[1] |
Landmark name |
Image |
Date designated[2] |
Location |
County |
Description |
1 |
Aspendale |
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April 15, 1970 (#70000170) |
Kenton 39°13′18″N 75°41′09″W / 39.221667°N 75.685833°W / 39.221667; -75.685833 (Aspendale) |
Kent |
House and small plantation, intact from 1771. |
2 |
Jacob Broom House |
|
December 2, 1974 (#74000602) |
Montchanin 39°46′55″N 75°34′34″W / 39.781950°N 75.575997°W / 39.781950; -75.575997 (Jacob Broom House) |
New Castle |
Home of constitutional convention delegate Jacob Broom, this historic house is near Brandywine Creek. It is privately owned, near the Hagley Museum and Library. |
3 |
Corbit-Sharp House |
|
December 24, 1967 (#67000004) |
Odessa 39°27′15″N 75°39′24″W / 39.454167°N 75.656667°W / 39.454167; -75.656667 (Corbit-Sharp House) |
New Castle |
House built in 1772 exemplifying influence of late Georgian architecture from Philadelphia into surrounding regions. |
4 |
John Dickinson House |
|
January 20, 1961 (#66000258) |
Dover 39°06′10″N 75°26′58″W / 39.102778°N 75.449444°W / 39.102778; -75.449444 (John Dickinson House) |
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 (#66000259) |
Wilmington 39°46′50″N 75°34′30″W / 39.780556°N 75.575°W / 39.780556; -75.575 (Eleutherian Mills) |
New Castle |
Gunpowder mills along Brandywine Creek founded by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont in 1802. It is part of the Hagley Museum. |
6 |
Fort Christina |
|
November 5, 1961 (#66000260) |
Wilmington 39°44′07″N 75°32′18″W / 39.735234°N 75.538461°W / 39.735234; -75.538461 (Fort Christina) |
New Castle |
This was the first and principal settlement of the New Sweden colony. |
7 |
Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church |
|
November 5, 1961 (#66000261) |
Wilmington 39°44′21″N 75°32′28″W / 39.739135°N 75.541174°W / 39.739135; -75.541174 (Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church) |
New Castle |
The oldest surviving church from New Sweden, it hosted services in Swedish from 1698 well into the 1800s. |
8 |
Howard High School |
|
April 5, 2005 (#85000309) |
Wilmington 39°44′48″N 75°32′30″W / 39.746556°N 75.541556°W / 39.746556; -75.541556 (Howard High School) |
New Castle |
An all African American high school, this school was subject of Gebhart v. Belton, a desegregation case that was combined with others in the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision by the United States Supreme Court. |
9 |
Lightship LV-118 (Overfalls) |
|
June 14, 2011 (#89000006) |
Lewes 38°46′41″N 75°08′28″W / 38.777917°N 75.141111°W / 38.777917; -75.141111 (Lightship LV-118 (Overfalls)) |
Sussex |
Unique lightship was one of few to remain in service during World War II |
10 |
Lombardy Hall |
|
December 2, 1974 (#72000292) |
Fairfax, Brandywine Hundred 39°46′53″N 75°32′43″W / 39.781485°N 75.545325°W / 39.781485; -75.545325 (Lombardy Hall) |
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 (#72000285) |
New Castle 39°39′28″N 75°33′49″W / 39.657878°N 75.563680°W / 39.657878; -75.563680 (New Castle Court House) |
New Castle |
Hosted Delaware's colonial assembly from 1704-1777. |
12 |
New Castle Historic District |
|
December 24, 1967 (#67000003) |
New Castle 39°39′38″N 75°33′48″W / 39.660512°N 75.563312°W / 39.660512; -75.563312 (New Castle Historic District) |
New Castle |
Capital of Delaware colony from 1651 to 1761, having well preserved architecture. |
13 |
George Read II House |
|
December 23, 2016 (#100000872) |
New Castle 39°39′35″N 75°33′41″W / 39.659607°N 75.561468°W / 39.659607; -75.561468 (George Read II House) |
New Castle |
|
14 |
Stonum |
|
November 7, 1973 (#73000524) |
New Castle 39°39′37″N 75°34′34″W / 39.660222°N 75.576026°W / 39.660222; -75.576026 (Stonum) |
New Castle |
Home of George Read, signer of the Declaration of Independence |