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Isaac Van Campen House, Old Mine Road, Wallpack Center, Sussex County,...

Significance: This stone house, pretentious for its time, was built about 1750 by Isaac Van Campen. Van Campen was a prominent citizen, holding several public offices and supporting the revolutionary causes in ... More

Isaac Van Campen House, Old Mine Road, Wallpack Center, Sussex County,...

Significance: This stone house, pretentious for its time, was built about 1750 by Isaac Van Campen. Van Campen was a prominent citizen, holding several public offices and supporting the revolutionary causes in ... More

H. W. Hocker Manufacturing Company Factory, 224 Front Street, Lewes, S...

Significance: The Hocker family dominated the manufacture of tin products in Lewes, Delaware after moving there in 1899. J.W. Hocker pioneered special purpose machinery for the production of tin handle mucilag... More

Locust Grove, State Roads 34 & 32, Greenwood, Sussex County, DE

Significance: The Richards House, Locust Grove, is one of the most outstanding examples of domestic architecture in the late Georgian style in Northwest Fork Hundred and Sussex County, Delaware. The 3-bay Flem... More

Houston-White Company Mill & Basket Factory, Main Street & Railroad Av...

Significance: The history of the Houston-White company demonstrates how changes in agricultural production significantly altered the produce basket industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Unprocess... More

Houston-White Company Mill & Basket Factory, Main Street & Railroad Av...

Significance: The history of the Houston-White company demonstrates how changes in agricultural production significantly altered the produce basket industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Unprocess... More

Houston-White Company Mill & Basket Factory, Main Street & Railroad Av...

Significance: The history of the Houston-White company demonstrates how changes in agricultural production significantly altered the produce basket industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Unprocess... More

Houston-White Company Mill & Basket Factory, Main Street & Railroad Av...

Significance: The history of the Houston-White company demonstrates how changes in agricultural production significantly altered the produce basket industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Unprocess... More

Houston-White Company Mill & Basket Factory, Main Street & Railroad Av...

Significance: The history of the Houston-White company demonstrates how changes in agricultural production significantly altered the produce basket industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Unprocess... More

Augusta Hill Road Bridge, Spanning east branch of Paulins Kill on Augu...

Significance: The Augusta Hill Bridge is significant as one of the few remaining bridges designed by the I.P. Bartley Bridge Company of Bartley, New Jersey. The Augusta Hill Road Bridge is a typical example of... More

Augusta Hill Road Bridge, Spanning east branch of Paulins Kill on Augu...

Significance: The Augusta Hill Bridge is significant as one of the few remaining bridges designed by the I.P. Bartley Bridge Company of Bartley, New Jersey. The Augusta Hill Road Bridge is a typical example of... More

Augusta Hill Road Bridge, Spanning east branch of Paulins Kill on Augu...

Significance: The Augusta Hill Bridge is significant as one of the few remaining bridges designed by the I.P. Bartley Bridge Company of Bartley, New Jersey. The Augusta Hill Road Bridge is a typical example of... More

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

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

Governor Haines Mansion, Hamburg, Sussex County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-167 Survey number: HABS NJ-278 Building/structure dates: ca. 1790 Initial Construction

Mispillion Lighthouse, Beacon Tower, South bank of Mispillion River at...

Significance: The beacon tower is associated with Mispillion Lighthouse, one of three surviving lighthouses in Delaware, and is an early example of the importance of steel-frame tower construction in providing ... More

Wagamon Pond Dam & Bridge, Spanning Broadkill River at State Road No. ...

Significance: The structure is a combination dam and water control structure of an unusual type. The existing system has evolved through a series of reconstructions since the first bridge was replaced in 1815 ... More

Wagamon Pond Dam & Bridge, Spanning Broadkill River at State Road No. ...

Significance: The structure is a combination dam and water control structure of an unusual type. The existing system has evolved through a series of reconstructions since the first bridge was replaced in 1815 ... More

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

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[Arms] By the Honourable William Denny, Esq; Lieutenant-Governor and C...

Old Christ Church, State Roads 465 & 465-A, Laurel, Sussex County, DE

Significance: This late eighteenth-century building is an attractive example of a provincial adaptation in wood of prevailing ecclesiastical building tradition. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this ... More

William H. Ward House, North side of Road 244, .25 mile east of Road 2...

Significance: The William H. Ward house is an example of the single-pile, hall-parlor-plan house type utilized in Delaware from the middle seventeenth century, persisting in the lower regions of the state throu... More

William H. Ward House, North side of Road 244, .25 mile east of Road 2...

Significance: The William H. Ward house is an example of the single-pile, hall-parlor-plan house type utilized in Delaware from the middle seventeenth century, persisting in the lower regions of the state throu... More

Seaford Bridge, Spanning Nanticoke River at Front Street, Seaford, Sus...

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Potter Mansion, Routes 201 & 202 vicinity, Milford, Sussex County, DE

Significance: The Potter Mansion is an excellent example of a well finished hall-plan house of the latter half of the 18th century. The client for the house, Benjamin Potter, was a wealthy landholder and tanne... More

Walnut Landing (House), State Road 79, Woodland, Sussex County, DE

Significance: Built about 1710, this is one of the oldest surviving brick houses in Sussex County. Its plan, characterized by a "great room" with a winding, closed stairway besides a large fireplace, is typica... More

Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & ...

Significance: A notable example of a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge and a typical example of 1920's bridge architecture. It is the second oldest bascule bridge in Delaware, out of the eleven that are sti... More

Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & ...

Significance: A notable example of a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge and a typical example of 1920's bridge architecture. It is the second oldest bascule bridge in Delaware, out of the eleven that are sti... More

Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & ...

Significance: A notable example of a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge and a typical example of 1920's bridge architecture. It is the second oldest bascule bridge in Delaware, out of the eleven that are sti... More

Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & ...

Significance: A notable example of a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge and a typical example of 1920's bridge architecture. It is the second oldest bascule bridge in Delaware, out of the eleven that are sti... More

J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, Front Street (Road 409), Milford, ...

Significance: J.H. Wilkerson and Son was one of the last local brick works to operate in Delaware. IN 1975, all the original machinery, as well as some later additions, were still in operational positions, pro... More

J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, Front Street (Road 409), Milford, ...

Significance: J.H. Wilkerson and Son was one of the last local brick works to operate in Delaware. IN 1975, all the original machinery, as well as some later additions, were still in operational positions, pro... More

J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, Front Street (Road 409), Milford, ...

Significance: J.H. Wilkerson and Son was one of the last local brick works to operate in Delaware. IN 1975, all the original machinery, as well as some later additions, were still in operational positions, pro... More

J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, Front Street (Road 409), Milford, ...

Significance: J.H. Wilkerson and Son was one of the last local brick works to operate in Delaware. IN 1975, all the original machinery, as well as some later additions, were still in operational positions, pro... More

J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, Front Street (Road 409), Milford, ...

Significance: J.H. Wilkerson and Son was one of the last local brick works to operate in Delaware. IN 1975, all the original machinery, as well as some later additions, were still in operational positions, pro... More

J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, Front Street (Road 409), Milford, ...

Significance: J.H. Wilkerson and Son was one of the last local brick works to operate in Delaware. IN 1975, all the original machinery, as well as some later additions, were still in operational positions, pro... More

Milford Ice & Coal Company, 18 Maple Avenue, Milford, Sussex County, D...

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Milford Ice & Coal Company, 18 Maple Avenue, Milford, Sussex County, D...

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Map of Pr. George, Surry, Sussex and Southampton counties, Virginia /

Shows names of some residents. "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer chief engineer - Presented to - the West Point Military Academy by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Mini... More

12401 Sussex Lane (House), Bowie, Prince George's County, MD

Significance: The house at number 12401 Sussex Lane was the display model for The Manor House, the largest considered for construction at Belair. It was one of twelve models built between 1960 and 1967 on Suss... More

The Judges Law Office, 100 West Market Street, Georgetown, Sussex Coun...

Significance: This small office is a dependency characteristic of the period for the town houses of lawyers and physicians, though generally annexed to the main body of the house. Survey number: HABS DE-155 B... More

Newark Housing Authority, Sussex St., Newark, New Jersey. Prince St.

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Rosemont, 121 Delaware Avenue, Laurel, Sussex County, DE

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Jacob Shimer House, Old Mine Road, Millville, Sussex County, NJ

Significance: Jacob Shimer probably built this house in the 1790s on property belonging to his father, Captain Abraham Shimer. It remained in the family until 1912, but was apparently occupied by tenant farmers... More

Jacob Shimer House, Old Mine Road, Millville, Sussex County, NJ

Significance: Jacob Shimer probably built this house in the 1790s on property belonging to his father, Captain Abraham Shimer. It remained in the family until 1912, but was apparently occupied by tenant farmers... More

Jacob Shimer House, Old Mine Road, Millville, Sussex County, NJ

Significance: Jacob Shimer probably built this house in the 1790s on property belonging to his father, Captain Abraham Shimer. It remained in the family until 1912, but was apparently occupied by tenant farmers... More

State Bridge No. 123A, Stratham Lane (Road 123), spanning Kings Causew...

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State Bridge No. 123A, Stratham Lane (Road 123), spanning Kings Causew...

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Morris Canal, Waterloo, Sussex County, NJ

Significance: The Waterloo area of Warren County contains a well preserved portion of the Morris Canal. The canal although filled in in many places is still clearly visible. Survey number: HAER NJ-29-J Build... More

Dr. John R. Sudler House, North Main Street, Bridgeville, Sussex Count...

Significance: The Sudler House, the oldest known house in Bridgeville, bears the name of Dr. John R. Sudler, a successful physician and farmer, who purchased the property in 1833. The original three-bay, hall-... More

White Meadow Farm, State Roads 290 & 262 (moved to Lewes, DE), Cool Sp...

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William Ennes House, Old Mine Road, Sandyston Township, Hainesville, S...

Significance: This small stone dwelling, one of the three remaining structures which formed the village of Minisink, was built in 1751, according to an inscription. It was the home of William Ennes, one of the ... More

Daniel Shoemaker Farm, House, Wallpack Center, Sussex County, NJ

Significance: It is a well preserved example of a substantial rural dwelling of the early 19th century. The main portion was built, according to a datestone, in 1822. The carpentry has been attributed to John T... More

Blackwater Presbyterian Church, State Road 54, Clarksville, Sussex Cou...

Significance: Oldest Presbyterian church building in southern Delaware. Founded by Charles Tennent. // 1767; rebuilt 1893. Clapboard siding over, presumably, heavy timber. Approximately 30' x 35'. Clapboard... More

Morris Canal, Cassedy's Store, Waterloo, Sussex County, NJ

Significance: A.L. Cassedy's Store at Waterloo is a well preserved example of a mid 19th century structure built along the Morris Canal. Survey number: HAER NJ-29-K Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial ... More

Smith-Rosenkrans House, Old Mine Road, Flatbrookville, Sussex County, ...

Significance: This house was erected in 1807-1808 by Jonas Smith, an ancestor of the present occupant. Except for numerous additions, this house remains a virtually undisturbed example of early 19th century arc... More

Smith-Rosenkrans House, Old Mine Road, Flatbrookville, Sussex County, ...

Significance: This house was erected in 1807-1808 by Jonas Smith, an ancestor of the present occupant. Except for numerous additions, this house remains a virtually undisturbed example of early 19th century arc... More

Isaac Van Campen House, Old Mine Road, Wallpack Center, Sussex County,...

Significance: This stone house, pretentious for its time, was built about 1750 by Isaac Van Campen. Van Campen was a prominent citizen, holding several public offices and supporting the revolutionary causes in ... More

Isaac Van Campen House, Old Mine Road, Wallpack Center, Sussex County,...

Significance: This stone house, pretentious for its time, was built about 1750 by Isaac Van Campen. Van Campen was a prominent citizen, holding several public offices and supporting the revolutionary causes in ... More

Locust Grove, State Roads 34 & 32, Greenwood, Sussex County, DE

Significance: The Richards House, Locust Grove, is one of the most outstanding examples of domestic architecture in the late Georgian style in Northwest Fork Hundred and Sussex County, Delaware. The 3-bay Flem... More

Locust Grove, State Roads 34 & 32, Greenwood, Sussex County, DE

Significance: The Richards House, Locust Grove, is one of the most outstanding examples of domestic architecture in the late Georgian style in Northwest Fork Hundred and Sussex County, Delaware. The 3-bay Flem... More

Houston-White Company Mill & Basket Factory, Main Street & Railroad Av...

Significance: The history of the Houston-White company demonstrates how changes in agricultural production significantly altered the produce basket industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Unprocess... More

Houston-White Company Mill & Basket Factory, Main Street & Railroad Av...

Significance: The history of the Houston-White company demonstrates how changes in agricultural production significantly altered the produce basket industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Unprocess... More

Houston-White Company Mill & Basket Factory, Main Street & Railroad Av...

Significance: The history of the Houston-White company demonstrates how changes in agricultural production significantly altered the produce basket industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Unprocess... More

Houston-White Company Mill & Basket Factory, Main Street & Railroad Av...

Significance: The history of the Houston-White company demonstrates how changes in agricultural production significantly altered the produce basket industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Unprocess... More

Augusta Hill Road Bridge, Spanning east branch of Paulins Kill on Augu...

Significance: The Augusta Hill Bridge is significant as one of the few remaining bridges designed by the I.P. Bartley Bridge Company of Bartley, New Jersey. The Augusta Hill Road Bridge is a typical example of... More

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

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

Knight Farm, Corn Crib, East side of Old Mine Road, Flatbrookville, Su...

Significance: Within this farm group that developed between 1826 and 1910, two significant structures are the corn crib and hog barn. The corn crib is an excellent example of early corn cribs in the Delaware Ri... More

Mispillion Lighthouse, Beacon Tower, South bank of Mispillion River at...

Significance: The beacon tower is associated with Mispillion Lighthouse, one of three surviving lighthouses in Delaware, and is an early example of the importance of steel-frame tower construction in providing ... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ship Carpenter's House, Main Street, Bethel, Sussex County, DE

Significance: This 18th century house and the neighboring Ship-Carpenter's (Dowd) House are small frame buildings, typical of the period, supposedly built by ship-carpenters. Survey number: HABS DE-151 Buildi... More

Metcalf House, 202 West Third Street, Lewes, Sussex County, DE

Survey number: HABS DE-12 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction

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

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

Old Christ Church, State Roads 465 & 465-A, Laurel, Sussex County, DE

Significance: This late eighteenth-century building is an attractive example of a provincial adaptation in wood of prevailing ecclesiastical building tradition. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this ... More

Old Christ Church, State Roads 465 & 465-A, Laurel, Sussex County, DE

Significance: This late eighteenth-century building is an attractive example of a provincial adaptation in wood of prevailing ecclesiastical building tradition. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this ... More

Old Christ Church, State Roads 465 & 465-A, Laurel, Sussex County, DE

Significance: This late eighteenth-century building is an attractive example of a provincial adaptation in wood of prevailing ecclesiastical building tradition. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this ... More

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

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

William H. Ward House, North side of Road 244, .25 mile east of Road 2...

Significance: The William H. Ward house is an example of the single-pile, hall-parlor-plan house type utilized in Delaware from the middle seventeenth century, persisting in the lower regions of the state throu... More

William H. Ward House, North side of Road 244, .25 mile east of Road 2...

Significance: The William H. Ward house is an example of the single-pile, hall-parlor-plan house type utilized in Delaware from the middle seventeenth century, persisting in the lower regions of the state throu... More

William H. Ward House, North side of Road 244, .25 mile east of Road 2...

Significance: The William H. Ward house is an example of the single-pile, hall-parlor-plan house type utilized in Delaware from the middle seventeenth century, persisting in the lower regions of the state throu... More

William H. Ward House, North side of Road 244, .25 mile east of Road 2...

Significance: The William H. Ward house is an example of the single-pile, hall-parlor-plan house type utilized in Delaware from the middle seventeenth century, persisting in the lower regions of the state throu... More

Foster-Armstrong Farm, Old Mine Road, Montague, Sussex County, NJ

Significance: Probably built in the 1790s by Julius Foster as a public house, the wood frame portion of the house is more characteristic of coastal Dutch architecture than of the upper Delaware Valley. Foster's... More

Foster-Armstrong Farm, Old Mine Road, Montague, Sussex County, NJ

Significance: Probably built in the 1790s by Julius Foster as a public house, the wood frame portion of the house is more characteristic of coastal Dutch architecture than of the upper Delaware Valley. Foster's... More

Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & ...

Significance: A notable example of a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge and a typical example of 1920's bridge architecture. It is the second oldest bascule bridge in Delaware, out of the eleven that are sti... More

Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & ...

Significance: A notable example of a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge and a typical example of 1920's bridge architecture. It is the second oldest bascule bridge in Delaware, out of the eleven that are sti... More

J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, Front Street (Road 409), Milford, ...

Significance: J.H. Wilkerson and Son was one of the last local brick works to operate in Delaware. IN 1975, all the original machinery, as well as some later additions, were still in operational positions, pro... More

J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, Front Street (Road 409), Milford, ...

Significance: J.H. Wilkerson and Son was one of the last local brick works to operate in Delaware. IN 1975, all the original machinery, as well as some later additions, were still in operational positions, pro... More

J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, Front Street (Road 409), Milford, ...

Significance: J.H. Wilkerson and Son was one of the last local brick works to operate in Delaware. IN 1975, all the original machinery, as well as some later additions, were still in operational positions, pro... More

Milford Ice & Coal Company, 18 Maple Avenue, Milford, Sussex County, D...

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Tom Sayers, champion of England born at Pimlico near Brighton, Sussex ...

Print shows Tom Sayers, full-length portrait, facing right, in boxing stance. Includes list of fights with opponent's name and date of bout. 680 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to Act of Congress in t... More

Clark-Herman House, Montague, Sussex County, NJ

Survey number: HABS NJ-437 Building/structure dates: 17q4 Initial Construction

White House Farm, Long Neck Road vicinity at Indian River Bay, Oak Orc...

Survey number: HABS DE-10 Building/structure dates: 1722 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1934 Subsequent Work

Newark Housing Authority, Sussex St., Newark, New Jersey. Walnut St.

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Sussex Apartments, 166-05 Highland Ave., Jamaica, New York. Garden win...

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State Bridge No. 123A, Stratham Lane (Road 123), spanning Kings Causew...

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State Bridge No. 123A, Stratham Lane (Road 123), spanning Kings Causew...

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Dr. John R. Sudler House, North Main Street, Bridgeville, Sussex Count...

Significance: The Sudler House, the oldest known house in Bridgeville, bears the name of Dr. John R. Sudler, a successful physician and farmer, who purchased the property in 1833. The original three-bay, hall-... More

Dr. John R. Sudler House, North Main Street, Bridgeville, Sussex Count...

Significance: The Sudler House, the oldest known house in Bridgeville, bears the name of Dr. John R. Sudler, a successful physician and farmer, who purchased the property in 1833. The original three-bay, hall-... More

Delaware State Bridge No. 21A, Operator's House, Spanning Mispillion R...

Significance: Delaware Bridge 21A is a typical example of a Scherzer-type, rolling-lift bascule bridge, and the Operator's House is a standard design used on many movable bridges designed by the firm of Keller ... More