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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RVE_poplar-hall_Newark-DE.html
James Boulden the Elder and his family moved to Delaware from Maryland in the mid-18th century, amassing wealth and expanding their land ownership in Pencader Hundred as the century progressed. The two-story brick mansion house was built during th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RVC_union-lodge-no-5-a-f-a-m_Middletown-DE.html
Chartered on June 24, 1765 by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania A.Y.M., Lodge No. 5 at Cantwell's Bridge (later known as Odessa) became the first Masonic lodge established in Delaware. The lodge was admitted to membership under the Grand Lodge of De…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RV6_blackbird-school-district-no-69_Townsend-DE.html
The passage of the Public School Law of 1829 brought free public education to Delaware and divided the state into many small districts overseen by county superintendents. Blackbird District No. 60 was first noted in the record of an Annual Meeting…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QJ2_eastburn-jeanes-mining-complex_Newark-DE.html
This is the site of the Eastburn-Jeanes farms and mining industry. Marble from the Cockeysville Formation, found in three quarries in the area, was heated in kilns to produce quick lime for fertilizer and mortar. The lime was transported over Lime…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QJ1_fort-christina-national-historic-landmark_Wilmington-DE.html
Managed by the Delaware Division of Historical & Cultural Affairs(302)736-7400
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QJ0_asbury-methodist-episcopal-church_Wilmington-DE.html
Organized about the year 1769. Early meetings held in academy woods, Gilpin's Wharf and Thelwell's School. Church Built in 1789. Dedicated to Bishop Francis Asbury. Here is buried Allen McLane, Lieutenant in Caesar Rodney's Regiment 1779; Captain …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QIZ_grand-lodge-of-delaware-a-f-a-m_Wilmington-DE.html
Organized Freemasonry in Delaware can be traced to the mid-18th century. For many years Lodges were chartered by other states. On June 6, 1806, representatives of Masonic Lodges located in Wilmington, New Castle, Newark, and Laurel, met at this lo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QIY_st-marys-church_Wilmington-DE.html
This church was founded in 1858 and dedicated the same year by Bishop (now Saint) John N. Neumann of Philadelphia. Referred to at the time as a 'model of beauty, simplicity, solidity and economy," the church represents an example of the Byzan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QIX_joseph-tatnall-house_Wilmington-DE.html
Built about 1760. Anthony Wayne's Headquarters 1777. General Washington, Lafayette, Wayne, and other officers met here to hold council and hear reports prior to the Battle of Brandywine. Later occupied by British. Joseph Tatnall owned and operated…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QIV_clifford-brown_Wilmington-DE.html
Born on October 30, 1930 in Wilmington, Delaware, Clifford Brown was one of the most influential jazz musicians of the mid-20th century. He began to play the trumpet as a teenager while attending Howard High School. By 1948 he was playing in Phila…