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'''Biddles Corner''' is |
'''Biddles Corner''' is a location in [[St. George's Hundred, Delaware|St. George's Hundred]], [[New Castle County, Delaware|New Castle County]], [[Delaware]], United States. |
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In 1884, the ''[[The Delaware Gazette|Delaware Gazette and State Journal]]'' announced the Fort Penn [[National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry|Grange]] was building a large hall at Biddles Corner. This grange hall included an exhibition room.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 10, 1884 |title=Wilmington Delaware Gazette And State Journal Archives |language=en |page=4 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/wilmington-delaware-gazette-and-state-journal-jul-10-1884-p-4/ |access-date=2021-08-29}}</ref> The grange hosted various events in the hall for a number of years in the 1800s; such events included magicians and [[Punch and Judy]] acts.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1888-11-03 |title=Special Notice |work=The Odessa Herald |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/data/batches/deu_kedavra_ver01/data/sn88053062/00271741820/1888110301/0171.pdf |access-date=2021-08-29}}</ref> |
In 1884, the ''[[The Delaware Gazette|Delaware Gazette and State Journal]]'' announced the Fort Penn [[National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry|Grange]] was building a large hall at Biddles Corner. This grange hall included an exhibition room.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 10, 1884 |title=Wilmington Delaware Gazette And State Journal Archives |language=en |page=4 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/wilmington-delaware-gazette-and-state-journal-jul-10-1884-p-4/ |access-date=2021-08-29}}</ref> The grange hosted various events in the hall for a number of years in the 1800s; such events included magicians and [[Punch and Judy]] acts.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1888-11-03 |title=Special Notice |work=The Odessa Herald |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/data/batches/deu_kedavra_ver01/data/sn88053062/00271741820/1888110301/0171.pdf |access-date=2021-08-29}}</ref> |
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By the 1960s, the [[United States Geological Survey]] listed Biddles Corner as a [[settlement]] {{convert|2|mi|km}} south of [[St. Georges, Delaware|St. Georges]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Heck |first=L. W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUpSAQAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA15&dq=%2522biddles+corner%2522%252B%2522delaware%2522&hl=en |title=Delaware Place Names |last2=Wraight |first2=A. Joseph |last3=Orth |first3=Donald J. |last4=Carter |first4=J. R. |last5=Winkle |first5=L. G. Van |last6=Hazen |first6=Janet |last7=U.S. Geological Survey |date=1966 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=15 |language=en}}</ref> |
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In 1979, the ChesDel Diner opened in Biddles Corner. Called a "Biddles Corner staple", the restaurant was open for nearly 40 years, and closed in 2018.<ref name="Hayes">{{Cite news |last=Hayes |first=Kevin |title=A Biddles Corner staple throws in the towel after almost 40 years |language=en |work=WDEL.com |url=https://www.wdel.com/news/a-biddles-corner-staple-throws-in-the-towel-after-almost-40-years/article_451e123a-1b32-11e8-9f76-cb7e982c5fde.html |access-date=2021-08-31}}</ref> The restaurant's closure made state headlines.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Talorico |first=Patricia |date=2018-02-26 |title=ChesDel restaurant bows out after 38 years |language=en-US |work=Delaware Online |url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/life/food/2018/02/26/chesdel-restaurant-bows-out-after-38-years/373458002/ |access-date=2021-08-31}}</ref><ref name="Hayes" /> |
In 1979, the ChesDel Diner opened in Biddles Corner. Called a "Biddles Corner staple", the restaurant was open for nearly 40 years, and closed in 2018.<ref name="Hayes">{{Cite news |last=Hayes |first=Kevin |title=A Biddles Corner staple throws in the towel after almost 40 years |language=en |work=WDEL.com |url=https://www.wdel.com/news/a-biddles-corner-staple-throws-in-the-towel-after-almost-40-years/article_451e123a-1b32-11e8-9f76-cb7e982c5fde.html |access-date=2021-08-31}}</ref> The restaurant's closure made state headlines.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Talorico |first=Patricia |date=2018-02-26 |title=ChesDel restaurant bows out after 38 years |language=en-US |work=Delaware Online |url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/life/food/2018/02/26/chesdel-restaurant-bows-out-after-38-years/373458002/ |access-date=2021-08-31}}</ref><ref name="Hayes" /> |
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Biddles Corner, Delaware | |
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| Coordinates: 39°31′30″N 75°38′57″W / 39.52500°N 75.64917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Elevation | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 302 |
| GNIS feature ID | 217031[1] |
Biddles Corner is a location in St. George's Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, United States.
Geography
Biddles Corner is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Port Penn Road just east of the Biddles Corner toll plaza on the Delaware Route 1 toll road south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.[2]
History
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1700s to 1850
The Vandergrift-Biddle House was built at Biddles Corner starting in the 18th century.[3] The original property, consisting of 179 acres, was granted to Leonard Vandegrift by Thomas and William Penn in 1708 and became the Biddles Corner farm.[4] The Vandergrift-Biddle House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[3]
The Retirement Barn, a historically important barn, was built in the Biddles Corner area between 1790 and 1810.[5] The barn "is the last known surviving example in southern New Castle County of a tri-partite (three bay) traditional English style barn. Common in the 18th century this barn type was replaced with other modern agricultural building types in the mid 1800s."[6] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[7]
The Mondamon Farm Barrack, built in the early 1800s, is "the last known example of a mid 19th-century earthfast hay barrack to survive in New Castle County". Open-sided hay structures like the hay barrack were once common in the 1700s and early 1800s.[8] Like the Retirement Barn, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[7]
1850 to present
The Craven House, in the vicinity of Biddles Corner,[9] was built in the mid-19th century.
First built circa 1876 to 1877, the Liston Range Rear Lighthouse is a lighthouse near Biddles Corner.[10] The 120 ft (37 m)-tall lighthouse was built east of its present site and was moved in 1906.[11] The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978,[12] and is the state of Delaware's tallest lighthouse.[13]
In 1884, the Delaware Gazette and State Journal announced the Fort Penn Grange was building a large hall at Biddles Corner. This grange hall included an exhibition room.[14] The grange hosted various events in the hall for a number of years in the 1800s; such events included magicians and Punch and Judy acts.[15]
In 1979, the ChesDel Diner opened in Biddles Corner. Called a "Biddles Corner staple", the restaurant was open for nearly 40 years, and closed in 2018.[16] The restaurant's closure made state headlines.[17][16]
The Biddles Corner toll plaza opened in 1999.[18] The busy toll plaza has exceeded 360,000 vehicles on busy holiday weekends.[19]
See also
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References
- ^ "Biddles Corner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
- ^ a b "Vandergrift-Biddle House, Junction of US Route 13 & County Road 2, Saint Georges Hundred, Biddles Corner, New Castle County, DE". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ Conrad, Henry Clay (1908). History of the State of Delaware, Volume 2. p. 546.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "Retirement Barn, U.S. Route 13, South of Route 2, Biddles Corner, New Castle County, DE". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ Booker, Margaret Moore (2011-02-23). "National Register of Historic Places in America". Oxford University Press.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Mondamon Farm Barrack, Route 2, near Route 13, Biddles Corner, New Castle County, DE". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ Herman, Bernard L. (1989). Architecture and Rural Life in Central Delaware, 1700-1900. Univ. of Tennessee Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-87049-632-5.
- ^ "Liston Range Rear Light, County Road 2, Biddles Corner, New Castle County, DE". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ Maynard, W. Barksdale (2008). "Lower New Castle County". Buildings of Delaware. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. pp. 207–208. ISBN 978-0-8139-2702-2.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Liston Range Rear Light, DE". Kraig Anderson. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ "Wilmington Delaware Gazette And State Journal Archives". July 10, 1884. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ "Special Notice" (PDF). The Odessa Herald. 1888-11-03. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ a b Hayes, Kevin. "A Biddles Corner staple throws in the towel after almost 40 years". WDEL.com. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ Talorico, Patricia (2018-02-26). "ChesDel restaurant bows out after 38 years". Delaware Online. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ Authority, New Jersey Turnpike (1999). Annual Report - New Jersey Turnpike Authority. New Jersey Turnpike Authority. p. 13.
- ^ "Memorial Day weekend sees Route 1 traffic up". cpg.stparchive.com. June 1, 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
