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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM71P_the-great-railroad-boom_Wilmington-DE.html
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The Wilmington Morning News of June 8, 1888, reported that the proposed new B & O passenger station, had been designed by Frank Furness of Furness, Evans and Company in Philadelphia. In addition to office space on the second floor, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM71O_freedom-lost_Wilmington-DE.html
By the late 1700s the institution of slavery was declining in Delaware. A changing economy and the active efforts of Quakers and Methodists had led to the manumission of many slaves and dramatic growth of the state's free black population. Though …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM71M_willingtown-square_Wilmington-DE.html
Willingtown Square honors Thomas Willing and the original name of the town he helped found in 1731. The four brick structures, built between 1748 and 1801, represent the types of houses common in early Willingtown. Buildings like these often serve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM71L_old-town-hall_Wilmington-DE.html
The construction of Town Hall began in 1798. Completed the following year, this was the first structure in Wilmington built for government use. It was designed by a building committee which followed the Borough Council's request that the structure…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM71K_old-farmers-bank_Wilmington-DE.html
On February 4, 1807, the General Assembly of the State of Delaware passed an act modeled after the charter of the Bank of the United States "to establish a Bank?under the name of the Farmers' Bank of the State of Delaware." On January 22, 1813, th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM71I_meeting-house-1816_Wilmington-DE.html
Grew from New-Wark Meeting established 1682. Present house is third in this vicinity. Friends School begun here in 1748 has operated continuously. Among 3,000 buried in yard are founders of Wilmington, John Dickinson, "Penman of the Revolution," a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM71G_wilmington-friends-meeting_Wilmington-DE.html
The first Meeting House on this site was built in 1738. It was replaced in 1748 when a larger building was constructed. The old Meeting House was then converted into a school. Known as Wilmington Friends School, it was relocated to a new facility …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM70X_knotty-pine-restaurant_Wilmington-DE.html
In 1875 the Delaware General Assembly enacted legislation requiring the racial segregation of public places such as train stations, hotels, and restaurants. For most of the next century this practice was strictly enforced. Established at this loca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM70W_saint-joseph-church_Wilmington-DE.html
The cradle of African-American Catholicism in Delaware, St. Joseph Church was organized in 1889 by Father John A. DeRuyter of the Josephites. Services were first held in the basement of St. Mary's Church on 6th and Pine Streets. Incorporated as St…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM70U_cool-spring-park_Wilmington-DE.html
With the completion of Cool Spring Reservoir in 1877, an adjoining parcel of unused land was reserved for park purposes. Formally designated as Cool Spring Park, the grounds were managed by the Wilmington Water Department until 1967, when the City…