Wooddale Historic District

Wooddale Historic District, also known as the Delaware Iron Works, is a national historic district located at Wooddale in New Castle County, Delaware.

Wooddale Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Alan Wood House, August 2015
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Location	Northwest of Newport on Wooddale Rd, Wooddale, near Newport, Delaware
Coordinates	39.76699°N 75.63821°W / 39.76699; -75.63821
Area	0 acres (0 ha)
Built	1826 (1826)
Architect	Multiple
NRHP reference No.	79000630[1]
Added to NRHP	August 24, 1979

Background

It encompasses six contributing buildings and one contributing site associated with the Delaware Iron Works. They are the Alan Wood House, four workers' dwellings, a banked outbuilding, and the mill site. The works remained in operation from 1826 into the 1870s.[2][3]

The site was later purchased by the Honorable John Biggs Jr, Chief Justice US Court of Appeals.[4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Laura Jean Fickett (December 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wooddale Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
3. Laura Jean Fickett (December 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wooddale Historic District Accompanying Photos". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
4. Wood, Harleston R (1957). Alan Wood, a Century and a Half of Steelmaking. New York: Newcomen Society of North America.