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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM70T_site-of-old-cathedral-cemetery_Wilmington-DE.html
In May 1852, this parcel of land was purchased by Bishop (now Saint) John N. Neumann of Philadelphia. From the early 1850s through the late 1870s, this was the primary cemetery for Wilmington's Catholics. Those buried here represented all walks of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM70R_howard-high-school_Wilmington-DE.html
Founded in 1867 by the Association for the Moral Improvement and Education of Colored People and named for Civil War General Oliver Otis Howard, the original school was located at 12th and Orange Streets.
Pierre S. DuPont was the major benefact…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6ZW_your-gateway-to-pencader-heritage_Newark-DE.html
Left ColumnWelsh Tract ChurchWilliam Penn granted a 30,000 acre tract of land to three Welshmen, (David Evans, William Davis, and William Willis) in 1701. They and their followers had left southern Wales in search of religious freedom. In encourag…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6ZU_enjoy-the-pencader-area-today_Newark-DE.html
If you are just "passing through" or are a new resident or even a life-long Delawarean, we hope to spark your interest in the varied activities available in the Pencader Hundred Area. Whether your are experiencing these for the first time or redis…