildings are a rare surviving example of the entire complex of a Delaware peach farm. Built for John B. Lindale, who is often described as the last of the great peac... More
John B. Lindale House & Farm, 24 South Main Street, Magnolia, Kent Cou...
Significance: The Lindale House and its outbuildings are a rare surviving example of the entire complex of a Delaware peach farm. Built for John B. Lindale, who is often described as the last of the great peac... More
Phillips Bank Barn, Old Wilmington Road, Hockessin, New Castle County,...
1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Phillips Bank Barn, near Hockessin in Mill Creek Hundred, dates to the 1760s and is the only surviving eighteenth-century bank barn in New Castle County. ... More
Vogl House, State Road 277, Harrington, Kent County, DE
Significance: Unique example of folk art and vernacular architecture. Built by Bavarian immigrants in 1915, this house is an expression of the architectural ideas of Wilhelmine Vogl, who designed and laid out ... More
Abraham Pierce House, 12 East Commerce Street, Smyrna, Kent County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-123 Public domain photograph - historical image of Delaware, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Grantham House, 229 Grantham Lane, New Castle, New Castle County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-107 Building/structure dates: 17h1 Initial Construction
Thomas Cooch House, 961 Old Baltimore Pike, Newark, New Castle County,...
Survey number: HABS DE-57 Building/structure dates: 1760 Initial Construction
Dr. Henry Ridgely House, 6 South State Street, Dover, Kent County, DE
Significance: This fine Italianate house was built for Dr. Henry Ridgely in 1869. The July 31, 1869, "Delawarean" noted, "The fine brick mansion of Dr. Ridgely will soon be completed." Survey number: HABS DE-177
Dr. Henry Ridgely House, 6 South State Street, Dover, Kent County, DE
Significance: This fine Italianate house was built for Dr. Henry Ridgely in 1869. The July 31, 1869, "Delawarean" noted, "The fine brick mansion of Dr. Ridgely will soon be completed." Survey number: HABS DE-177
Dr. Henry Ridgely House, 6 South State Street, Dover, Kent County, DE
Significance: This fine Italianate house was built for Dr. Henry Ridgely in 1869. The July 31, 1869, "Delawarean" noted, "The fine brick mansion of Dr. Ridgely will soon be completed." Survey number: HABS DE-177
DuPont Powder Mill, Hagley Museum, on Brandywine River, Greenville, Ne...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6, FN-7 Survey number: HABS DE-2 Building/structure dates: 1822 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000259
Long Hook Farm, 1051 South Market Street, Wilmington, New Castle Count...
Survey number: HABS DE-61 Building/structure dates: ca. 1660 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1763 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1850- ca. 1860 Subsequent Work
Woodburn, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE
Significance: Built in 1790, this house has the characteristic features of the period and place, but is of larger scale than most and has unusually extensive woodwork of very high quality. Survey number: HABS ... More
Black Gates, Rockland Road, Rockland, New Castle County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-62 Building/structure dates: 1809 Initial Construction
William Elliot House, 2206 Newport Gap Pike (State Route 41), Prices C...
Significance: The William Elliot House documents the growth of the Greenback area from a predominantly rural agricultural landscape into an industrial/manufacturing community and transportation center. It is a... More
Cochran Grange, Main House, U.S. Route 301, West of Route 71, Middleto...
Significance: Cochran Grange was built by John F. Cochran, the governor of Delaware from 1875-1879, and he resided here throughout much of his adult life. Cochran was one of the leaders in the development of pe... More
Walter-Kautz Farm, Corn Crib-Wagon Shed, River Road (Smithfield Townsh...
Significance: The Walter-Kautz farm buildings are a representative group of the type found in the Delaware River Valley, The buildings are located in the construction site of the Tock's Island Reservoir Project... More
Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street,...
See also HABS No. PA-125 for additional documentation. Significance: Built between 1799 and 1801, the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was among the earliest purpose-built, and is the oldest extant, quarantine-rela... More
Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street,...
See also HABS No. PA-125 for additional documentation. Significance: Built between 1799 and 1801, the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was among the earliest purpose-built, and is the oldest extant, quarantine-rela... More
Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street,...
See also HABS No. PA-125 for additional documentation. Significance: Built between 1799 and 1801, the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was among the earliest purpose-built, and is the oldest extant, quarantine-rela... More
Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street,...
See also HABS No. PA-125 for additional documentation. Significance: Built between 1799 and 1801, the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was among the earliest purpose-built, and is the oldest extant, quarantine-rela... More
Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street,...
See also HABS No. PA-125 for additional documentation. Significance: Built between 1799 and 1801, the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was among the earliest purpose-built, and is the oldest extant, quarantine-rela... More
Dover Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1301, Dover, Kent County, DE
Significance: According to the National Register nomination, this structure "... is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places under criterion A for its use as the headquarters and enginee... More
Delaware Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: This avenue was intended to provide vistas and access to the Capitol Grounds from both the northeast and southwest. The 1908 construction of Union Station reinforced its importance as an access to... More
Woodlawn, Barn, Saint Georges Hundred, County Route 429, East of Route...
Significance: The Woodlawn barn is the central element in J.K. Williams' new farm complex of 1886. In design, the barn responded to ideas current in period agricultural and builders manuals. With the cart she... More
Woodlawn, Barn, Saint Georges Hundred, County Route 429, East of Route...
Significance: The Woodlawn barn is the central element in J.K. Williams' new farm complex of 1886. In design, the barn responded to ideas current in period agricultural and builders manuals. With the cart she... More
Woodlawn, Barn, Saint Georges Hundred, County Route 429, East of Route...
Significance: The Woodlawn barn is the central element in J.K. Williams' new farm complex of 1886. In design, the barn responded to ideas current in period agricultural and builders manuals. With the cart she... More
Woodlawn, Barn, Saint Georges Hundred, County Route 429, East of Route...
Significance: The Woodlawn barn is the central element in J.K. Williams' new farm complex of 1886. In design, the barn responded to ideas current in period agricultural and builders manuals. With the cart she... More
Woodlawn, Barn, Saint Georges Hundred, County Route 429, East of Route...
Significance: The Woodlawn barn is the central element in J.K. Williams' new farm complex of 1886. In design, the barn responded to ideas current in period agricultural and builders manuals. With the cart she... More
A. I. Du Pont Estate, Blue Ball Dairy Barn, Junction of U.S. Route 202...
Significance: The Blue Ball Dairy barn and milk house were constructed in 1914 as part of the A.I. du Pont estate, known as Nemours. They were part of the estate farm complex, which existed to provide food and... More
A. I. Du Pont Estate, Blue Ball Dairy Barn, Junction of U.S. Route 202...
Significance: The Blue Ball Dairy barn and milk house were constructed in 1914 as part of the A.I. du Pont estate, known as Nemours. They were part of the estate farm complex, which existed to provide food and... More
A. I. Du Pont Estate, Blue Ball Dairy Barn, Junction of U.S. Route 202...
Significance: The Blue Ball Dairy barn and milk house were constructed in 1914 as part of the A.I. du Pont estate, known as Nemours. They were part of the estate farm complex, which existed to provide food and... More
Old Drawyers Presbyterian Church, Route 13, Odessa, New Castle County,...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4, FN-8 - FN-11 Survey number: HABS DE-3 Building/structure dates: 1773 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000533
Old Drawyers Presbyterian Church, Route 13, Odessa, New Castle County,...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4, FN-8 - FN-11 Survey number: HABS DE-3 Building/structure dates: 1773 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000533
John Brock & Sons Warehouse, 242-244 North Delaware Avenue, Philadelph...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-234 Survey number: HABS PA-1395
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Lackawanna Terminal, Main Str...
Significance: The terminal's double deck train shed, attributed to Lincoln Bush, is considered to be significant as an early example of the innovative use of reinforced concrete. Unprocessed Field note materia... More
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Lackawanna Terminal, Main Str...
Significance: The terminal's double deck train shed, attributed to Lincoln Bush, is considered to be significant as an early example of the innovative use of reinforced concrete. Unprocessed Field note materia... More
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Lackawanna Terminal, Main Str...
Significance: The terminal's double deck train shed, attributed to Lincoln Bush, is considered to be significant as an early example of the innovative use of reinforced concrete. Unprocessed Field note materia... More
Hunn House, Carriage House, East Dover Hundred, 21 North State Street,...
Survey number: HABS DE-316-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Delaware, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Blackwater Presbyterian Church, State Road 54, Clarksville, Sussex Cou...
Significance: Oldest Presbyterian church building in southern Delaware. Founded by Charles Tennent. // 1767; rebuilt 1893. Clapboard siding over, presumably, heavy timber. Approximately 30' x 35'. Clapboard... More
Robert Ashton House, Road 418, West of Route 2, Port Penn, New Castle ...
Significance: The Ashton House is the oldest documented dwelling extant in Delaware. Commissioned by Robert Ashton (a cousin of William Penn), the house retains elements of original trim and the configuration ... More
Masonic Hall & Grand Theater, 818 North Market Street, Wilmington, New...
Significance: It is one of the finest remaining examples of cast iron architecture in America. It is associated with several major events in Delaware's history, but more importantly, it is famous for its rich t... More
Brecknock, U.S. Route 13, Camden, Kent County, DE
Significance: Brecknock, owned by the same family since 1766, was built in four sections, with the oldest section probably dating from the seventeenth century. Survey number: HABS DE-178 National Register of ... More
Collins-Sharp House, State Road 493 (moved to DE, Odessa), Collins Bea...
Survey number: HABS DE-179 Public domain photograph - historical image of Delaware, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mitchell Bank Barn, Doe Run Road, Corner Ketch, New Castle County, DE
Significance: The well-preserved Mitchell Bank Barn in Corner Ketch in Mill Creek Hundred is a typical bi-level bank barn dating to the early years of agricultural reform in New Castle County. Survey number: H... More
The Lazaretto, Delaware River vicinity, Essington, Delaware County, PA
See also HABS No. PA-6659 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS PA-125 Building/structure dates: 1799- 1800 Initial Construction
King Street, 200 Block, 216 King Street (Commercial Building), Wilming...
Significance: One of thirteen nineteenth century, commercial buildings in the 200 block of King Street; served as a revenue service, boarding house, shoemaker's, fishmonger's saloon, milliner's, butcher's, pain... More
Maen-Coch, Outbuildings, 200 Grove Place (Haverford Township), Haverto...
Survey number: HABS PA-6058-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cary House, 184 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, Erie County, NY
Significance: This large 2 1/2 story French Second-Empire brick house with Gothic details was located at the southern residential end of Delaware Avenue a broad, tree-lined street with large prestigious homes ... More
Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile ...
Significance: In 1888, the Middletown Preparative Meeting House was significantly altered for the second time in order to conform to changing patterns of meeting house development. Middletown Meeting House was... More
Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile ...
Significance: In 1888, the Middletown Preparative Meeting House was significantly altered for the second time in order to conform to changing patterns of meeting house development. Middletown Meeting House was... More
Cochran Grange, Bank Barn, U.S. Route 301, West of Route 71, Middletow...
Significance: The Cochran Grange bank barn represents the partial acceptance of a popularly proscribed agricultural building form into an area of intensive agricultural reform. Built to consolidate agricultura... More
Locust Grove, State Roads 34 & 32, Greenwood, Sussex County, DE
Significance: The Richards House, Locust Grove, is one of the most outstanding examples of domestic architecture in the late Georgian style in Northwest Fork Hundred and Sussex County, Delaware. The 3-bay Flem... More
Locust Grove, State Roads 34 & 32, Greenwood, Sussex County, DE
Significance: The Richards House, Locust Grove, is one of the most outstanding examples of domestic architecture in the late Georgian style in Northwest Fork Hundred and Sussex County, Delaware. The 3-bay Flem... More
Richardson Hall, East Dover Hundred, 29 North State Street, Dover, Ken...
Significance: Built in the 1880s, Richardson Hall contributes to a street scape of Victorian homes built between 1860 and 1890. Located at the north end of the block, Richardson Hall is the largest of the grou... More
Richardson Hall, East Dover Hundred, 29 North State Street, Dover, Ken...
Significance: Built in the 1880s, Richardson Hall contributes to a street scape of Victorian homes built between 1860 and 1890. Located at the north end of the block, Richardson Hall is the largest of the grou... More
Albertson House, Delaware, Warren County, NJ
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-338 Survey number: HABS NJ-460
James Booth House & Office, 216 Delaware Street, New Castle, New Castl...
Survey number: HABS DE-88 Building/structure dates: ca. 1730 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 17t3 Subsequent Work
Federal School House, End of Allgates Drive (Haverford Township), Have...
Significance: This one room schoolhouse is the oldest extant building in Delaware County erected specifically for educational purposes. It also was the location of the first public school in Haverford Township.... More
Mendenhall Mill, Mill Creek Road, Hockessin, New Castle County, DE
Significance: One of the small mills of the famous milling industry of Delaware. The nineteenth-century equipment, including the metal overshot wheel, are still in place. Survey number: HABS DE-167 Building/... More
Mendenhall Mill, Mill Creek Road, Hockessin, New Castle County, DE
Significance: One of the small mills of the famous milling industry of Delaware. The nineteenth-century equipment, including the metal overshot wheel, are still in place. Survey number: HABS DE-167 Building/... More
Woodside Cartshed, R.D. 1, P.O. Box 437 Choptank Road, Middletown, New...
Significance: A good example of the construction method used in 19th century cartsheds. Likely used to store much of the farm equipment listed in the 1898 inventory of Henry Clayton's estate. Additions were p... More
Amstel House, 2 East Fourth Street, New Castle, New Castle County, DE
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1, FN-2 Survey number: HABS DE-9-3 Building/structure dates: ca. 1728 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 77000386
Amstel House, 2 East Fourth Street, New Castle, New Castle County, DE
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1, FN-2 Survey number: HABS DE-9-3 Building/structure dates: ca. 1728 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 77000386
Rothwell Farm, Barn, Route 458 near Route 42, Middletown, New Castle C...
Significance: The Rothwell Barn stands as one of the finest examples of the type of agricultural architecture built during the agricultural reforms of ca. 1830-1870. In plan, it incorporates all processing and... More
Ruth Mansion House, Main Street, Leipsic, Kent County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-130 Building/structure dates: 17t3 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000496
Curtis Bok House, 120 Upper Gulth Road, intersection of Routes 320 & 7...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N479 Survey number: HABS PA-5501 Building/structure dates: ca. 1935- ca. 1938 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1989 Demolished Building/st... More
Curtis Bok House, 120 Upper Gulth Road, intersection of Routes 320 & 7...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N479 Survey number: HABS PA-5501 Building/structure dates: ca. 1935- ca. 1938 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1989 Demolished Building/st... More
Curtis Bok House, 120 Upper Gulth Road, intersection of Routes 320 & 7...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N479 Survey number: HABS PA-5501 Building/structure dates: ca. 1935- ca. 1938 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1989 Demolished Building/st... More
Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New C...
Significance: Wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt-type truss superstructure mounted on granite masonry piers; originally served as bridge for the B&O Railroad. Survey number: HAER DE-20 Building/structure date... More
Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New C...
Significance: Wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt-type truss superstructure mounted on granite masonry piers; originally served as bridge for the B&O Railroad. Survey number: HAER DE-20 Building/structure date... More
Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New C...
Significance: Wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt-type truss superstructure mounted on granite masonry piers; originally served as bridge for the B&O Railroad. Survey number: HAER DE-20 Building/structure date... More
Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New C...
Significance: Wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt-type truss superstructure mounted on granite masonry piers; originally served as bridge for the B&O Railroad. Survey number: HAER DE-20 Building/structure date... More