Cochran Grange, Threshing Barn, U.S. Route 301, West of Route 71, Midd...
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New Castle & Frenchtown Railroad, New Castle, New Castle County, DE
Significance: This was the first railroad chartered by Delaware, and one of the earliest operating lines in the U.S. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HAER DE-18 ... More
Samuel Canby House, 1401 North Market Street, Wilmington, New Castle C...
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Samuel Canby House, 1401 North Market Street, Wilmington, New Castle C...
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Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE
Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More
Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE
Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More
Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE
Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More
Alexander Wilson Agricultural Works Complex, County Route 4, Pencader ...
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Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between Maryland/Delaware & ...
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Thompson's Bridge, Spanning Brandywine River on Delaware State Route 9...
Significance: Thompson's Bridge is a multiple span, highly ornamental example of a concrete encased steel girder bridge; this type commonly was constructed by the State Highway Department during the period 1925... More
Thompson's Bridge, Spanning Brandywine River on Delaware State Route 9...
Significance: Thompson's Bridge is a multiple span, highly ornamental example of a concrete encased steel girder bridge; this type commonly was constructed by the State Highway Department during the period 1925... More
Heald Street Bridge, Spanning Conrail Railroad on South Heald Street (...
Significance: The Heald Street Bridge is a multiple span, embellished example of a concrete encased steel girder bridge. This commonly built type exemplifies the continuing expansion and improvement of the roa... More
Heald Street Bridge, Spanning Conrail Railroad on South Heald Street (...
Significance: The Heald Street Bridge is a multiple span, embellished example of a concrete encased steel girder bridge. This commonly built type exemplifies the continuing expansion and improvement of the roa... More
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company Factory, 100 South West Street, Wilming...
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Garrett Snuff Mill, Route 82, Yorklyn, New Castle County, DE
Significance: The founding of the Garrett Snuff Mills represented the continuance of a 50-year tradition of Garrett enterprises on Red Clay Creek. Garrett's mills spanned the first two centuries of American in... More
Garrett Snuff Mill, Route 82, Yorklyn, New Castle County, DE
Significance: The founding of the Garrett Snuff Mills represented the continuance of a 50-year tradition of Garrett enterprises on Red Clay Creek. Garrett's mills spanned the first two centuries of American in... More
George Rodney House & Office, 16 Third Street, New Castle, New Castle ...
Survey number: HABS DE-118 Building/structure dates: 1831 Initial Construction
Cloud's Row, 117-125 Delaware Street, New Castle, New Castle County, D...
Survey number: HABS DE-83 Building/structure dates: ca. 1804 Initial Construction
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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William Welde House, 102 North Walnut Street, Wilmington, New Castle C...
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Part of the botanic gardens, part of the University of Delaware's Scho...
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
Adjacent houses 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
Cannon Hall at the University of Delaware in Newark (pronounced NEW-ar...
In this building, marine scientists conduct research on problems ranging from harmful algal blooms to global climate change and on organisms from archaea to blue crabs. Title, date and keywords based on informa... 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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Curtis Paper Mill, Route 72, Newark, New Castle County, DE
Significance: In 1975, this paper mill continued to manufacture high-quality rag content papers using 19th-century Fourdrinier machinery. Survey number: HAER DE-1 Building/structure dates: before 1789 Initial... More
Curtis Paper Mill, Route 72, Newark, New Castle County, DE
Significance: In 1975, this paper mill continued to manufacture high-quality rag content papers using 19th-century Fourdrinier machinery. Survey number: HAER DE-1 Building/structure dates: before 1789 Initial... More
Curtis Paper Mill, Route 72, Newark, New Castle County, DE
Significance: In 1975, this paper mill continued to manufacture high-quality rag content papers using 19th-century Fourdrinier machinery. Survey number: HAER DE-1 Building/structure dates: before 1789 Initial... 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
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
The Hermitage, Route 273, New Castle, New Castle County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-106 Building/structure dates: 17t1 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000522
The Hermitage, Route 273, New Castle, New Castle County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-106 Building/structure dates: 17t1 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000522
Samuel Couper House, 14 The Strand, New Castle, New Castle County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-112 Building/structure dates: 18q2 Initial Construction
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
Robinson-Murray House, Limestone Road, Milltown, New Castle County, DE
Significance: The Robinson-Murray House was a remarkably well-preserved early 18th century log house which contained much of its original woodwork and one original casement sash. Survey number: HABS DE-169 Bu... More
Robinson-Murray House, Limestone Road, Milltown, New Castle County, DE
Significance: The Robinson-Murray House was a remarkably well-preserved early 18th century log house which contained much of its original woodwork and one original casement sash. Survey number: HABS DE-169 Bu... 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
Robert Ferguson House, 636 Chestnut Hill Road, Newark, New Castle Coun...
Significance: House characteristic of small scale vernacular architecture of the early 19th century. One of the few structures of the time period in northern Delaware that is still standing and in good conditi... More
Robert Ferguson House, 636 Chestnut Hill Road, Newark, New Castle Coun...
Significance: House characteristic of small scale vernacular architecture of the early 19th century. One of the few structures of the time period in northern Delaware that is still standing and in good conditi... More
Robert Ferguson House, 636 Chestnut Hill Road, Newark, New Castle Coun...
Significance: House characteristic of small scale vernacular architecture of the early 19th century. One of the few structures of the time period in northern Delaware that is still standing and in good conditi... More
Robert Ferguson House, 636 Chestnut Hill Road, Newark, New Castle Coun...
Significance: House characteristic of small scale vernacular architecture of the early 19th century. One of the few structures of the time period in northern Delaware that is still standing and in good conditi... 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
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
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
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
Old Presbyterian Church, Second Street between Harmony & Delaware Stre...
Survey number: HABS DE-84 Building/structure dates: 1707 Initial Construction
Collins-Sharp House, State Road 493 (moved to DE, Odessa), Collins Bea...
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Nicholas Van Dyke Jr. House, 400 Delaware Street, New Castle, New Cast...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS DE-9-5 Building/structure dates: 1799 Initial Construction
State Highway Bridge No. 2, Spanning Brandywine Creek at Rockland Road...
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Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Vandever Street & Baltimore & Ohio...
Significance: These improvements acted as a system to make Wilmington a central point along the New York to Washington rail corridor. In their appearance, construction and function, they typify the works of th... More
Greenlawn, Tenant House, State Route 896, 1 mile south of intersection...
Significance: The Greenlawn farmer's house was erected by William Brady in the third quarter of the 19th century on a lot adjacent to the mansion house. The farmer's house, executed in the style of the mansion... More
State Bridge No. 177, Brackenville Road, Spanning Mill Creek, Hockessi...
Significance: Bridge No. 177 is a representative example of a stone single-arch wagon bridge, typical of mid-nineteenth-century bridges built with local labor and materials along roads in New Castle County and ... 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
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
Hedgelawn, Crib Barn & Granary, Route 301 at Route 10, Middletown, New...
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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
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
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
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
Charles Thomas House, The Strand & Harmony Street, New Castle, New Cas...
Survey number: HABS DE-87 Building/structure dates: 1801 Initial Construction
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
Stonum, Ninth & Washington Streets, New Castle, New Castle County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-91 Building/structure dates: after. 1750- before. 1800 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000524
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
Thomas Bird House, (moved to Wilmington, DE), Wilmington, New Castle C...
Survey number: HABS DE-131 Building/structure dates: before 1726 Initial Construction
Smith's Covered Bridge, Beaver Valley, spanning Brandywine River, Gran...
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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
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
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
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
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
Greenbank Mill, Greenbank Road, Marshallton, New Castle County, DE
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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
Winterthur Farms, Intersection State Routes 92 & 100, Intersection Sta...
Significance: This intersection is surrounded by a rural landscape and buildings, structures, objects and sites once functionally-related to Winterthur Farms and one branch of the de Pont family. Winterthur Fa... More
Reedy Island Range Rear Light, Route 9, Taylors Corner, New Castle Cou...
Significance: Built in 1910 after plans originating at least as early as 1895, the Reedy Island Range Rear Light is a fine example of a cast-iron tower erected by the U.S. Lighthouse Establishment. This type o... 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
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
Mill Creek Friends Meetinghouse, Landenburg-Wilmington Road, Corner Ke...
Significance: A typical Delaware mid-nineteenth century rural Friends' meetinghouse with interesting details and pleasant surroundings. Survey number: HABS DE-161 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Co... More
Locust Grove, 749 Middletown-Odessa Road (Delaware State Route 299), M...
Significance: The farmhouse at Locust Grove was built in two phases during a prosperous and dynamic period in the history of southern New Castle County and, specifically, St. Georges Hundred. The first section... More
Locust Grove, 749 Middletown-Odessa Road (Delaware State Route 299), M...
Significance: The farmhouse at Locust Grove was built in two phases during a prosperous and dynamic period in the history of southern New Castle County and, specifically, St. Georges Hundred. The first section... More
Locust Grove, 749 Middletown-Odessa Road (Delaware State Route 299), M...
Significance: The farmhouse at Locust Grove was built in two phases during a prosperous and dynamic period in the history of southern New Castle County and, specifically, St. Georges Hundred. The first section... More
Locust Grove, 749 Middletown-Odessa Road (Delaware State Route 299), M...
Significance: The farmhouse at Locust Grove was built in two phases during a prosperous and dynamic period in the history of southern New Castle County and, specifically, St. Georges Hundred. The first section... 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
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
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
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