‘Making the First State Shine: 50 Years of Historic Preservation in Delaware’
18th annual Chautauqua to take place in Lewes, Del. from June 19 to 23, 2016.
$1 Million in Grants Now Available for Delaware Historic Properties Damaged by Hurricane Sandy
Application deadline: March 21, 2014
$1 Million in Grants to Be Available for Delaware Historic Properties Damaged by Hurricane Sandy
Grant-application process to be administered by the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs’ State Historic Preservation Office.
Alice Guerrant receives award from the Archaeological Society of Delaware
Division archaeologist honored for outstanding contributions to the society.
ArCH Field Days help students learn about historic preservation
Program designed to meet Next Generation science standards as well as Common Core state standards for art and history.
Archaeological project to begin in historic New Castle
Archaeological investigation seeks to find evidence of the fort originally built by Dutch settlers in 1651.
Archaeological symposium at the New Castle Court House Museum on April 29, 2017
Program seeks to identify the uniqueness of the Colonial cultures in the Delaware Valley in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Archaeologist John W. Martin joins State Historic Preservation Office staff
New employee has 39 years of experience in archaeology and historic preservation.
Archaeology on The Dover Green
By Alice Guerrant, Historic Archaeologist Have you been on The Green in Dover lately? The east side has mounds of dirt, equipment running around, and a lot of construction going […]
Arsenal opens as home of the New Castle Historical Society
Historic property leased to the historical society by the division.
Bethany Beach’s Dinker-Irvin Cottage added to the National Register of Historic Places
Property is one of six remaining cottages constructed in the resort community between 1902 and 1905.
Call for papers: ‘The Early Colonial Delaware Valley—An Archaeological and Historical Symposium’
Deadline for submission of abstracts: April 22, 2016.
Call for proposals: Historic Preservation Education Foundation’s Partners in Training initiative
Initiative provides training opportunities on topics associated with preservation technology. Deadline: Oct. 3, 2017
Capital improvements completed at state-owned historic properties in New Castle
State invested $350,000 for projects at the New Castle Court House Museum, Arsenal, Academy and Green.
Celebration brings Preservation50 to a close
Event to take place on Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 in Smyrna, Del.
Certificates presented for Delaware properties listed in the National Register in 2017
Five properties and one historic district were listed in 2017.