St. Joseph on the Brandywine
St. Joseph on the Brandywine | |
Location | 10 Barley Mill Rd., Greenville, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 39°46′20″N 75°35′19″W / 39.77211°N 75.58849°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1841, 1848, 1878, 1941 and 1950 |
NRHP reference No. | 76000572[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 07, 1976 |
St. Joseph on the Brandywine is a historic Roman Catholic church complex and national historic district located at 10 Barley Mill Road in Greenville, New Castle County, Delaware. The district encompasses four contributing buildings and one contributing site. The original church was built in 1841 by the duPont family for Irish and Italian Catholic workers at the duPont works. Additions were made in 1848, 1878, 1941 and 1950, and the present form displays very little of the original church structure. It is a stuccoed stone structure, painted yellow, with the pedimented gable of the facade pierced by the church's steeple. The other buildings consist of a rectory, convent, and school.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
Former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, was buried in the church's cemetery in June 2015.[3]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ J. M. Norton (April 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Joseph's on the Brandywine". National Park Service. and accompanying four photos
- ^ "Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden, III (1969 - 2015) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
External links
- Official website
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-299, "St. Joseph's on the Brandywine, 10 Old Church Road, Wilmington vicinity, New Castle County, DE", 6 photos, 5 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
- Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington
- Churches in New Castle County, Delaware
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Delaware
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
- National Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware
- Delaware Registered Historic Place stubs
- Southern United States church stubs
- Delaware building and structure stubs
- Roman Catholic church stubs