List of National Historic Landmarks in Delaware

This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Delaware. There are 14 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Delaware.

Delaware National Historic Landmarks (clickable map)

NHLs

They are distributed over the three counties of Delaware. Following is a complete list:

[1] Landmark name Image Date designated[2] Location County Description
1 Aspendale
Aspendale
 April 15, 1970
(#70000170)		 Kenton
39°13′18″N 75°41′09″W		 Kent House and small plantation, intact from 1771.
2 Jacob Broom House
Jacob Broom House
 December 2, 1974
(#74000602)		 Montchanin
39°46′55″N 75°34′34″W		 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
Corbit-Sharp House
 December 24, 1967
(#67000004)		 Odessa
39°27′15″N 75°39′24″W		 New Castle House built in 1772 exemplifying influence of late Georgian architecture from Philadelphia into surrounding regions.
4 John Dickinson House
John Dickinson House
 January 20, 1961
(#66000258)		 Dover
39°06′10″N 75°26′58″W		 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
Eleutherian Mills
 November 13, 1966
(#66000259)		 Wilmington
39°46′50″N 75°34′30″W		 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
Fort Christina
 November 5, 1961
(#66000260)		 Wilmington
39°44′07″N 75°32′18″W		 New Castle This was the first and principal settlement of the New Sweden colony.
7 Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church
Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church
 November 5, 1961
(#66000261)		 Wilmington
39°44′21″N 75°32′28″W		 New Castle The oldest surviving church from New Sweden, it hosted services in Swedish from 1698 well into the 1800s.
8 Howard High School
Howard High School
 April 5, 2005
(#85000309)		 Wilmington
39°44′48″N 75°32′30″W		 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)
Lightship LV-118 (Overfalls)
 June 14, 2011
(#89000006)		 Lewes
38°46′41″N 75°08′28″W		 Sussex Unique lightship was one of few to remain in service during World War II
10 Lombardy Hall
Lombardy Hall
 December 2, 1974
(#72000292)		 Fairfax, Brandywine Hundred
39°46′53″N 75°32′43″W		 New Castle Home of Gunning Bedford, Jr., a delegate to constitutional convention and signer of the U.S. Constitution.
11 New Castle Court House
New Castle Court House
 November 28, 1972
(#72000285)		 New Castle
39°39′28″N 75°33′49″W		 New Castle Hosted Delaware's colonial assembly from 1704-1777.
12 New Castle Historic District
New Castle Historic District
 December 24, 1967
(#67000003)		 New Castle
39°39′38″N 75°33′48″W		 New Castle Capital of Delaware colony from 1651 to 1761, having well preserved architecture.
13 George Read II House
George Read II House
 December 23, 2016
(#100000872)		 New Castle
39°39′35″N 75°33′41″W		 New Castle
14 Stonum
Stonum
 November 7, 1973
(#73000524)		 New Castle
39°39′37″N 75°34′34″W		 New Castle Home of George Read, signer of the Declaration of Independence

See also

References
  1. Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  2. The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
  • "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State--Delaware (12)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-10-02.
  • National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service
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