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
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
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
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
St. Joseph's on the Brandywine, 10 Old Church Road, Wilmington, New Ca...
Significance: St. Joseph's on the Brandywine was an important component of Henry Clay Village and the DuPont Powder Mills. The church and its associated buildings are reflective of the DuPont Company's, and in... More
King Street, 200 Block, 200-236 King Street, Wilmington, New Castle Co...
Significance: The 200 through 236 block of King Street reflected two centuries of urban architectural growth and change in a mid-atlantic region port city. Survey number: HABS DE-129 Building/structure dates:... 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
J. E. Rhoads & Sons, 2100 West Eleventh Street, Wilmington, New Castle...
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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
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
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
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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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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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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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
Brandywine Pumping Station, Sixteenth & Market Streets, Wilmington, Ne...
Significance: It has historically been difficult for American cities to meet the ever-increasing demands of their citizens for water. The Brandywine Station represents an attempt made by one major city in the ... More
Jacob Starr House, 1310 North King Street, Wilmington, New Castle Coun...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-18, FN-19 Survey number: HABS DE-26 Building/structure dates: ca. 1804 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000232
Jacob Starr House, 1310 North King Street, Wilmington, New Castle Coun...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-18, FN-19 Survey number: HABS DE-26 Building/structure dates: ca. 1804 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000232
Wilmington Friends Meetinghouse, Fourth & West Streets, Wilmington, Ne...
Significance: Early Wilmington's population as predominantly Quaker. On the highest piece of ground they built their meeting house and settled around it in an area of the city now known as Quaker Hill. The Qu... More
Winterthur Museum Iron Gates, Route 52, Wilmington, New Castle County,...
Survey number: HABS DE-193 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000233
Winterthur Museum Iron Gates, Route 52, Wilmington, New Castle County,...
Survey number: HABS DE-193 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000233
Old Town Hall, 512 Market Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE
Significance: Few buildings can boast of such a record of continual community service as Wilmington's Old Town Hall. From its erection in 1798 to the present, it has been a viable part of the City. It has kep... 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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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
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
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
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
Rockford Water Tower, Rockford Park, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE
Significance: The Rockford Water Tower was a part of Wilmington's attempt at the turn of the century to upgrade its water service. Survey number: HAER DE-16 Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial Construction... More
Wilmington & Northern Railroad, Repair Shop, Beech Street, Wilmington,...
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Wilmington & Northern Railroad, Repair Shop, Beech Street, Wilmington,...
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Wilmington & Northern Railroad, Repair Shop, Beech Street, Wilmington,...
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Old First Presbyterian Church, South Park Drive at West Street, moved ...
Significance: This was the first Presbyterian church to be established in Wilmington. Architecturally it is a fine example of the mid-eighteenth century ecclesiastical style of construction. Only a few buildi... 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
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
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
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
J. E. Rhoads & Sons, 2100 West Eleventh Street, Wilmington, New Castle...
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J. E. Rhoads & Sons, 2100 West Eleventh Street, Wilmington, New Castle...
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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
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
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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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
Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between Maryland/Delaware & ...
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Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between Maryland/Delaware & ...
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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
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company Factory, 100 South West Street, Wilming...
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Harlan & Hollingsworth Company Factory, 100 South West Street, Wilming...
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Harlan & Hollingsworth Company Factory, 100 South West Street, Wilming...
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Ann Newlin Houses, 108 & 110 East Fifth Street, Wilmington, New Castle...
Survey number: HABS DE-36 Building/structure dates: 18q1 Initial Construction
Obadiah Dingee House, 107 East Seventh Street (moved to Market Street)...
Survey number: HABS DE-23 Building/structure dates: 17t2 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000172
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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Tower Hill school, noted country day school for pupils from three to e...
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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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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
City/County Building, l000 King Street, Wilmington, New Castle County,...
Significance: The old City/County Building at 1000 King Street, along with the other buildings facing Rodney Square and the Square itself, are the architectural and historic hallmarks of Wilmington during the f... More
Long Hook Farm, 1051 South Market Street, Wilmington, New Castle Count...
Survey number: HABS DE-61 Building/structure dates: ca. 1660 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1763 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1850- ca. 1860 Subsequent Work
12 Spring Alley (Commercial Building), Wilmington, New Castle County, ...
Significance: 12 Spring Alley is a small scale industrial structure of the type commonly erected as infill for the center of large urban blocks. In Wilmington these factory buildings contained a variety of bus... More
Wilmington Friends Meetinghouse, Fourth & West Streets, Wilmington, Ne...
Significance: Early Wilmington's population as predominantly Quaker. On the highest piece of ground they built their meeting house and settled around it in an area of the city now known as Quaker Hill. The Qu... More
Wilmington Friends Meetinghouse, Fourth & West Streets, Wilmington, Ne...
Significance: Early Wilmington's population as predominantly Quaker. On the highest piece of ground they built their meeting house and settled around it in an area of the city now known as Quaker Hill. The Qu... More
Wilmington Friends Meetinghouse, Fourth & West Streets, Wilmington, Ne...
Significance: Early Wilmington's population as predominantly Quaker. On the highest piece of ground they built their meeting house and settled around it in an area of the city now known as Quaker Hill. The Qu... 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
King Street, 200 Block, 234 King Street (Commercial Building), Wilming...
Significance: Built ca. 1780-1800 as a residence, the Parry House preserved several late 18th-century urban vernacular architectural features. These include elements of original stair trim and a 2-story kitche... More
Bird-Husbands House, South side of Rockland Road, .3 miles northwest o...
Significance: The Bird-Husbands House is representative of nineteenth century vernacular farm house design in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. Some of its characteristic features include clapbo... More
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
Old Town Hall, 512 Market Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE
Significance: Few buildings can boast of such a record of continual community service as Wilmington's Old Town Hall. From its erection in 1798 to the present, it has been a viable part of the City. It has kep... More
Old Town Hall, 512 Market Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE
Significance: Few buildings can boast of such a record of continual community service as Wilmington's Old Town Hall. From its erection in 1798 to the present, it has been a viable part of the City. It has kep... 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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Delaware Avenue Historic District, Delaware Avenue between North Harri...
Survey number: HABS DE-117 Public domain photograph - historical image of Delaware, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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