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Parson Thorne Mansion, 501 Northwest Front Street, Milford, Sussex Cou...

Significance: This house, clearly altered in the late nineteenth century, features exquisite Georgian paneling on the interior. An early owner was Rev. Sydenham Thorne, a co-founder of the town of Milford and ... More

Old Town Hall, 512 Market Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Significance: Few buildings can boast of such a record of continual community service as Wilmington's Old Town Hall. From its erection in 1798 to the present, it has been a viable part of the City. It has kep... More

Old Town Hall, 512 Market Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Significance: Few buildings can boast of such a record of continual community service as Wilmington's Old Town Hall. From its erection in 1798 to the present, it has been a viable part of the City. It has kep... More

St. James Protestant Episcopal Church, Saint James Church Road & Old C...

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St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Route 896, Middletown, New Castle County,...

Significance: This small building is a carefully restored example of a 1768 brick church. Survey number: HABS DE-72 Building/structure dates: 1768 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1847 Subseque... 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

Dewitt Farm, Woodshed, (Middle Smithfield Township), Shawnee on Delawa...

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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

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

Old College Historic District, Old College, West Main Street at South ...

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Ike Cleaver Muskrat Shed, Thomas Corner Road near Appoquinimink Creek,...

1987 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Originally a smokehouse, the building was later converted to a shed used for killing muskrats and processing the skins. Unprocessed Field note materia... More

Rockwood, 610 Shipley Road, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Significance: Designed for Joseph Shipley, a member of one of the leading Quaker mill-owning families in the area, Rockwood is an unusually complete and effective statement of early Victorian taste in the tradi... More

Crossan House, 1591 Pulaski Highway, Bear, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The Crossan House is an important example of the domestic architecture built by New Castle County's rural elite population of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is significant because it ... More

Combination atlas map of Delaware County, Pennsylvania /

On title page ill.: "N. Friend, engr. Philad." ; "C.L. Smith, del." LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 6166 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, brief hi... More

State Bridge No. 456, Walker School Road (Road 45), spanning Sawmill B...

Significance: Bridge No. 456 is representative of a historic Delaware bridge type: the two-span beam-on-pile-bent timber bridge. Though built frequently in the state during the nineteenth and early twentieth c... More

New York, Ontario & Western Railroad, Delaware River Bridge, Hancock, ...

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Wessel Van Schaick House, Van Schaick Avenue & Delaware & Hudson Railr...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-173 Survey number: HABS NY-3121 Building/structure dates: after 1750 Initial Construction

Morris Canal, Delaware River Portal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ

Significance: The Delaware River Portal is the western terminus of the Morris Canal. The canal is one of the few amphibious waterways in America. The river portal was the starting point for coal laden barges ... More

Cullen Strawberry Picker's House, County Route 383, Roxana, Sussex Cou...

Significance: The significance of the building relates to the period in Delaware's agricultural history when the state was a leading producer of strawberries nationally. The structure was used to house migrant... More

Governor William H. Ross House, State Route 543, Seaford, Sussex Count...

Significance: This fine Italianate villa was built for Gov. William H. Ross when he left office. During his administration, Gov. Ross encouraged legislation to establish the Delaware Railroad, from which, as a... More

Group of newsboys on a stoop at 4th & Market Sts. "Take our mugs, mist...

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Delaware & Raritan Canal, Ten Mile Run Culvert, 1.5 miles South of Bla...

Significance: The Ten Mile Run Culvert is an integral part of the Delaware & Raritan Canal's (hereafter D&R Canal) early nineteenth-century engineering design. The culvert's original construction remains large... More

Delaware & Raritan Canal, Ten Mile Run Culvert, 1.5 miles South of Bla...

Significance: The Ten Mile Run Culvert is an integral part of the Delaware & Raritan Canal's (hereafter D&R Canal) early nineteenth-century engineering design. The culvert's original construction remains large... More

Cochran Grange, Granary, U.S. Route 301, West of Route 71, Middletown,...

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Cochran Grange, Granary, U.S. Route 301, West of Route 71, Middletown,...

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Thomas Robinson Jr. Kitchen Dependency, Naaman's Road at Philadelphia ...

Survey number: HABS DE-51 Building/structure dates: 1654 Initial Construction

Thomas Robinson Jr. Kitchen Dependency, Naaman's Road at Philadelphia ...

Survey number: HABS DE-51 Building/structure dates: 1654 Initial Construction

John Richardson House, 15 Race Street, Richardson Park, Wilmington, Ne...

Significance: The Richardson House is one of the best preserved examples of early 18th-century domestic architecture extant in Delaware. The building retains numerous interior and exterior details which are ex... More

Huguenot House, Route 9, Taylors Corner, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The Hugeunot House, located near Taylor's Bridge in Appoquinimink Hundred, is an extraordinary example of an early to mid-eighteenth century Delaware plantation house. The house, which reflects t... More

Huguenot House, Route 9, Taylors Corner, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The Hugeunot House, located near Taylor's Bridge in Appoquinimink Hundred, is an extraordinary example of an early to mid-eighteenth century Delaware plantation house. The house, which reflects t... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Delaware River Viaduct, Spann...

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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Delaware River Viaduct, Spann...

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John Dickinson Mansion, Kitts Hummock Road, off State Road 68, 0.3 mil...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N313 Survey number: HABS DE-17 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000258

Mill Creek Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek at State Route No. 6, Smyrna, K...

Significance: The Mill Creek Bridge, one of three of its kind currently extant in Delaware, is an early representative example of a composite slab deck bridge, combining concrete and laminated timber. Unproces... More

Mill Creek Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek at State Route No. 6, Smyrna, K...

Significance: The Mill Creek Bridge, one of three of its kind currently extant in Delaware, is an early representative example of a composite slab deck bridge, combining concrete and laminated timber. Unproces... More

Coleman House, 422 Kings Highway, Lewes, Sussex County, DE

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Bellvue Farm, Route 896, Glasgow, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The Bellevue Farm House is significant as an excellent example of a mid-eighteenth-century Delaware Valley vernacular dwelling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N314 Su... More

Hedgelawn, U.S. Route 301, Middletown, New Castle County, DE

Significance: Built for William P. Cochran, a peach farmer, in 1856, this house represents the prosperity of the peach farming industry in this area. Also in 1856, the Delaware Railroad was completed, enabling... More

Belmont Hall, Route 13, Smyrna, Kent County, DE

Significance: Belmont Hall, home of Thomas Collins, Brigadier-General in the American Revolution and eighth president of the Delaware State, has two late seventeenth century rear wings and a main, front block b... More

Lowe House, North side of Route 72, approximately 2 miles east of Hear...

Significance: The Lowe House is one of southern Delaware's best preserved one-room mansion houses of the post-Revolutionary period. With its fully paneled interior finish, it represents the best of early 19th ... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Oil House, 65...

Significance: The D,L & W oil house supplied lubricating, cleaning and fuel oils to the locomotives and machinery at the railroad's Scranton yards. It is representative of early twentieth-century oil handling ... More

Maen-Coch, 200 Grove Place (Haverford Township), Havertown, Delaware C...

Significance: Maen-Coch, currently known as The Grange, owes its significance to its high-style Gothic design with an 18th century core, its association with prominent individuals, and to its old and extensive ... More

Swanwyck, 65 Landers Lane, New Castle, New Castle County, DE

Survey number: HABS DE-48 Building/structure dates: 1820 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 77000387

Fort Delaware, Sea Wall, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle C...

Significance: Fort Delaware served as the primary defense of the Delaware River from the second quarter of the 19th century until the start of World War II. The Fort played an important role during the Civil W... More

Fort Delaware, Sea Wall, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle C...

Significance: Fort Delaware served as the primary defense of the Delaware River from the second quarter of the 19th century until the start of World War II. The Fort played an important role during the Civil W... More

Old First Presbyterian Church, South Park Drive at West Street, moved ...

Significance: This was the first Presbyterian church to be established in Wilmington. Architecturally it is a fine example of the mid-eighteenth century ecclesiastical style of construction. Only a few buildi... More

Old Customs House, King at Sixth Street, Wilmington, New Castle County...

Significance: Of national significance, not only because of its design, the recognized talents of its architect, but also for its role in the development of fire proof architecture and cast iron technology. Hou... More

Old Customs House, King at Sixth Street, Wilmington, New Castle County...

Significance: Of national significance, not only because of its design, the recognized talents of its architect, but also for its role in the development of fire proof architecture and cast iron technology. Hou... More

Old Customs House, King at Sixth Street, Wilmington, New Castle County...

Significance: Of national significance, not only because of its design, the recognized talents of its architect, but also for its role in the development of fire proof architecture and cast iron technology. Hou... More

Lobdell Car Wheel Company, Christina Avenue, Wilmington, New Castle Co...

Significance: An important example of heavy industry in Delaware, and at one time, the largest manufacturer of chilled cast-iron wheels in the United States. Survey number: HAER DE-15 Building/structure dates... More

Charles I. Du Pont House, 162 Main Street, Wilmington, New Castle Coun...

Significance: The Charles I. du Pont House is directly associated with the industries of Henry Clay Village, a nineteenth century industrial village, and is a good example of nineteenth century residential arch... More

Georgetown Post Office, 2 The Circle, Georgetown, Sussex County, DE

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Erie Railway, Hancock Station, Front Street, Hancock, Delaware County,...

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Delaware & Raritan Canal, Locktender's House, North of Hamilton, East ...

Significance: Housed lock tender and family. The lock tender was responsible for operation, inspection, and general maintenance of Lock #13 of the Delaware and Raritan Canal. Survey number: HAER NJ-60-B Buil... More

Delaware & Raritan Canal, Locktender's House, North of Hamilton, East ...

Significance: Housed lock tender and family. The lock tender was responsible for operation, inspection, and general maintenance of Lock #13 of the Delaware and Raritan Canal. Survey number: HAER NJ-60-B Buil... More

Delaware & Hudson Canal, Delaware Aqueduct, Spanning Delaware River, L...

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Delaware & Hudson Canal, Delaware Aqueduct, Spanning Delaware River, L...

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Delaware & Hudson Canal, Delaware Aqueduct, Spanning Delaware River, L...

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Delaware & Hudson Canal, Delaware Aqueduct, Spanning Delaware River, L...

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James Lequlla, newsboy, 12 years of age. Selling newspapers 3 years. A...

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Cannon's Savannah, Atlanta-Seaford Road, Seaford, Sussex County, DE

Significance: Cannon's Savannah, dating from 1727, is one of the oldest brick structures in Sussex County. It is composed of two single-cell units joined on axis, and it is one of the few remaining Delaware ex... More

Cannon's Savannah, Atlanta-Seaford Road, Seaford, Sussex County, DE

Significance: Cannon's Savannah, dating from 1727, is one of the oldest brick structures in Sussex County. It is composed of two single-cell units joined on axis, and it is one of the few remaining Delaware ex... More

St. Joseph's on the Brandywine, 10 Old Church Road, Wilmington, New Ca...

Significance: St. Joseph's on the Brandywine was an important component of Henry Clay Village and the DuPont Powder Mills. The church and its associated buildings are reflective of the DuPont Company's, and in... More

Delaware State House, East side of The Green, Dover, Kent County, DE

Significance: State House built in 1787-92 using brick from the previous 1722 State House for its foundations. Served as State House from 1792 to 1932 and as Kent County Courthouse from 1792 to 1873. Heavily ... More

Delaware State House, East side of The Green, Dover, Kent County, DE

Significance: State House built in 1787-92 using brick from the previous 1722 State House for its foundations. Served as State House from 1792 to 1932 and as Kent County Courthouse from 1792 to 1873. Heavily ... More

Liston Range Rear Light, County Road 2, Biddles Corner, New Castle Cou...

Significance: The Liston Range Rear Light merits attention for two reasons. First, it is a river range light a type virtually ignored in the historical literature on lighthouses. Secondly, it is a wrought i... More

Florida migrants studying road map before leaving Elizabeth City, Nort...

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Florida migrants studying road map before leaving Elizabeth City, Nort...

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Canal Road Bridge, Canal Road spanning Delaware Canal Diversion, Locks...

Significance: The Canal Road Bridge is the earliest reinforced concrete deck arch bridge in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Constructed over the head race leading to an early hydroelectric power station, it ... More

John England House, 81 Red Mill Road, Newark, New Castle County, DE

Significance: An eighteenth-century brick structure which was formerly owned by the England family and for the past century and a quarter by the Eastburn family. It is noted for its connections with the Englan... More

Samuel Michael House, River Road (Middle Smithfield Township), Shawnee...

Significance: A well-preserved example of a mid-nineteenth century dwelling, constructed of brick, a material rarely utilized for entire structures in the Upper Delaware Valley. Survey number: HABS PA-1170

Causey House, 2 Causey Avenue, Milford, Sussex County, DE

Significance: Built in the mid eighteenth century in the Georgian style, this house was owned by the Crapper family who owned most of south Milford's land. It was later owned by Gov. Daniel Rogers and Gov. Pet... More

King Street, 200 Block, 200-236 King Street, Wilmington, New Castle Co...

Significance: The 200 through 236 block of King Street reflected two centuries of urban architectural growth and change in a mid-atlantic region port city. Survey number: HABS DE-129 Building/structure dates:... More

Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad, Darby River Bridge, Spa...

Significance: Because Pennsylvania has few low-lying areas, the bridge is one of a limited number of movable railroad structures in the state, and even more rare as an overhead-counterweight bascule bridge. Un... More

Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad, Darby River Bridge, Spa...

Significance: Because Pennsylvania has few low-lying areas, the bridge is one of a limited number of movable railroad structures in the state, and even more rare as an overhead-counterweight bascule bridge. Un... More

Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad, Darby River Bridge, Spa...

Significance: Because Pennsylvania has few low-lying areas, the bridge is one of a limited number of movable railroad structures in the state, and even more rare as an overhead-counterweight bascule bridge. Un... More

Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad, Darby River Bridge, Spa...

Significance: Because Pennsylvania has few low-lying areas, the bridge is one of a limited number of movable railroad structures in the state, and even more rare as an overhead-counterweight bascule bridge. Un... More

Delaware & Raritan Canal, Drawbridge, Lock & Tollhouse, Delaware & Rar...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-272 Survey number: HABS NJ-359 Building/structure dates: ca. 1834 Initial Construction

George Murphy House, Junction of Rockland & Old Murphy Roads, Wilmingt...

Significance: The George Murphy House was built in the 1840s, with several additions constructed in the later nineteenth century. Although the house has been referred to in past cultural resource reports as th... More

Kensey Johns Sr. House, 2 East Third Street, New Castle, New Castle Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-20 Survey number: HABS DE-116 Building/structure dates: 1790 Initial Construction

Corner Ketch Barn, Route 290, Corner Ketch, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The Corner Ketch Barn illustrates two major themes in barn design in northern Delaware. First, English-style bank barns without forebays became a popular barn type in this area in the late 18th c... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street...

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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street...

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St. David's Church (Episcopal), Valley Forge Road (Newtown Township), ...

Significance: The small, rectangular stone Episcopal church was built from 1715 to 1717 by a Welsh-speaking congregation. It is the oldest non-Quaker church in the area and one of the earliest in the state, Gen... More

William Harvey House, Brinton Bridge Road (Pennsbury Township), Chadds...

Significance: This is an early (circa 1715 with additions) stone bank house typical of the period. Survey number: HABS PA-1204 Building/structure dates: ca. 1715 Initial Construction Building/structure date... More

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Conrad Edick House, 1 River Street, Hambletville, Delaware County, NY

Significance: This is the oldest building in Deposit and an example of the Federal style. Survey number: HABS NY-5543 Building/structure dates: 1802 Initial Construction

Delaware Bridge No. 179A, Spanning Mill Creek at Evanson Road (N285), ...

Significance: Delaware Bridge No. 179A was one of six intact historic metal truss highway bridges in Delaware. Structurally similar to Delaware Bridge No. 66 and 424 and produced by the prominent Edge Moor Iro... More

Barker House, Carriage House, 6001 Lancaster Pike (State Road 48), Wil...

Significance: The Carriage House is located nearby and northwest of the Barker House. Construction details indicate it is contemporary with the ca. 1800 Farm House. It functioned as a carriage house, granary,... More

Barker House, Carriage House, 6001 Lancaster Pike (State Road 48), Wil...

Significance: The Carriage House is located nearby and northwest of the Barker House. Construction details indicate it is contemporary with the ca. 1800 Farm House. It functioned as a carriage house, granary,... More

Jones Farmhouse, Lancaster Pike & Farm Road (Radnor Township), Wayne, ...

Significance: This well-proportioned eighteenth century farmhouse has fine detail and remains almost in its original condition. Survey number: HABS PA-198 Building/structure dates: ca. 1775 Initial Constructi... More

Migrants from Delaware picking berries in southern New Jersey

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Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluenc...

Significance: Mispillion Lighthouse is the sole surviving wood-frame lighthouse in Delaware and is one of only three Delaware Bay lighthouses still standing on Delaware soil. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluenc...

Significance: Mispillion Lighthouse is the sole surviving wood-frame lighthouse in Delaware and is one of only three Delaware Bay lighthouses still standing on Delaware soil. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Gas House, 10...

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