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
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
Wilson-Warner House, Main Street, Odessa, New Castle County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-89 Building/structure dates: 1769 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000227
Masonic Hall & Grand Theater, 818 North Market Street, Wilmington, New...
Significance: It is one of the finest remaining examples of cast iron architecture in America. It is associated with several major events in Delaware's history, but more importantly, it is famous for its rich t... More
Winterthur Museum Iron Gates, Route 52, Wilmington, New Castle County,...
Survey number: HABS DE-193 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000233
Collins-Sharp House, State Road 493 (moved to DE, Odessa), Collins Bea...
Survey number: HABS DE-179 Public domain photograph - historical image of Delaware, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Collins-Sharp House, State Road 493 (moved to DE, Odessa), Collins Bea...
Survey number: HABS DE-179 Public domain photograph - historical image of Delaware, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
William Penn House, 206 Delaware Street, New Castle, New Castle County...
Survey number: HABS DE-101 Building/structure dates: ca. 1681 Initial Construction
Old Dutch House, 32 East Third Street, New Castle, New Castle County, ...
Survey number: HABS DE-93 Building/structure dates: ca. 1700 Initial Construction
Old Dutch House, 32 East Third Street, New Castle, New Castle County, ...
Survey number: HABS DE-93 Building/structure dates: ca. 1700 Initial Construction
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
Hedgelawn, Crib Barn & Granary, Route 301 at Route 10, Middletown, New...
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Granite Mansion Smokehouse, 292 West Main Street, Newark, New Castle C...
Significance: Unusually formal style of smokehouse. Only known smokehouse with Gothic windows in New Castle County. Part of one of the oldest architectural complexes in Newark. Originally used as a smokehous... 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
Mendenhall Mill, Mill Creek Road, Hockessin, New Castle County, DE
Significance: One of the small mills of the famous milling industry of Delaware. The nineteenth-century equipment, including the metal overshot wheel, are still in place. Survey number: HABS DE-167 Building/... More
St. James Protestant Episcopal Church, Saint James Church Road & Old C...
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St. James Protestant Episcopal Church, Saint James Church Road & Old C...
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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
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
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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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
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
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
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
Wilmington & Northern Railroad, Repair Shop, Beech Street, Wilmington,...
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Holy Trinity Church, Seventh & Church Street, Wilmington, New Castle C...
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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
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
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
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
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
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
Immanuel Church (Episcopal), The Green, New Castle, New Castle County,...
Survey number: HABS DE-79 Building/structure dates: 1703 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1727 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1822 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1860... 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
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
New City-County Building, 800 French Street, Wilmington, New Castle Co...
Significance: Wlimington's City/County Building and its neighbors have set the tone for future development within the City. The building is part of a new Governmental and Civic Center, and an example of the su... More
Colby House, 110 Delaware Street, New Castle, New Castle County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-82 Building/structure dates: ca. 1694 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 17t1 Subsequent Work
Barker House, 6001 Lancaster Pike (State Road 48), Wilmington, New Cas...
Significance: The Barker House is a typical vernacular frame farm house which is becoming increasingly scarce with the development of New Castle County. The ca. 1800 section of the house retains much of its or... More
Barker House, 6001 Lancaster Pike (State Road 48), Wilmington, New Cas...
Significance: The Barker House is a typical vernacular frame farm house which is becoming increasingly scarce with the development of New Castle County. The ca. 1800 section of the house retains much of its or... More
Barker House, 6001 Lancaster Pike (State Road 48), Wilmington, New Cas...
Significance: The Barker House is a typical vernacular frame farm house which is becoming increasingly scarce with the development of New Castle County. The ca. 1800 section of the house retains much of its or... More
Monterey, Smokehouse, State Road 423, .7 mile East of Route 13, McDono...
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Cathedral Church of St. John, Concord Avenue & North Market Street, Wi...
Significance: This is the last documented church design produced by Notman, and is a fine example of the Early English gothic style. It was commissioned by Alexis I. duPont as a memorial to his brother-in-law,... More
Cathedral Church of St. John, Concord Avenue & North Market Street, Wi...
Significance: This is the last documented church design produced by Notman, and is a fine example of the Early English gothic style. It was commissioned by Alexis I. duPont as a memorial to his brother-in-law,... 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
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
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
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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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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Hedgelawn, Smokehouse, Saint Georges Hundred, State Route 299 , Middle...
Significance: The Hedgelawn smokehouse is an example of a well-preserved nineteenth century farm building that, at one time, was a common form of architecture in the area. Unprocessed Field note material exist... More
A. I. Du Pont Estate, Junction of State Route 141 & Rockland Road, Wil...
Significance: The A.I. du Pont estate, known as Nemours, was constructed in 1909-1910 by Alfred I. du Pont (1864-1935), great-grandson of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont, the founder of the Du Pont Company in America.... 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
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
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
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
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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Van Leuvenigh House, 2 The Strand West, New Castle, New Castle County,...
Survey number: HABS DE-121 Building/structure dates: 17t4 Initial Construction
German Hall, 205 East Sixth Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-41 Building/structure dates: after 1840 Initial Construction
Captain Thomas Mendenhall House, Front & Walnut Streets, Wilmington, N...
Survey number: HABS DE-21 Building/structure dates: 18t1 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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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, noted country day school for ...
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Wilmington, Delaware. Tower Hill School, noted country day school for ...
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Newcastle (vicinity), Delaware. Truck driver talking with waitresses a...
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La Grange Granary, U.S. Route 40 near Route 896, Glasgow, New Castle C...
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Archibald Alexander House, 26-28 Third Street, New Castle, New Castle ...
Survey number: HABS DE-105 Building/structure dates: 1693 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1797 Subsequent Work
Bartsch Farm, 500 Wilson Road, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE
Significance: Bartsch Farm, near Wilmington, is the last intact nineteenth-century farmstead in Brandywine Hundred. It dates to a period of agricultural reform and reflects the values and changes brought about... More
Joseph Price House, 1301 North Market Street, Wilmington, New Castle C...
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Joseph Price House, 1301 North Market Street, Wilmington, New Castle C...
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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