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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QIU_mount-lebanon-united-methodist-church_Wilmington-DE.html
This congregation was organized in 1812. For a number of years services were conducted by Methodist "circuit riders" in members' homes and local schools. On March 7, 1834, Thomas and Hannah Aldred donated land at this location on which t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QIS_wawaset-park_Wilmington-DE.html
Established in 1919has been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QIR_grubb-worth-mansion_Claymont-DE.html
John Grubb, one of the original English settlers in Delaware, acquired a one-third interest in a 600 acre tract of land at this location in 1680. Several generations passed and the Grubb family greatly increased their land holdings in the area and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QIQ_hickman-row_Claymont-DE.html
The industrial expansion of Brandywine Hundred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was largely reflective of national trends in the growth and development of heavy industry. As large corporations moved to locations outside of major cities, s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QIP_village-of-arden_Wilmington-DE.html
Arden is an intentional community, founded in 1900 by social reformers Frank Stephens, a sculptor, and Will Price, and architect, to create a society based on Henry George's Single Tax economics and William Morris's arts and crafts philosophy. Inc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QIO_penn-farm_New-Castle-DE.html
The 112-acre Penn Farm is the last surviving farm of the 1,068-acre New Castle Common. William Penn, Proprietor and Governor of Pennsylvania, made his warrant in writing under his hand and seal in October 1701, granting the New Castle Common "…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QIN_the-community-of-dunleith_Wilmington-DE.html
The Federal Housing Act of 1949 established a goal of "a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family." However, a segregated housing market put this goal beyond the reach of African American veterans. In that …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QIM_booker-t-washington-school-no-109c_New-Castle-DE.html
Built in 1923 with funding provided by Pierre S. duPont for schools in Delaware, this school replaced New Castle's first school for "colored" students that was built in 1867 on Williams Street. The Delaware School Auxiliary Association p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QIL_buttonwood-school_New-Castle-DE.html
In 1919 a school was established in the Buttonwood Methodist Church to serve the needs of "colored" students in the growing neighborhood. The first teacher was James Matthew Coulbourne. In 1926 a new one room school housing grades 1-8 wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QIK_first-flight-of-the-delaplane_Wilmington-DE.html
Near this site, on October 21, 1910, the first heavier than air aircraft built in Delaware made its first flight. The aircraft, known as the Delaplane, was built by Robie Seidelinger and piloted by Eddie Bloomfield. The construction was funded by …
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