St. Joseph on the Brandywine

Coordinates: 39°46′20″N 75°35′19″W / 39.77211°N 75.58849°W / 39.77211; -75.58849
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St. Joseph on the Brandywine
St. Joseph on the Brandywine, August 2010
St. Joseph on the Brandywine is located in Delaware
St. Joseph on the Brandywine
St. Joseph on the Brandywine is located in the United States
St. Joseph on the Brandywine
Location10 Barley Mill Rd., Greenville, Delaware
Coordinates39°46′20″N 75°35′19″W / 39.77211°N 75.58849°W / 39.77211; -75.58849
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1841, 1848, 1878, 1941 and 1950
NRHP reference No.76000572[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 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

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ "Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden, III (1969 - 2015) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

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