St. Paul AME Church in Harrington added to the National Register of Historic Places
Church has served Harrington’s Black community since 1895.
State fiscal year 2017 review: Delaware properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places
By Madeline Dunn, Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs’ historian and National Register of Historic Places coordinator
State Historic Preservation Office announces Delaware’s newest listings in the National Register of Historic Places
New listings include the Downtown Harrington Historic District, the Richard Allen School and the Taylor’s Bridge School.
State of Delaware to acquire historic property at Cooch’s Bridge, the site of the state’s only Revolutionary War battle
Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to administer the home and surrounding property at the heart of the site.
State Review Board for Historic Preservation recommends nominations for the National Register; honors retirees and welcomes new members
The Delaware State Review Board for Historic Preservation held its annual spring meeting at The Old State House in Dover on April 9, 2014.
State Review Board for Historic Preservation to meet Aug. 23
The State Review Board for Historic Preservation will host a summer meeting from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Aug. 23.
State Review Board to meet April 20, 2022; will consider National Register nomination of Dauneport
Board will review a National Register of Historic Places nomination for Dauneport, a historic New Castle County property.
State Review Board to meet Jan. 17
The Delaware State Review Board for Historic Preservation will meet at the Center for Material Culture on Jan. 17.
Statement about unauthorized media images of the John Dickinson Plantation burial ground
Dignity of those interred must be respected.
Students honored at 16th annual Delaware Day Fourth Grade Competition ceremony
Program encourages young people to study the U.S. Constitution.
Students honored for 2019 Delaware Day competition
On Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, more than 300 students, teachers and family members gathered at the Delaware Public Archives building in Dover for the presentation of awards for the 18th annual Delaware Day Fourth Grade Competition. Earlier in the school year, Delaware Secretary of State Jeffrey Bullock invited fourth grade teachers throughout the state to […]
Submit photos — and win prizes — during the Delaware Day Adventure, Dec. 3–12, 2021
Explore the division’s museums, learn and explore Delaware history, and submit photos to win a prize.
Surveying the landscape of the ‘Delaware Wedge’
Imperfect land survey techniques of the 18th century created a tract of disputed land covering hundreds of acres that wasn’t federally recognized as Delaware’s until 1921.
Sussex County boasts new listing in the National Register of Historic Places
One-teacher school in Millsboro was built in 1897.
Sussex Gardeners deck the halls of the Zwaanendael Museum
Holiday display through December 2016 features preserved flowers, fruit, evergreen branches and other plant material.
Sussex Gardeners make the holidays lively at Zwaanendael Museum
This recent holiday season, the Sussex Gardeners designed festive arrangements with live plants to decorate the Zwaanendael Museum.