King Street, 200 Block, 220 King Street (Commercial Building), Wilming...
Significance: Italianate detailing on a Federal structure added in the mid-nineteenth century; raised a full story with new cornice added and paired Italianate brackets. Served as a shoemaker's, milliner's and... More
Rodney Willis House, 126 Harmony Street, New Castle, New Castle County...
Survey number: HABS DE-94 Building/structure dates: 18t1 Initial Construction
B. T. Biggs Farm, Stable, Route 435, near Route 433, Summit Bridge, Ne...
Significance: The Westview stable (or horse barn) was an unusually well preserved example of a mid 19th-century stable with box framed stalling on the ground floor and an open overhead hay loft. The type is a ... More
Wilmington, Delaware. Tower Hill School, noted country day school for ...
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Wilmington, Delaware. Tower Hill School, noted country day school for ...
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Wilmington, Delaware. Tower Hill School, a noted country day school fo...
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Wilmington, Delaware. Tower Hill School, noted country day school for ...
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The "Faerie Cottage" folly at the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Librar...
It was the former home of Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969), a renowned antiques collector and horticulturist. Until recently, it was known as the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. The Faerie Cottage is ... More
Sussex Hall, a residence hall at the University of Delaware in Newark ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-1) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More
Fine home in New Castle, Delaware
Settled by Dutch, overtaken by "New Sweden" colonists, and then re-taken by Dutch, the city eventually became the capital of colonial Delaware, which in turn became the free United States' first state. Title, d... More
Eastburn-Jeanes Limekilns, On Papermill Road & on Pike Creek Road, New...
Significance: The limestone/marble deposits in the Pike Creek Valley of New Castle County are the largest in the State of Delaware. During the first third of the 19th century they became the center of an exten... More
Joseph Price House, 1301 North Market Street, Wilmington, New Castle C...
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State Bridge No. 424, Wiggins Mill Road (Road 446) spanning Wiggins Mi...
Significance: Bridge No. 424 is a rare surviving representative of the Warren pony-truss bridge type, a form of metal truss that was commonly employed for small-scale rural crossings in Delaware during the late... 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
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
J. Walker Farm, Mill Creek Hundred, West side of Route 283, Marshallto...
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J. Walker Farm, Mill Creek Hundred, West side of Route 283, Marshallto...
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Greenlawn, Carriage Barn, Route 896 (North Broad Street), 0.6 mile nor...
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Odessa Historic District, High Street (Houses), Odessa, New Castle Cou...
Survey number: HABS DE-111-C Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
Concord Pike Milestone, West side of U.S. Route 202, .7 mile north of ...
Significance: The Concord Pike Milestone is a rare vestige of Wilmington, Delaware's nineteenth century turnpike system. This milestone, with a curved rather than pyramidal top, is a variation on the common de... More
Noxontown Mill, Noxontown Road (County Road 38), Middletown, New Castl...
Significance: Noxontown Mill was typical of the small grain-milling establishments that predominated in Delaware throughout the colonial period. But it was atypical in the sense that it survived so long. In 1... More
Noxontown Mill, Noxontown Road (County Road 38), Middletown, New Castl...
Significance: Noxontown Mill was typical of the small grain-milling establishments that predominated in Delaware throughout the colonial period. But it was atypical in the sense that it survived so long. In 1... More
Noxontown Mill, Noxontown Road (County Road 38), Middletown, New Castl...
Significance: Noxontown Mill was typical of the small grain-milling establishments that predominated in Delaware throughout the colonial period. But it was atypical in the sense that it survived so long. In 1... More
Monterey, Main House, State Road 423, East of Route 13, McDonough, New...
Survey number: HABS DE-207-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1847 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1854 Subsequent Work
Monterey, Main House, State Road 423, East of Route 13, McDonough, New...
Survey number: HABS DE-207-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1847 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1854 Subsequent Work
Whitman Estate, Lower Pond Spillway, Approx. .5 mile south of intersec...
Significance: The Lower Pond Spillway is a contributing element to the Whiteman Estate, a good example of the combination of Colonial and Colonial Revival styles which incorporates mid-twentieth-century landsca... 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
Lesley-Travers Mansion, 112 West Sixth Street, New Castle, New Castle ...
Significance: In a town noted for its Georgian and Federal architecture, the Lesley-Travers Mansion stands out as a distinctive example of the Gothic Revival. Designed for Dr. Allen Voorhees Lesley by the Balt... 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
Map of New Castle County, Delaware : from original surveys /
General-content county map showing hundreds (townships), school districts, rural buildings, and householders' names; Wilmington inset shows built-up areas. Hand col. to emphasize city/hundred boundaries. Relief... More
Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Wilmington Train Station, Front & ...
Survey number: HAER DE-12-D Building/structure dates: 1905-1908 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1976 Subsequent Work
Richard Richardson House, Maryland Avenue (Route 4), Wilmington, New C...
Survey number: HABS DE-46 Building/structure dates: 1765 Initial Construction
Cochran Grange, U.S. Route 301, West of Route 71, Middletown, New Cast...
See HABS No. DE-208-A thru DE-208-D for related structures. Significance: The Cochran Grange complex is an unusually complete assemblage of second quarter of the 19th-century domestic and agricultural structure... 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
Canary-Naudine Store, Corner of Route 72 & Route 9, Port Penn, New Cas...
Significance: The Canary-Naudine Store, located in Port Penn in St. Georges Hundred, stands as an important example of a circa 1785 combination dwelling and store erected in a small maritime trading community o... More
Old Academy Building, The Green, New Castle, New Castle County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-78 Building/structure dates: 1799 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1811 Subsequent Work
Galloway House, Johns & Ayre Streets, Newport, New Castle County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-132 Building/structure dates: ca. 1730 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 93000633
The Homestead, 3089 New Castle Avenue, New Castle, New Castle County, ...
Significance: The Homestead is an unusual example of Gothic Revival Style architecture in New Castle County as well as a rare survival of a type of agricultural estate that was once common on the landscape betw... More
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
Ashland Covered Bridge, Red Clay Creek-Barley Mill Road, Ashland, New ...
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Corbit-Sharp Smokehouse, State Route 299 (Saint Georges Hundred), Odes...
See also HALS DE-1 for additional documentation. Significance: Built as a smokehouse in association with one of Delaware's finest Georgian mansions. Retains many original details, such as batten door, strap hi... More
George Lobdell House, U.S. Route 13, Wilmington vicinity, Minquadale, ...
Significance: Summer estate of George G. Lobdell - Wilmington, Delaware, manufacturer and inventor of railway car parts. Remodeled ca. 1891 as a retirement home for Lobdell's employees. Survey number: HABS DE-222
George Lobdell House, U.S. Route 13, Wilmington vicinity, Minquadale, ...
Significance: Summer estate of George G. Lobdell - Wilmington, Delaware, manufacturer and inventor of railway car parts. Remodeled ca. 1891 as a retirement home for Lobdell's employees. Survey number: HABS DE-222
Achmester, Frame Granary, Road 429, Route 896 vicinity, Armstrong, New...
Significance: The Achmester frame granary was constructed in the mid 19th century as a new grain storage and processing building intended to augment or replace the existing log granary. In addition to processi... More
Odessa Bridge, Spanning Appoquinimink River at Main Street (State Road...
Significance: The Odessa Bridge is a steel plate girder, bobtail swing bridge that rotates on a center bearing, appropriate to a relatively short light span. The bobtailed swing form is relatively unusual, and... More
Odessa Bridge, Spanning Appoquinimink River at Main Street (State Road...
Significance: The Odessa Bridge is a steel plate girder, bobtail swing bridge that rotates on a center bearing, appropriate to a relatively short light span. The bobtailed swing form is relatively unusual, and... More
Odessa Bridge, Spanning Appoquinimink River at Main Street (State Road...
Significance: The Odessa Bridge is a steel plate girder, bobtail swing bridge that rotates on a center bearing, appropriate to a relatively short light span. The bobtailed swing form is relatively unusual, and... More
Dennison Bank Barn, Corner of Brackenville & Limestone Roads, Brackenv...
Significance: The Dennison Bank Barn is a rare surviving example of a tri-level bank barn. The original section of the barn shows little alteration and although in a state of disrepair, the stone walls and joi... More
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
J. Walker Farm, Barn, Mill Creek Hundred, West side of Route 283, Mars...
Survey number: HABS DE-331-A Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, small home in Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
J. Walker Farm, Barn, Mill Creek Hundred, West side of Route 283, Mars...
Survey number: HABS DE-331-A Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, small home in Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
State Highway Bridge No. 20, Spanning Husband Run at Rockland Road (CR...
Significance: State Highway Bridge 20 is an exceptional example of a single span concrete encased girder bridge. The combination of masonry substructure and "skyscraper style" embellishment links two concurren... More
Rockford Village, Rockford & Ivy Roads, Wilmington, New Castle County,...
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Rockford Village, Rockford & Ivy Roads, Wilmington, New Castle County,...
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Rockford Village, Rockford & Ivy Roads, Wilmington, New Castle County,...
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Rockford Village, Rockford & Ivy Roads, Wilmington, New Castle County,...
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Rockford Village, Rockford & Ivy Roads, Wilmington, New Castle County,...
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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
Old College Historic District, Old College, West Main Street at South ...
Survey number: HABS DE-212-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Delaware, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old College Historic District, Old College, West Main Street at South ...
Survey number: HABS DE-212-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Delaware, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Repair Shop, Vandever & Bowers Str...
Survey number: HAER DE-12-A Building/structure dates: 1902-1906 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1931 Subsequent Work
Achmester, Main House, Road 429, Route 896 vicinity, Armstrong, New Ca...
Significance: Achmester was the residence of Richard Mansfield, one of the early agricultural reformers of southern New Castle County. The house reflects concerns with the consolidation of household service fun... More
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
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
J. Moore Farmstead, Corncrib, East side of Route 13, south of Odessa, ...
Significance: The J. Moore corncrib represents a small scale agricultural building type which was once common in the area. It is the only example of its type known to survive in the area. Survey number: HABS DE-258
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
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
Wilmington & Northern Railroad, Repair Shop, Beech Street, Wilmington,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Holy Trinity Church, Seventh & Church Street, Wilmington, New Castle C...
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Achmester, Log Granary, Road 429, Route 896 vicinity, Armstrong, New C...
Significance: The Achmester log granary is one of three agricultural buildings erected in southern New Castle County prior to 1825 that is known to have survived. The building is important as an early example ... 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 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
Greenlawn, Main House, Route 896 (North Broad Street), 0.6 mile north ...
Significance: Built ca. 1810 by Outten Davis, a merchant and farmer, Greenlawn was repeatedly modernized by later 19th-century owners including William and George Brady who translated the Georgian facade into a... 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
House (Rural Farmhouse), Pleasant Hill Road, Corner Ketch, New Castle ...
Significance: A small rural structure, probably built in two stages and typical of the region's early farmhouses. The older portion of this structure may date from the late seventeenth century as suggested by ... 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
King Street, 200 Block, 226-230 King Street (Commercial Building), Wil...
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Vandergrift-Biddle House, Junction of US Route 13 & County Road 2, Sai...
Significance: Begun by the Vandergrift family in the mid-eighteenth century as a one-story, hall-plan dwelling and repeatedly enlarged through the nineteenth century by the Biddle family and others, the Vanderg... More
Vandergrift-Biddle House, Junction of US Route 13 & County Road 2, Sai...
Significance: Begun by the Vandergrift family in the mid-eighteenth century as a one-story, hall-plan dwelling and repeatedly enlarged through the nineteenth century by the Biddle family and others, the Vanderg... More
Andrew Jackson Williams House, 2200 Newport Gap Pike (State Route 41),...
Significance: This dwelling is a rural private home that was built for a middle-class family. It also documents the growth of the Greenback area from a predominantly rural agricultural landscape into an indust... More
Phillips-Thompson Building, 200-206 East Fourth Street, Wilmington, Ne...
Significance: Listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 1980, the Phillips-Thompson Building is an excellent example of late nineteenth-century urban commercial architecture. Built in 188... More