J. H. Wilkerson & Son Brickworks

J. H. Wilkerson & Son Brickworks was a historic abandoned brickworks and national historic district located at Milford, Kent County, Delaware. The district includes the sites of three contributing buildings and one contributing site at the brickworks that operated from 1912 to 1957. The sheds, machinery, kiln, and other structures which housed the machinery remain standing, others have deteriorated or collapsed. last standing werere the storage shed, the shed over the brick-making machine, and one of the drying sheds. All of the machinery was in place as were other pieces of equipment used in the brick-making process. The walls of the kiln remain standing, just as they would have been left after the fired bricks are removed.[2]

J. H. Wilkerson & Son Brickworks
J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, HAER Photo, 1975
LocationOff SR 409, Milford, Delaware
Coordinates38°55′08″N 75°24′50″W
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1912 (1912)
NRHP reference No.78000892[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 12, 1978

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1] It is listed on the Delaware Cultural and Historic Resources GIS system as destroyed or demolished.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Joan M. Norton and Dean E. Nelson (October 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: J. H. Wilkerson & Son Brickworks". National Park Service. and accompanying nine photos
  3. "Wilkerson, J.H. and Son Brickworks". Delaware Cultural and Historic GIS system. State of Delaware. Retrieved 18 May 2018.


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