This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in southern New Castle County, Delaware.
It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on National Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.[1]
There are 390 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Of those, 87 are located south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and are listed here, including one site further designated as a National Historic Landmark. There are 84 sites in Wilmington, which are listed at National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilmington, Delaware. There are 220 sites in northern New Castle County outside Wilmington, which are listed at National Register of Historic Places listings in northern New Castle County, Delaware.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 22, 2024.[2]
Wilmington (New Castle) | Northern New Castle | Southern New Castle | Kent | Sussex |
[3] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed[4] | Location | City or town | Description |
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1 | Achmester | December 28, 1979 (#79000626) |
617 Marl Pit Rd. 39°29′02″N 75°42′27″W / 39.483889°N 75.7075°W | Middletown (St. Georges Hundred) | Owned by New Castle County, demolition by neglect, torn down in 2022. | |
2 | Appoquinimink Friends Meetinghouse | December 4, 1972 (#72000288) |
624 Main St. 39°27′26″N 75°39′50″W / 39.45733°N 75.66380°W | Odessa | Very small brick meetinghouse used as an Underground Railroad station | |
3 | Armstrong-Walker House | September 13, 1985 (#85002103) |
5036 Summit Bridge Rd. 39°28′41″N 75°43′16″W / 39.478025°N 75.721174°W | Middletown (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
4 | Ashton Historic District | November 15, 1978 (#78000903) |
North of Port Penn on Thorntown Rd. 39°31′52″N 75°35′03″W / 39.531111°N 75.584167°W | Port Penn | ||
5 | Augustine Beach Hotel | April 3, 1973 (#73000537) |
1919 Augustine Beach Rd. 39°30′27″N 75°34′47″W / 39.5075°N 75.579722°W | Port Penn vicinity | ||
6 | Duncan Beard Site | December 18, 1973 (#73000534) |
1.4 miles southeast on Delaware Route 299 from intersection with U.S. Route 13 39°26′25″N 75°38′38″W / 39.440353°N 75.643908°W | Odessa (Appoquinimink Hundred) | ||
7 | Belleview | September 13, 1985 (#85002104) |
855 Shallcross Lake Rd. 39°29′27″N 75°39′53″W / 39.490963°N 75.664741°W | Middletown (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
8 | Biddle House | December 8, 1978 (#78000908) |
2120 DuPont Parkway 39°31′25″N 75°38′52″W / 39.523611°N 75.647778°W | Biddles Corner | ||
9 | Gov. Benjamin T. Biggs Farm | September 11, 1987 (#87001508) |
1196 Choptank Rd. 39°30′54″N 75°44′46″W / 39.515°N 75.746111°W | Middletown (Pencader Hundred) | ||
10 | Brook Ramble | September 11, 1992 (#92001137) |
295 Grears Corner Rd. 39°24′09″N 75°43′55″W / 39.402399°N 75.732005°W | Townsend (Appoquinimink Hundred) | ||
11 | Choptank | September 13, 1985 (#85002108) |
1542 Choptank Rd. 39°29′49″N 75°44′24″W / 39.496833°N 75.740039°W | Middletown (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
12 | Choptank-Upon-The-Hill | November 19, 1985 (#85003528) |
121 Colonel Clayton Dr. 39°29′48″N 75°44′49″W / 39.496693°N 75.747019°W | Middletown (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
13 | Clearfield Farm | March 20, 1973 (#73000540) |
867 Smyrna Landing Rd. 39°19′43″N 75°36′06″W / 39.328611°N 75.601667°W | Smyrna (Blackbird Hundred) | ||
14 | Cleaver House | September 13, 1985 (#85002116) |
713 Port Penn Rd. 39°31′23″N 75°36′52″W / 39.522917°N 75.614487°W | Port Penn | ||
15 | Cochran Grange | April 3, 1973 (#73000514) |
704 Middletown-Warwick Rd. 39°26′35″N 75°44′11″W / 39.443056°N 75.736389°W | Middletown | ||
16 | Corbit-Sharp House | December 24, 1967 (#67000004) |
118 Main St. 39°27′14″N 75°39′25″W / 39.45391°N 75.65694°W | Odessa | ||
17 | Cornucopia | September 8, 1987 (#87001517) |
1377 Bethel Church Rd. 39°31′33″N 75°46′23″W / 39.525742°N 75.773122°W | Middletown (Pencader Hundred) | ||
18 | Delaware Boundary Markers | February 18, 1975 (#75002101) |
Delaware state boundary lines with Maryland and Pennsylvania Coordinates missing | Not applicable | ||
19 | Dilworth House | November 27, 1973 (#73000538) |
Off Delaware Route 9 39°31′05″N 75°36′17″W / 39.518056°N 75.604722°W | Port Penn | ||
20 | A. Eliason House | September 13, 1985 (#85002110) |
4353 Summit Bridge Rd. 39°31′07″N 75°42′50″W / 39.518520°N 75.713783°W | Mt. Pleasant (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
21 | Elm Grange | September 13, 1985 (#85002120) |
2424 DuPont Parkway 39°29′50″N 75°38′56″W / 39.497156°N 75.648978°W | Odessa (St. Georges Hundred) | Demolished between 2007 and 2009. | |
22 | Fairview | November 19, 1985 (#85003523) |
781 Lorewood Grove Rd. 39°32′08″N 75°40′22″W / 39.535630°N 75.672800°W | Odessa (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
23 | Fairview | May 3, 1984 (#84000835) |
602 Old State Rd. 39°26′56″N 75°38′53″W / 39.448850°N 75.648132°W | Odessa (Appoquinimink Hundred) | Also known as the "Mayor James Moore House" | |
24 | Fairview | September 8, 1987 (#87001494) |
3 East Stonewall Dr. 39°31′26″N 75°45′44″W / 39.523868°N 75.762229°W | Middletown (Pencader Hundred) | ||
25 | Fields Heirs | September 13, 1985 (#85002109) |
Off Middletown Warwick Road 39°27′25″N 75°43′31″W / 39.457021°N 75.725314°W | Middletown | Demolished between 1992 and 2002 | |
26 | Fleming House | January 31, 1980 (#80000934) |
992 Flemings Landing Rd. 39°21′17″N 75°33′03″W / 39.354720°N 75.550934°W | Smyrna (Blackbird Hundred) | ||
27 | J. M. Gordon House | September 13, 1985 (#85002121) |
910 Vance Neck Rd. 39°28′27″N 75°37′27″W / 39.474171°N 75.624245°W | Odessa (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
28 | Green Meadow | September 11, 1992 (#92001132) |
484 Thomas Landing Rd. (Road 440) 39°26′54″N 75°36′49″W / 39.448346°N 75.613717°W | Odessa (Appoquinimink Hundred) | ||
29 | Greenlawn | April 24, 1973 (#73000515) |
671 N. Broad St. 39°27′26″N 75°43′07″W / 39.457222°N 75.718611°W | Middletown | Demolished c. 1985 | |
30 | Robert Grose House | September 21, 2001 (#01001006) |
1000 Port Penn Rd. 39°31′10″N 75°35′39″W / 39.519411°N 75.594304°W | Port Penn | Demolished between 2002 and 2006 | |
31 | B. F. Hanson House | April 27, 1982 (#82002332) |
1130 Middletown-Warwick Rd. 39°25′40″N 75°45′35″W / 39.427861°N 75.759776°W | Middletown (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
32 | Hart House | March 20, 1973 (#73000544) |
477 Cedar Swamp Rd. 39°24′57″N 75°32′53″W / 39.415701°N 75.547956°W | Taylors Bridge | ||
33 | Hazel Glen | November 20, 1978 (#78000904) |
1920 Pole Bridge Rd. 39°30′51″N 75°36′57″W / 39.514167°N 75.615833°W | Port Penn | Demolished before 1991 | |
34 | Hedgelawn | April 3, 1973 (#73000516) |
772 Middletown-Warwick Rd. 39°26′29″N 75°44′30″W / 39.441411°N 75.741573°W | Middletown | ||
35 | Hell Island Site | April 13, 1977 (#77000390) |
Address Restricted | Odessa | ||
36 | S. Higgins Farm | September 13, 1985 (#85002122) |
913 Ash Farm Way 39°29′36″N 75°37′56″W / 39.493438°N 75.632275°W | Odessa (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
37 | Hill Island Farm | September 11, 1992 (#92001139) |
3381 Harris Rd. 39°26′03″N 75°40′02″W / 39.434291°N 75.667190°W | Middletown | ||
38 | S. Holton Farm | September 13, 1985 (#85002105) |
2010 Choptank Rd. 39°28′18″N 75°44′10″W / 39.471642°N 75.736169°W | Middletown | ||
39 | Homestead Hall | August 13, 2018 (#100002770) |
362 Grears Corner Rd. 39°23′44″N 75°44′05″W / 39.3955°N 75.7348°W | Townsend | ||
40 | Huguenot House | March 20, 1973 (#73000545) |
798 Taylors Bridge Rd. 39°24′02″N 75°36′57″W / 39.400454°N 75.615802°W | Taylors Bridge | ||
41 | Idalia Manor | September 13, 1985 (#85002118) |
1870 DuPont Parkway 39°32′25″N 75°38′49″W / 39.540213°N 75.646950°W | Mt. Pleasant (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
42 | Johnson Home Farm | September 11, 1992 (#92001133) |
166 Cedar Swamp Rd. 39°24′42″N 75°34′59″W / 39.411667°N 75.583056°W | Taylors Bridge | Demolished between 1992 and 2002 | |
43 | Liston House | March 26, 1973 (#73000546) |
Cedar Swamp Rd. 39°24′17″N 75°32′35″W / 39.404722°N 75.543056°W | Taylors Bridge | Demolished before 1991 | |
44 | Liston Range Front Lighthouse | January 14, 2004 (#03001386) |
1600 Belts Rd. 39°28′58″N 75°35′31″W / 39.482778°N 75.591944°W | Bay View Beach | ||
45 | Liston Range Rear Light Station | November 15, 1978 (#78000905) |
West of Port Penn on Road 2 39°31′25″N 75°38′24″W / 39.523611°N 75.64°W | Port Penn | ||
46 | Comdr. Thomas MacDonough House | December 12, 1978 (#78000902) |
2501 DuPont Parkway 39°29′29″N 75°39′02″W / 39.491366°N 75.650498°W | Odessa (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
47 | Maple Grove Farm | September 13, 1985 (#85002106) |
Delaware Route 299 39°26′51″N 75°42′07″W / 39.447441°N 75.701928°W | Middletown | Demolished between 1992 and 2002 | |
48 | Maples | February 17, 1978 (#78000895) |
1023 Bunker Hill Rd. 39°27′18″N 75°44′16″W / 39.454936°N 75.737883°W | Middletown (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
49 | Mayfield | August 1, 1997 (#97000836) |
1603 Levels Rd. 39°24′01″N 75°45′21″W / 39.400278°N 75.755833°W | Middletown (Appoquinimink Hundred) | ||
50 | McWhorter House | September 13, 1985 (#85002123) |
606 Lorewood Grove Rd. 39°32′26″N 75°39′43″W / 39.540463°N 75.661838°W | Odessa (St. Georges Hundred) | Demolished in 2004 | |
51 | Middletown Academy | December 5, 1972 (#72000284) |
218 N. Broad St. 39°27′05″N 75°43′04″W / 39.451389°N 75.717778°W | Middletown | ||
52 | Middletown Historic District | October 4, 1978 (#78000896) |
Roughly bounded by Redding, Scott, Lockwood, and Catherine Sts. 39°26′59″N 75°43′00″W / 39.4496°N 75.7166°W | Middletown | ||
53 | Misty Vale | September 13, 1985 (#85002111) |
216 Manchester Way 39°29′20″N 75°38′22″W / 39.488894°N 75.639342°W | Odessa (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
54 | Mondamon Farm | November 19, 1985 (#85003524) |
381 Port Penn Rd. 39°31′28″N 75°38′27″W / 39.524576°N 75.640926°W | Odessa (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
55 | Monterey | December 5, 1980 (#80000933) |
692 Bayview Rd. 39°29′28″N 75°38′37″W / 39.490984°N 75.643601°W | Odessa (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
56 | Arnold S. Naudain House | April 24, 1973 (#73000517) |
5567 Summit Bridge Rd. 39°25′15″N 75°42′13″W / 39.420926°N 75.703536°W | Middletown (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
57 | John B. Nelson House | December 8, 1978 (#78000906) |
740 Dutch Neck Road 39°31′58″N 75°37′58″W / 39.532763°N 75.632667°W | Port Penn | ||
58 | Noxontown | July 2, 1973 (#73000518) |
Noxontown Road 39°26′09″N 75°41′02″W / 39.435833°N 75.683889°W | Middletown | ||
59 | Odessa Historic District | June 21, 1971 (#71000227) |
Bounded roughly by Appoquinimink Creek on the southeast, High St. on the northeast, 4th St. on the northwest, and Main St. on the southwest 39°27′14″N 75°39′23″W / 39.453889°N 75.656389°W | Odessa | ||
60 | Okolona | November 19, 1985 (#85003527) |
1321 Shallcross Lake Rd. 39°28′35″N 75°41′31″W / 39.476268°N 75.691831°W | Middletown (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
61 | Old Brick Store | August 14, 1973 (#73000541) |
670 Brick Store Landing Rd. 39°19′19″N 75°34′20″W / 39.321999°N 75.572338°W | Smyrna (Blackbird Hundred) | 1767 Brick Store | |
62 | Old Drawyers Church | February 6, 1973 (#73000533) |
2839 DuPont Parkway 39°28′04″N 75°39′15″W / 39.467669°N 75.654221°W | Odessa (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
63 | Old Ford Dairy | September 13, 1985 (#85002112) |
1871 DuPont Parkway 39°32′25″N 75°39′07″W / 39.540290°N 75.651829°W | Odessa (St. Georges Hundred) | Demolished between 2007 and 2009 | |
64 | Old St. Anne's Church | March 7, 1973 (#73000519) |
105 St Annes Church Rd. 39°26′09″N 75°42′47″W / 39.435900°N 75.713110°W | Middletown | ||
65 | Old St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church | May 13, 1982 (#82002353) |
506 High St. 39°27′27″N 75°39′38″W / 39.457430°N 75.660583°W | Odessa | ||
66 | Old Union Methodist Church | January 18, 1973 (#73000507) |
205 Union Church Road 39°23′17″N 75°39′47″W / 39.388028°N 75.662994°W | Townsend (Appoquinimink Hundred) | ||
67 | Pharo House | August 9, 1984 (#84000850) |
100 Silver Lake Rd. 39°27′01″N 75°41′46″W / 39.450242°N 75.696171°W | Middletown | ||
68 | Port Penn Historic District | November 20, 1978 (#78000907) |
Delaware Route 9 39°30′57″N 75°34′34″W / 39.515833°N 75.576111°W | Port Penn | ||
69 | Philip Reading Tannery | April 26, 1978 (#78000897) |
201 E. Main St. 39°27′02″N 75°42′44″W / 39.450556°N 75.712222°W | Middletown | Demolished between 1992 and 2002 | |
70 | Reedy Island Range Rear Light | March 27, 1989 (#89000288) |
1171 Taylors Bridge Rd. 39°24′24″N 75°35′25″W / 39.406557°N 75.590162°W | Taylors Bridge | ||
71 | Retirement Farm | September 13, 1985 (#85002113) |
2256 DuPont Parkway 39°30′46″N 75°38′38″W / 39.512707°N 75.643879°W | Odessa (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
72 | Riverdale | November 19, 1985 (#85003525) |
1211 Silver Run Rd. in St Georges Hundred 39°29′09″N 75°36′17″W / 39.485905°N 75.604848°W | Odessa | ||
73 | Rosedale | September 13, 1985 (#85002107) |
1143 Bunker Hill Rd. 39°27′35″N 75°44′43″W / 39.459718°N 75.745256°W | Middletown (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
74 | Rumsey Farm | March 30, 1978 (#78000898) |
829 Middletown-Warwick Rd. 39°26′29″N 75°44′58″W / 39.441389°N 75.749444°W | Middletown | Demolished between 2011 and 2013. | |
75 | St. Joseph's Church | February 17, 1978 (#78000899) |
15 W. Cochran St. 39°26′52″N 75°43′06″W / 39.447639°N 75.718210°W | Middletown | ||
76 | J. Shallcross House | September 13, 1985 (#85002115) |
557 Middletown-Odessa Rd. 39°27′09″N 75°41′32″W / 39.452428°N 75.692289°W | Middletown | Mistakenly called "J. K. Williams House" in nomination | |
77 | Sereck Shallcross House | April 3, 1973 (#73000535) |
833 Marl Pit Rd. 39°28′19″N 75°41′25″W / 39.471883°N 75.690143°W | Odessa (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
78 | Taylor's Bridge School | June 20, 2019 (#100004079) |
121 Flemings Landing Rd. 39°24′19″N 75°35′19″W / 39.4054°N 75.5887°W | Townsend vicinity | ||
79 | David W. Thomas House | September 11, 1992 (#92001136) |
326 Thomas Landing Rd. 39°26′45″N 75°37′38″W / 39.445833°N 75.627222°W | Odessa (Appoquinimink Hundred) | ||
80 | Townsend Historic District | May 8, 1986 (#86001029) |
Roughly bounded by Gray, Ginn and South, Lattamus and Main Sts., and Commerce St. and Cannery Ln. and Railroad Ave. 39°23′39″N 75°41′33″W / 39.394167°N 75.6925°W | Townsend | ||
81 | A. M. Vail House | September 13, 1985 (#85002117) |
521 Middletown-Odessa Rd. 39°27′07″N 75°41′45″W / 39.451819°N 75.695872°W | Middletown | Demolished between 2007 and 2009 | |
82 | Vandyke-Heath House | September 11, 1992 (#92001130) |
385 Green Spring-Vandyke Rd. (Road 47) 39°21′26″N 75°44′53″W / 39.357222°N 75.748056°W | Townsend (Appoquinimink Hundred) | Demolished 2020 after arson | |
83 | Charles C. Weldon House | September 13, 1985 (#85002114) |
Road 44 39°28′18″N 75°37′51″W / 39.471667°N 75.630833°W | Odessa | Mistakenly called "J. Vandegrift House" in nomination | |
84 | Weston | November 19, 1985 (#85003526) |
4677 Summit Bridge Rd. 39°30′02″N 75°42′36″W / 39.500462°N 75.709952°W | Middletown (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
85 | Williams House | June 4, 1973 (#73000536) |
993 Marl Pit Rd. 39°28′00″N 75°40′49″W / 39.466712°N 75.680315°W | Odessa (St. Georges Hundred) | ||
86 | Windsor | September 11, 1992 (#92001131) |
1060 Dutch Neck Rd. 39°32′48″N 75°36′53″W / 39.546667°N 75.614722°W | Port Penn | ||
87 | Woodside | September 13, 1985 (#85002119) |
1358 Choptank Rd. 39°30′23″N 75°45′01″W / 39.506385°N 75.750375°W | Mt. Pleasant (Pencader Hundred) |