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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/HM1QFE_old-college_Newark-DE.html
This building contained a chapel (called the Oratory) class, dormitory, dining, administrative, and student society rooms. Newark College chartered February 5, 1833, opened its doors for instruction May 8, 1834. Name changed to Delaware College Ap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QFD_the-diamonds-walkway_Newark-DE.html
The Diamonds Walkway recognizes donors who make leadership level gifts to the University of Delaware for five consecutive years as members of the Delaware Diamonds Society. Each brick in the walkway is inscribed to recognize the generosity of ou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QFC_vic-willis_Newark-DE.html
Victor Gazaway Willis was born April 12, 1876 and spent his youth and much of his life in Newark, Delaware. He attended and played baseball for Delaware College (now the University of Delaware) in 1897. The Delaware Peach," as he was known, became…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QFB_judge-morris-estate_Newark-DE.html
This estate, now owned and operated by Delaware State Parks, was once known as Chestnut Hill and contains a manor house and approximately 500 acres of land. John Barclay acquired the property after the American Revolution and in 1792 built the mai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QFA_new-london-avenue-school_Newark-DE.html
The first documented public school for African-American youth in the Newark community was established in 1867 by the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. This was one of several schools established in Delaware during the post Civil Wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DPA_the-chambers-house_Newark-DE.html
Top Panel: A historic house leaves, then returns to the family. The story of the Chambers House begins in 1775 when Benjamin Chambers bought 250 acres of land and set up a sawmill on nearby White Clay Creek. His son Joseph built this house about 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQER_the-judge-morris-estate_Newark-DE.html
Built in the 1790s, this 2½ story gray fieldstone house is the former home of Judge Hugh M. Morris. Morris was a Delaware native, respected attorney and distinguished federal judge. He purchased the house and a large parcel of land here in 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6Q3_ebenezer-united-methodist-church_Newark-DE.html
The first meetings of this congregation were held in the homes of its members. In 1824 a stone church building was erected at this location. The growth of the congregation resulted in the replacement of the original building by a one-story frame s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6FD_head-of-christiana-presbyterian-church_Newark-DE.html
The first Presbyterian services in this area were conducted by Rev. John Wilson in 1706. Then pastor of New Castle Presbyterian Church, Rev. Wilson came every other Sunday to minister to the many residents of this area who had immigrated from Scot…
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