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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WZX_this-memorial-to-william-poole-bancroft_Wilmington-DE.html
Overlooks that part of the Bancroft farm given by him to the city in 1889.
His offer of this land for a park inspired the purchase of much of the Brandywine valley and other lands subsequently acquired for the city park system.
He was Presi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RWN_delaware-childrens-theatre_Wilmington-DE.html
Plans for this colonial revival-style structure were drawn by Philadelphia architect Minerva Parker Nichols, one of the first female architects in the United States. Construction of the building, which features eclectic components as well as the P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ESQ_site-of-gilpin-mills_Wilmington-DE.html
Along this curve of the Brandywine, two brothers, Joshua and Thomas Gilpin, established the first paper mill in Delaware in 1787. Their high quality paper was handmade, one sheet at a time, from rags carted up from nearby Wilmington. In 1795, Thom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BAY_christopher-columbus_Wilmington-DE.html
side one Born circa 1451, in Genoa, Italy, at the start of the Renaissance, Christopher Columbus proposed to reach the rich trading lands of Asia by sailing west across unchartered seas. This revolutionary idea was finally accepted by Queen Isabel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19V5_thomas-francis-bayard_Wilmington-DE.html
Thomas Francis Bayard
Born October 29th - 1828Died September 28th - 1898
"Bayard is the Purest and Most Patriotic man I know"Grover Cleveland
(Back of monument)
United States District AttorneyFor Delaware1853 - 1854United States Senat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19JR_gibraltar_Wilmington-DE.html
In 1844, John Rodney Brinkle, grandnephew of Delaware patriot Caesar Rodney, built the Italianate core of this Brandywine granite home, named for the high, prominent rocky outcropping upon which it sits. In 1909, Hugh Rodney Sharp (1880-1968) and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16XP_wilmington-veterans-memorial_Wilmington-DE.html
Wilmington Veterans MemorialWe the mayor and city council of Wilmington, hereby offer our most sincere appreciation to the many veterans and community organizations and the State Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Service fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16XL_soldiers-and-sailors-monument_Wilmington-DE.html
Soldiers and SailorsMonumentIn Commemoration of Delaware'sPatriotic Dead who SacrificedTheir Lives for their countryDuring the Rebellion of 1861 -65
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16XK_tilton-park_Wilmington-DE.html
Tilton ParkNamed forDr. James TiltonBorn in Kent County June 1, 1745. A combat officer and director of Military Hospitals during the American Revolution. While a member of the Continental Congress 1783 ~ 1785, He urged that the Capitol of the Unit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCSL_samuel-francis-du-pont_Wilmington-DE.html
MDCCCIII - MDCCCLXVRear AdmiralUnited States NavyStatue was erectedby the Congressof the United Statesin recognition of hisdistinguished services
Originally placed inDu Pont CircleWashington D.C.it was removedto this siteA.D. MCMXX