Certificates presented for Delaware properties listed in the National Register in 2017
By Madeline Dunn, Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs’ historian and National Register coordinator
During its Oct. 18, 2017 annual meeting, the Delaware State Review Board for Historic Preservation presented certificates recognizing five properties and one historic district that were listed in the National Register of Historic Places during 2017. The National Register is the U.S. government’s official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation at the local, state or national level.
Street scene in the Downtown Wilmington Commercial Historic District that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
John Martin, vice chair of the State Review Board, and Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer Gwen Davis presented certificates—which were signed by Gov. John Carney, Secretary of State Jeffrey Bullock and State Historic Preservation Officer Tim Slavin—to representatives of the following properties:
(From left) Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer Gwen Davis; Dee Durham, owner of 901 Mount Lebanon Road; and John Martin, vice chair of the Delaware State Review Board for Historic PreservationCox-Phillips-Mitchell Agricultural Complex owner Peter Seely holding his National Register certificate. (From left) Gwen Davis; Peter’s mother Barbara Seely; Peter Seely; and John MartinAccepting the certificate for the Dinker-Irvin Cottage which is owned by the town of Bethany Beach. (From left) Jan Kinsella, member of the Bethany Beach Cultural and Historic Affairs Committee; Christina and Clement Edgar who donated the cottage to the town; and Carol Olmstead, chair of the Cultural and Historic Affairs Committee. Joining them are John Martin and Gwen Davis(From left) Gwen Davis; Deborah Martin, Wilmington historic preservation planner, who accepted the certificate on behalf of the property owners in the Downtown Wilmington Commercial Historic District; and John Martin(From left) Gwen Davis; Kevin Barni who wrote the nomination on behalf of Holly Oak; and John Martin(From left) Gwen Davis; Michelle Shepherd, owner of the Jackson-Wilson House; and John Martin
