List of National Historic Landmarks in Delaware
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Delaware National Historic Landmarks (clickable map)
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Delaware. There are 13 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Delaware.
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NHLs [edit]
They are distributed over the three counties of Delaware. Following is a complete list:
| Landmark name[1] | Image | Date listed[1] | Locality[1][2] | County[1] | Description[3] | |
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| 1 | Aspendale | ,_Kenton_vicinity,_(Kent_County,_Delaware).jpg) |
April 15, 1970 | Kenton 39°06′10″N 75°26′58″W / 39.102778°N 75.449444°W |
Kent | House and small plantation, intact from 1771. |
| 2 | Jacob Broom House |  |
December 2, 1974 | Montchanin 39°47′03″N 75°39′44″W / 39.784221°N 75.662224°W |
New Castle | Home of constitutional convention delegate Jacob Broom, this historic house is near Brandywine Creek. |
| 3 | Corbit-Sharp House | .jpg) |
December 24, 1967 | Odessa 39°27′15″N 75°39′24″W / 39.454167°N 75.656667°W |
New Castle | House built in 1772 exemplifying influence of late Georgian architecture from Philadelphia into surrounding regions. |
| 4 | John Dickinson House | .jpg) |
January 20, 1961 | Dover 39°06′10″N 75°26′58″W / 39.102778°N 75.449444°W |
Kent | Delaware home where John Dickinson wrote Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania analyzing economic difficulties of colonial America, before the American Revolutionary War |
| 5 | Eleutherian Mills |  |
November 13, 1966 | Wilmington |
New Castle | Gunpowder mills along Brandywine Creek founded by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont in 1802. |
| 6 | Fort Christina |  |
November 5, 1961 | Wilmington 39°44′07″N 75°32′18″W / 39.735234°N 75.538461°W |
New Castle | First and principal settlement of New Sweden colony. |
| 7 | Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church |  |
November 5, 1961 | Wilmington 39°44′21″N 75°32′28″W / 39.739135°N 75.541174°W |
New Castle | Oldest surviving church from New Sweden, hosted services in Swedish from 1698 well into the 1800s. |
| 8 | Howard High School |  |
April 5, 2005 | Wilmington |
New Castle | All black high school, subject of Gebhart v. Belton desegregation case that was combined with others in Supreme Court Brown vs. Board of Education case. |
| 9 | Lightship LV-118 |  |
June 14, 2011 | Lewes | Sussex | Unique lightship was one of few to remain in service during World War II |
| 10 | Lombardy Hall |  |
December 2, 1974 | Wilmington 39°46′46″N 75°32′41″W / 39.779498°N 75.544726°W |
New Castle | Home of Gunning Bedford, Jr., a delegate to constitutional convention and signer of the U.S. Constitution. |
| 11 | New Castle Court House |  |
November 28, 1972 | New Castle 39°39′28″N 75°33′49″W / 39.657878°N 75.563680°W |
New Castle | Hosted Delaware colony Assembly from 1704-1777. |
| 12 | New Castle Historic District | .jpg) |
December 24, 1967 | New Castle |
New Castle | Capital of Delaware colony from 1651 to 1761, having well preserved architecture. |
| 13 | Stonum | .jpg) |
November 7, 1973 | New Castle 39°39′37″N 75°34′34″W / 39.660222°N 75.576026°W |
New Castle | Home of George Read, signer of the Declaration of Independence and advocate for Delaware's earliest ratification. |
National Park Service Areas in Delaware [edit]
There are no National Historic Parks, National Battlefields, or other National Park Service-administered areas in Delaware. Delaware is the only state without at least one.
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d National Park Service (June 2011). "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-07-04..
- ^ National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". Retrieved 2007-09-22.
- ^ National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". Retrieved on various dates.
External links [edit]
- "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State--Delaware (12)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-10-02.
- National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service
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