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Date Posted: Tuesday, August 25th, 2020

Rehoboth Beach landmark was built in 1929.


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Date Posted: Tuesday, September 24th, 2019

Built and opened in 1836, the Octagonal Schoolhouse is one of the earliest examples of a one-room school in Delaware.


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Date Posted: Tuesday, February 28th, 2017

Recent policy statement by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.


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Date Posted: Tuesday, June 5th, 2012

By: Madeline E. Dunn Curator of Education – Historian Question: What do the National Guard, West Point, and International Style architecture have in common with Delaware? Answer: Stuart Randall Carswell. Who was Stuart Randall Carswell? Mr. Carswell was born in New Castle County, Delaware in 1891 and attended primary and secondary schools in Wilmington.  He […]


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Date Posted: Monday, October 4th, 2021

African Union Church and Cemetery of Iron Hill, located southwest of Newark, Del., listed on Sept. 9, 2021.


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Date Posted: Thursday, August 22nd, 2019

The Research Center is a repository of information on historic properties within the state.


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Date Posted: Thursday, May 24th, 2018

Harrington city planner brings extensive preservation-experience to the board.


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Date Posted: Wednesday, August 17th, 2022

Have ideas on how to advance historic preservation in Delaware? The public is invited to share ideas during two virtual forums scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 21, held by the University of Delaware with the Division and Preservation Delaware.


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Date Posted: Thursday, August 25th, 2016

New employee will serve in the State Historic Preservation Office.


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Date Posted: Thursday, June 23rd, 2022

With the lowest-lying average elevation in the country, Delaware history experts are eyeing future solutions to rising tides and a changing climate.


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Date Posted: Tuesday, August 15th, 2023

Delaware’s historic structures reflect the craftsmanship of past laborers and the work of modern historians and craftsmen who strive to keep them protected.


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Date Posted: Friday, April 21st, 2023

The Story of the DuPont “Colored” Schools In the 1920s -1930s, as part of a large-scale rebuilding campaign spearheaded by the Delaware School Auxiliary Association (DSAA), industrialist and philanthropist Pierre S. du Pont, funded the construction of modern, architect designed schools across the state of Delaware. The campaign included 90 schools for African American and […]


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Date Posted: Friday, November 19th, 2021

Veteran employee discusses her career and changes at the agency and the National Register.


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Date Posted: Thursday, January 26th, 2012

By Alice Guerrant, Historic Archaeologist This is HCA’s first blog on the topic of preservation, so we thought it appropriate to introduce, for what may be the first time for many readers, the Delaware State Historic Preservation Office. Historic preservation means the study, protection, and maintenance of the historic places that keep us in touch […]


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Date Posted: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015

National Park Service grant helped support the repairs.


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Date Posted: Monday, September 29th, 2014

Town’s oldest–known commercial building with intact historic-fabric was built in the 1840s.


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