Blog Posts Archive

The vessel, New Jersey’s official tall ship, is a restored oyster-dredging schooner.

The historic Scott A.M.E. Zion Church has officially been listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

A new, virtual exhibit brings to the forefront the history and stories of the indigenous and Black American experience at Delaware’s segregated beaches during the Jim Crow era.

Program encourages students to study the U.S. Constitution and Delaware’s role in its creation.

See the varied colors of recent native planting projects taking root at sites like Belmont Hall and the annual blossoming of tulips along the coast in Lewes as spring arrives at Delaware’s historic sites.

Save the date for opportunities to be a partner in crafting a new interpretive plan for the Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site.

A new website featuring 131 names shares the stories of the enslaved, indentured, freedom-seeking and free Black people who lived, worked and died at and near the John Dickinson Plantation.

The Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs is pleased to share the announcement of a $5.4 million commitment from the National Park Service to rehabilitate the historic Sheriff’s House at First State National Historical Park.

Development slated for nearby property.

Program supports preservation activities at historic properties and districts. Deadline: Dec. 16, 2016.

Program supports preservation activities at historic properties. Deadline: Dec. 14, 2018.

Article explores artist Denis A. Volozan and his portrait of George Washington which hangs in The Old State House.

Bottle fragments from Lewes, Del.’s Roosevelt Inlet Shipwreck traced to the venerable wine estate.

Church has served Harrington’s Black community since 1895.

By Madeline Dunn, Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs’ historian and National Register of Historic Places coordinator

New listings include the Downtown Harrington Historic District, the Richard Allen School and the Taylor’s Bridge School.