Pages Tagged With: "Historic Sites"

History was made here: Cooch-Dayett Mills

Historic Newark mill was built in the 1830s.




History was made here: Fenwick Island Lighthouse

Iconic Sussex County structure helped guide mariners for more than 100 years.




History was made here: Hale-Byrnes House

Gen. George Washington and the high command of the Continental Army held a council of war here on Sept. 6, 1777.




History was made here: Prince George’s Chapel

Dagsboro landmark was built in 1755 and named for the English prince who would later become King George III.




History was made here: The New Castle Green

Town commons was laid out by the Dutch in the 1650s.




Improvements completed at Delaware’s historic Octagonal Schoolhouse

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




Interpreting the past at Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site

Students from the University of Delaware learning what it takes to develop plans for a historic site will be sharing their thoughts with the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs (HCA), its supporters, and its newsletter subscribers through a series of articles the students penned about their time spent proposing ideas for the Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site near Newark.




John Dickinson and the Plantation Timeline

November 2, 1732 – John Dickinson was born in Talbot County, Maryland. January 18, 1740 – Dickinson family moved into the mansion in Kent County, Delaware. December 1753 – John […]




Loans available for Delaware’s hospitality industry impacted by coronavirus

Museums and historic sites are among the organizations eligible for support.




National Women’s History Month events among eight special programs at division museums during March 2019

Activities honor and celebrate women’s lives and historic achievements.




New Castle Academy garden wall repaired

Deteriorating section of the wall was cleaned and repointed.




New Castle History Camp explores Delaware’s Revolutionary roots

Young historians visited historic New Castle this summer to learn more about the area’s Revolutionary roots.




Newsletter

Saving Delaware History, the newsletter of the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, is a digest of history- and preservation-related articles, calendar of events and related press coverage. Distilled […]




Night and Day: A UD student’s first impressions of the Cooch Homestead

This post is the first of several written by UD students studying at Cooch’s Bridge about their experience at the historic site.




Parker’s Dairy Palace listed in the National Register of Historic Places

Vintage 1950s-era ice cream stand still dishing up soft serve.




Presidents Lincoln and Washington to be spotlighted at The Old State House during February 2020

Events presented in honor of Presidents Day 2020.