Old state house, built in 1722. Dover, Delaware
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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
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
Benjamin Blackiston House, County Road 131, Blackiston, Kent County, D...
Significance: Built in the last third of the 18th century, the Blackiston House (also known as Deer Park) is an unusually well documented example of vernacular housing. An 1803 Kent County Orphans Court Return... 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
Captain Kenny Wright-Mary S. Reed House, Little Creek Hundred, South s...
Significance: A small braced-frame dwelling built about 1820, the Wright-Reed House is an example of the small-scale buildings of middling construction techniques that often disappear from the landscape without... 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
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
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
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
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
Richardson Hall, Carriage House, East Dover Hundred, 29 North State St...
Survey number: HABS DE-313-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Delaware, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kingston-Upon-Hill, Kitts Hummock Road, Dover, Kent County, DE
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Enoch Spruance House, 117 East Commerce Street, Smyrna, Kent County, D...
Survey number: HABS DE-122 Public domain photograph - historical image of Delaware, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Baynard House, Lewis Road (moved to MD-Chesapeake City Vicinity), Harr...
Significance: An almost untouched example of a mid- to late-18th century country Georgian house. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS DE-159 Building/structure... 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
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
Carter's Bridge, Still Road (Road 211), spanning Choptank River, Sandt...
Significance: Carter's Bridge (State Bridge No. 211A) is Delaware's only surviving highway span representative of the steel I-beam and lally column bridge form. The four-span length of the structure is unusual... More
Port Mahon Lighthouse, Delaware Bay at mouth of Mahon River, on State ...
Significance: The currently lighthouse if the 4th lighthouse built at this location since 1831. It is considered to be a fine example of turn-of-the-century Chesapeake Bay-style lighthouse architecture the only... 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
Parke-Ridgely House, 7 The Green, Dover, Kent County, DE
Significance: Built in three stages during the eighteenth century, this large, carefully finished house is representative of the best craftsmanship of the period. Survey number: HABS DE-144 Building/structure... More
Woodlawn, Route 13, State Road 12 vicinity, Smyrna, Kent County, DE
Significance: This house was begun in 1741 and enlarged in 1853. The addition includes a Greek-Revival portico that is one of the more archaeologically exact examples in Delaware. Survey number: HABS DE-141 ... More
Woodlawn, Route 13, State Road 12 vicinity, Smyrna, Kent County, DE
Significance: This house was begun in 1741 and enlarged in 1853. The addition includes a Greek-Revival portico that is one of the more archaeologically exact examples in Delaware. Survey number: HABS DE-141 ... More
Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE
Significance: Richardson & Robbins, founded in 1856, was the first cannery in the state of Delaware, and a pioneer in the American canning industry. Specializing in the processing and canning of food delicacie... More
John B. Lindale Farm, Well House, 24 South Main Street, Magnolia, Kent...
Survey number: HABS DE-172-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Delaware, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John B. Lindale Farm, Barn, 24 South Main Street, Magnolia, Kent Count...
Survey number: HABS DE-172-C Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, small home in Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
House with mansard roof. Dover, Delaware
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The main street of Dover, Delaware
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Resident of Dover, Delaware. Great Depression public domain photograph...
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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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
Howe House, East Dover Hundred, 11 North State Street, Dover, Kent Cou...
Significance: Built in the late 1870s, the Howe House contributes to a street scape consisting of Victorian homes built between 1860 and 1890 and represents one of the rare brick dwellings among the group. Cur... More
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
Mordington, Canterbury-Milford Road, Frederica, Kent County, DE
Significance: This is a 1777 example of a three-bay, two-and-a-half story, Georgian brick house with an earlier, one-and-a-half story frame wing. Survey number: HABS DE-6 Building/structure dates: 1777 Initia... More
Mordington, Canterbury-Milford Road, Frederica, Kent County, DE
Significance: This is a 1777 example of a three-bay, two-and-a-half story, Georgian brick house with an earlier, one-and-a-half story frame wing. Survey number: HABS DE-6 Building/structure dates: 1777 Initia... More
Mordington, Canterbury-Milford Road, Frederica, Kent County, DE
Significance: This is a 1777 example of a three-bay, two-and-a-half story, Georgian brick house with an earlier, one-and-a-half story frame wing. Survey number: HABS DE-6 Building/structure dates: 1777 Initia... More
Boys in front of drugstore. Dover, Delaware
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Matthew Lowber House, North Main Street, Magnolia, Kent County, DE
Significance: The Lowber House, constructed in 1774, is a typical Delaware, three-bay, hall-and-parlor farmhouse. The southern, gable end of this brick structure bears the initials of its builder, Matthew Lowb... More
Matthew Lowber House, North Main Street, Magnolia, Kent County, DE
Significance: The Lowber House, constructed in 1774, is a typical Delaware, three-bay, hall-and-parlor farmhouse. The southern, gable end of this brick structure bears the initials of its builder, Matthew Lowb... More
Matthew Lowber House, North Main Street, Magnolia, Kent County, DE
Significance: The Lowber House, constructed in 1774, is a typical Delaware, three-bay, hall-and-parlor farmhouse. The southern, gable end of this brick structure bears the initials of its builder, Matthew Lowb... More
Matthew Lowber House, North Main Street, Magnolia, Kent County, DE
Significance: The Lowber House, constructed in 1774, is a typical Delaware, three-bay, hall-and-parlor farmhouse. The southern, gable end of this brick structure bears the initials of its builder, Matthew Lowb... 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
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
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
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
Richardson Hall, Carriage House, East Dover Hundred, 29 North State St...
Survey number: HABS DE-313-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Delaware, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kingston-Upon-Hill, Kitts Hummock Road, Dover, Kent County, DE
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Kingston-Upon-Hill, Kitts Hummock Road, Dover, Kent County, DE
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Baynard House, Lewis Road (moved to MD-Chesapeake City Vicinity), Harr...
Significance: An almost untouched example of a mid- to late-18th century country Georgian house. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS DE-159 Building/structure... 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
Carter's Bridge, Still Road (Road 211), spanning Choptank River, Sandt...
Significance: Carter's Bridge (State Bridge No. 211A) is Delaware's only surviving highway span representative of the steel I-beam and lally column bridge form. The four-span length of the structure is unusual... More
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
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
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
Rose Cottage, 102 South State Street, Dover, Kent County, DE
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
John Dickinson Mansion, Feed Barn, Kitts Hummock Road, Dover, Kent Cou...
Significance: The Dickinson Feed Barn is a reconstructed agricultural building erected as part of the Delaware Bureau of Museums' Dickinson Plantation Project. The design of the building and its construction ar... More
Allee House, Adjoining Bombay Hook Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, Kent Count...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a cabinet, window or door, furniture, interior architecture detail, doorway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Wheel of Fortune (House), State Route 9, Leipsic, Kent County, DE
Significance: This house, built in the mid eighteenth century and representative of the area, is characterized by a rather ornamented, spare, Georgian treatment, somewhat more elaborate on the interior than the... More
Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE
Significance: Richardson & Robbins, founded in 1856, was the first cannery in the state of Delaware, and a pioneer in the American canning industry. Specializing in the processing and canning of food delicacie... More
Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE
Significance: Richardson & Robbins, founded in 1856, was the first cannery in the state of Delaware, and a pioneer in the American canning industry. Specializing in the processing and canning of food delicacie... More
Little Creek Friends Meetinghouse, State Road 340, Little Creek, Kent ...
Survey number: HABS DE-19 Building/structure dates: 1780 Initial Construction
Camden Friends Meetinghouse, East Camden-Wyoming Avenue, Camden, Kent ...
Survey number: HABS DE-5 Building/structure dates: 1805 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000485
The Lindens, Route 13 A, Smyrna, Kent County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-127 Public domain photograph - historical image of Delaware, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dover, Delaware. City hall from the post office
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Law building. Dover, Delaware - safety film negatives, Library of Cong...
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Lawyer's office. Dover, Delaware
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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
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 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
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
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
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
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
Bradford-Loockerman House, 419 South State Street, Dover, Kent County,...
Significance: Built in 1742 on a typical plan of the area, this house has woodwork and paneling that are representative of the best craftsmanship of the period. Survey number: HABS DE-142 Building/structure d... More
Kingston-Upon-Hill, Kitts Hummock Road, Dover, Kent County, DE
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Pratt Smokehouse, U.S. Route 13, Dover, Kent County, DE
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Baynard House, Lewis Road (moved to MD-Chesapeake City Vicinity), Harr...
Significance: An almost untouched example of a mid- to late-18th century country Georgian house. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS DE-159 Building/structure... 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