Blog Posts Archive

Improvements slated to take place in late summer/early fall 2017.

Improvements slated to begin in the spring of 2018.

Highlights of the month include programs on the saving of The Old State House, a symposium on the early Colonial archaeology of the Delaware Valley region and the Zwaanendael Maritime Celebration.

DeBraak tours, the 18th Annual Chautauqua and an evening of readings by Delaware poets and authors among the events to be presented.

Web-based system is now available for public use.

New hire serves as a cultural preservation specialist based at the division’s main office in Dover.

Hello to Emily Whaley; thanks to Alice Guerrant for decades of service.

Additions made to the Buena Vista Conference Center, Preservation and Site Management teams.

Employee discussed his experiences and perspectives as a young, emerging professional in the historic-preservation field.

Designation encourages successful preservation programs and practices in Delaware’s capital city.

Deadline for submission of comments: May 4, 2018.

Article on the need for rehabilitation of the dikes in and around the City of New Castle, Del.

By: Jesse Zanavich, Architectural Historian Delaware State Historic Preservation Office With the cold weather here and utility bills on the rise, many historic homeowners may be wondering what they can do to cost-effectively weatherize their homes. But before spending big money to replace your older windows (see Figure 1), first consider a home energy audit. […]

The public will soon be able to explore information on a handful of the free and enslaved people who lived, worked and died at the John Dickinson Plantation through an enhanced online spreadsheet that is part of a larger Plantations Stories Project.

A story map chronicling dozens of early 20th century schools built for African American and Native American students in Delaware is now available for the public to explore.

Learn more about the history of a Sussex County church and the effort to list it as a National Historic Landmark.