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By: Lindsay McNinch In September of 2011, HCA launched a new Volunteer Program.  As the Volunteer Program’s first appearance on the division’s blog, I wanted to take this opportunity to […]

By Craig Lukezic, Archaeologist Delaware State Historic Preservation Office After floods, historic road leveling, house and ferry construction, is there anything left of the 17th century Fort Casimir? Keep in […]

“Then & Now: Black History Highlights of Delaware” explores the historical significance of The Rodney and present-day impact of Aunt Mary’s.

St. Stephen’s Protestant Episcopal Church in Harrington and the Union Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church Complex in Clarksville are the most recent listings.

The Florence and Isaac Budovitch House, and the Newark Union Church and Cemetery, are both located in New Castle County north of Wilmington.

Delaware’s newest public historic site also has doubled as a classroom for a handful of students from the University of Delaware.

Archaeological work paves way to rehabilitation, upgrades Work is well underway to make Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site in New Castle County Delaware’s latest publicly accessible museum site. That includes archaeological […]

The Vincelette Futuro House was officially listed in the National Register of Historic Places in late 2023.

The Whitney Project performs June 6, 8 As part of their fifth anniversary celebrations, the Friends of Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site has again worked with The Whitney Project to perform […]

Historic Smyrna site was hit by Tropical Storm Isaias on Aug. 4, 2020.

Beginning on July 20, 2013, C-SPAN, the public-affairs television network, will be posting 13 television segments on its website featuring the literary life and history of Delaware’s capital city of […]

Welcome to the official blog of Delaware’s Division of Historical & Cultural Affairs. This inaugural post is a special milestone in the division’s current “Point and Click” initiative, which aims […]

After years of planning and hard work, the historic Weldin House on Philadelphia Pike is now open to the community once again.

On June 30th of last year, members of the Delaware General Assembly joined Governor Jack Markell and guests from across the country to pass Senate Joint Resolution #7 at the […]

Wilmington’s Compton Park Apartments, built as part of an urban renewal project in the 1960s, are now officially in the National Register.

Event features a professional artist who will provide each guest with step-by-step instruction in creating two, hand-painted wine glasses utilizing the “Spring Flower!” design.