Cemeteries
Cemeteries are essential elements of societies’ collective history, providing fascinating insight into past burial customs, religious beliefs, cultural and ethnic influences, community origins and development, and landscape design principles. Although […]
Centreville’s Dauneport property listed in National Register of Historic Places
The Dauneport property, a collaboration of two women in the early 1900s, has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Delaware Breakwater East End Lighthouse repainted
Built in 1885, beacon is located in the harbor of Lewes, Del.
Delaware State Review Board for Historic Preservation annual meeting to take place remotely on Oct. 21, 2020
Meeting will feature review of two nominations to the National Register of Historic Places: Amended Milton Historic District and St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church (now New Calvary Baptist Church) in Wilmington.
Delaware State Review Board for Historic Preservation business meeting on Oct. 20, 2021
Board advises State Historic Preservation Officer on Delaware’s preservation policies.
Delaware State Review Board for Historic Preservation meeting to take place remotely on July 29, 2020
Virtual meeting to consider nomination of the American Vulcanized Fibre Company in Wilmington to the National Register of Historic Places.
Delaware State Review Board for Historic Preservation to meet on Oct. 24, 2018
Meeting will include review of nominations to the National Register of Historic Places for the Taylors Bridge School in New Castle County and the Richard Allen School in Georgetown.
Iron Hill area church added to National Register
African Union Church and Cemetery of Iron Hill, located southwest of Newark, Del., listed on Sept. 9, 2021.
Millsboro’s Burton-Blackstone-Carey Store added to the National Register of Historic Places
Town’s oldest–known commercial building with intact historic-fabric was built in the 1840s.
Scott A.M.E. Zion Church listed in the National Register of Historic Places
The historic Scott A.M.E. Zion Church has officially been listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
State Historic Preservation Office
State Historic Preservation Office Contact Information This document is a directory of who to contact in the State Historic Preservation Office. Protection of Historic Properties This section includes information about […]
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.
Supporters celebrate historic listing of Scott A.M.E. Zion Church
Supporters of the Scott African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Zion Church in Wilmington came together in May 2024 to celebrate the historic structure’s listing in the National Register of Historic Places. […]
Town seeks historical information about First National Bank of Frankford
Built in 1907, the structure later served as town hall for over six decades.