National Register of Historic Places listings in southern New Castle County, Delaware facts for kids

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in southern New Castle County, Delaware.

It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on National Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.

There are 390 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Of those, 87 are located south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and are listed here, including one site further designated as a National Historic Landmark. There are 84 sites in Wilmington, which are listed at National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilmington, Delaware. There are 220 sites in northern New Castle County outside Wilmington, which are listed at National Register of Historic Places listings in northern New Castle County, Delaware.

Current listings south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Achmester		December 28, 1979 (#79000626)	617 Marl Pit Rd. 39°29′02″N 75°42′27″W / 39.483889°N 75.7075°W / 39.483889; -75.7075 (Achmester)	Middletown (St. Georges Hundred)
2	Appoquinimink Friends Meetinghouse		December 4, 1972 (#72000288)	624 Main St. 39°27′26″N 75°39′50″W / 39.45733°N 75.66380°W / 39.45733; -75.66380 (Appoquinimink Friends Meetinghouse)	Odessa	Very small brick meetinghouse used as an Underground Railroad station
3	Armstrong-Walker House		September 13, 1985 (#85002103)	5036 Summit Bridge Rd. 39°28′41″N 75°43′16″W / 39.478025°N 75.721174°W / 39.478025; -75.721174 (Armstrong-Walker House)	Middletown (St. Georges Hundred)
4	Ashton Historic District		November 15, 1978 (#78000903)	North of Port Penn on Thorntown Rd. 39°31′52″N 75°35′03″W / 39.531111°N 75.584167°W / 39.531111; -75.584167 (Ashton Historic District)	Port Penn
5	Augustine Beach Hotel		April 3, 1973 (#73000537)	1919 Augustine Beach Rd. 39°30′27″N 75°34′47″W / 39.5075°N 75.579722°W / 39.5075; -75.579722 (Augustine Beach Hotel)	Port Penn vicinity
6	Duncan Beard Site		December 18, 1973 (#73000534)	1.4 miles southeast on Delaware Route 299 from intersection with U.S. Route 13 39°26′25″N 75°38′38″W / 39.440353°N 75.643908°W / 39.440353; -75.643908 (Duncan Beard Site)	Odessa (Appoquinimink Hundred)
7	Belleview		September 13, 1985 (#85002104)	855 Shallcross Lake Rd. 39°29′27″N 75°39′53″W / 39.490963°N 75.664741°W / 39.490963; -75.664741 (Belleview)	Middletown (St. Georges Hundred)
8	Biddle House		December 8, 1978 (#78000908)	2120 DuPont Parkway 39°31′25″N 75°38′52″W / 39.523611°N 75.647778°W / 39.523611; -75.647778 (Biddle House)	Biddles Corner
9	Gov. Benjamin T. Biggs Farm		September 11, 1987 (#87001508)	1196 Choptank Rd. 39°30′54″N 75°44′46″W / 39.515°N 75.746111°W / 39.515; -75.746111 (Gov. Benjamin T. Biggs Farm)	Middletown (Pencader Hundred)
10	Brook Ramble		September 11, 1992 (#92001137)	295 Grears Corner Rd. 39°24′09″N 75°43′55″W / 39.402399°N 75.732005°W / 39.402399; -75.732005 (Brook Ramble)	Townsend (Appoquinimink Hundred)
11	Choptank		September 13, 1985 (#85002108)	1542 Choptank Rd. 39°29′49″N 75°44′24″W / 39.496833°N 75.740039°W / 39.496833; -75.740039 (Choptank)	Middletown (St. Georges Hundred)
12	Choptank-Upon-The-Hill		November 19, 1985 (#85003528)	121 Colonel Clayton Dr. 39°29′48″N 75°44′49″W / 39.496693°N 75.747019°W / 39.496693; -75.747019 (Choptank-Upon-The-Hill)	Middletown (St. Georges Hundred)
13	Clearfield Farm		March 20, 1973 (#73000540)	867 Smyrna Landing Rd. 39°19′43″N 75°36′06″W / 39.328611°N 75.601667°W / 39.328611; -75.601667 (Clearfield Farm)	Smyrna (Blackbird Hundred)
14	Cleaver House		September 13, 1985 (#85002116)	713 Port Penn Rd. 39°31′23″N 75°36′52″W / 39.522917°N 75.614487°W / 39.522917; -75.614487 (Cleaver House)	Port Penn
15	Cochran Grange		April 3, 1973 (#73000514)	704 Middletown-Warwick Rd. 39°26′35″N 75°44′11″W / 39.443056°N 75.736389°W / 39.443056; -75.736389 (Cochran Grange)	Middletown
16	Corbit-Sharp House		December 24, 1967 (#67000004)	118 Main St. 39°27′14″N 75°39′25″W / 39.45391°N 75.65694°W / 39.45391; -75.65694 (Corbit-Sharp House)	Odessa
17	Cornucopia		September 8, 1987 (#87001517)	1377 Bethel Church Rd. 39°31′33″N 75°46′23″W / 39.525742°N 75.773122°W / 39.525742; -75.773122 (Cornucopia)	Middletown (Pencader Hundred)
18	Delaware Boundary Markers		February 18, 1975 (#75002101)	Delaware state boundary lines with Maryland and Pennsylvania Coordinates missing	Not applicable
19	Dilworth House		November 27, 1973 (#73000538)	Off Delaware Route 9 39°31′05″N 75°36′17″W / 39.518056°N 75.604722°W / 39.518056; -75.604722 (Dilworth House)	Port Penn
20	A. Eliason House		September 13, 1985 (#85002110)	4353 Summit Bridge Rd. 39°31′07″N 75°42′50″W / 39.518520°N 75.713783°W / 39.518520; -75.713783 (A. Eliason House)	Mt. Pleasant (St. Georges Hundred)
21	Elm Grange		September 13, 1985 (#85002120)	2424 DuPont Parkway 39°29′50″N 75°38′56″W / 39.497156°N 75.648978°W / 39.497156; -75.648978 (Elm Grange)	Odessa (St. Georges Hundred)	Demolished between 2007 and 2009.
22	Fairview		November 19, 1985 (#85003523)	781 Lorewood Grove Rd. 39°32′08″N 75°40′22″W / 39.535630°N 75.672800°W / 39.535630; -75.672800 (Fairview)	Odessa (St. Georges Hundred)
23	Fairview		May 3, 1984 (#84000835)	602 Old State Rd. 39°26′56″N 75°38′53″W / 39.448850°N 75.648132°W / 39.448850; -75.648132 (Fairview)	Odessa (Appoquinimink Hundred)	Also known as the "Mayor James Moore House"
24	Fairview		September 8, 1987 (#87001494)	3 East Stonewall Dr. 39°31′26″N 75°45′44″W / 39.523868°N 75.762229°W / 39.523868; -75.762229 (Fairview)	Middletown (Pencader Hundred)
25	Fields Heirs		September 13, 1985 (#85002109)	Off U.S. Route 301 39°27′25″N 75°43′31″W / 39.457021°N 75.725314°W / 39.457021; -75.725314 (Fields Heirs)	Middletown	Demolished between 1992 and 2002
26	Fleming House		January 31, 1980 (#80000934)	992 Flemings Landing Rd. 39°21′17″N 75°33′03″W / 39.354720°N 75.550934°W / 39.354720; -75.550934 (Fleming House)	Smyrna (Blackbird Hundred)
27	J. M. Gordon House		September 13, 1985 (#85002121)	910 Vance Neck Rd. 39°28′27″N 75°37′27″W / 39.474171°N 75.624245°W / 39.474171; -75.624245 (J. M. Gordon House)	Odessa (St. Georges Hundred)
28	Green Meadow		September 11, 1992 (#92001132)	484 Thomas Landing Rd. (Road 440) 39°26′54″N 75°36′49″W / 39.448346°N 75.613717°W / 39.448346; -75.613717 (Green Meadow)	Odessa (Appoquinimink Hundred)
29	Greenlawn		April 24, 1973 (#73000515)	671 N. Broad St. 39°27′26″N 75°43′07″W / 39.457222°N 75.718611°W / 39.457222; -75.718611 (Greenlawn)	Middletown	Demolished c. 1985
30	Robert Grose House		September 21, 2001 (#01001006)	1000 Port Penn Rd. 39°31′10″N 75°35′39″W / 39.519411°N 75.594304°W / 39.519411; -75.594304 (Robert Grose House)	Port Penn	Demolished between 2002 and 2006
31	B. F. Hanson House		April 27, 1982 (#82002332)	1130 Middletown-Warwick Rd. 39°25′40″N 75°45′35″W / 39.427861°N 75.759776°W / 39.427861; -75.759776 (B. F. Hanson House)	Middletown (St. Georges Hundred)
32	Hart House		March 20, 1973 (#73000544)	477 Cedar Swamp Rd. 39°24′57″N 75°32′53″W / 39.415701°N 75.547956°W / 39.415701; -75.547956 (Hart House)	Taylors Bridge
33	Hazel Glen		November 20, 1978 (#78000904)	1920 Pole Bridge Rd. 39°30′51″N 75°36′57″W / 39.514167°N 75.615833°W / 39.514167; -75.615833 (Hazel Glen)	Port Penn	Demolished before 1991
34	Hedgelawn		April 3, 1973 (#73000516)	772 Middletown-Warwick Rd. 39°26′29″N 75°44′30″W / 39.441411°N 75.741573°W / 39.441411; -75.741573 (Hedgelawn)	Middletown
35	Hell Island Site		April 13, 1977 (#77000390)	Address Restricted	Odessa
36	S. Higgins Farm		September 13, 1985 (#85002122)	913 Ash Farm Way 39°29′36″N 75°37′56″W / 39.493438°N 75.632275°W / 39.493438; -75.632275 (S. Higgins Farm)	Odessa (St. Georges Hundred)
37	Hill Island Farm		September 11, 1992 (#92001139)	3381 Harris Rd. 39°26′03″N 75°40′02″W / 39.434291°N 75.667190°W / 39.434291; -75.667190 (Hill Island Farm)	Middletown
38	S. Holton Farm		September 13, 1985 (#85002105)	2010 Choptank Rd. 39°28′18″N 75°44′10″W / 39.471642°N 75.736169°W / 39.471642; -75.736169 (S. Holton Farm)	Middletown
39	Huguenot House		March 20, 1973 (#73000545)	798 Taylors Bridge Rd. 39°24′02″N 75°36′57″W / 39.400454°N 75.615802°W / 39.400454; -75.615802 (Huguenot House)	Taylors Bridge
40	Idalia Manor		September 13, 1985 (#85002118)	1870 DuPont Parkway 39°32′25″N 75°38′49″W / 39.540213°N 75.646950°W / 39.540213; -75.646950 (Idalia Manor)	Mt. Pleasant (St. Georges Hundred)
41	Johnson Home Farm		September 11, 1992 (#92001133)	166 Cedar Swamp Rd. 39°24′42″N 75°34′59″W / 39.411667°N 75.583056°W / 39.411667; -75.583056 (Johnson Home Farm)	Taylors Bridge	Demolished between 1992 and 2002
42	Liston House		March 26, 1973 (#73000546)	Cedar Swamp Rd. 39°24′17″N 75°32′35″W / 39.404722°N 75.543056°W / 39.404722; -75.543056 (Liston House)	Taylors Bridge	Demolished before 1991
43	Liston Range Front Lighthouse		January 14, 2004 (#03001386)	1600 Belts Rd. 39°28′58″N 75°35′31″W / 39.482778°N 75.591944°W / 39.482778; -75.591944 (Liston Range Front Lighthouse)	Bay View Beach
44	Liston Range Rear Light Station		November 15, 1978 (#78000905)	West of Port Penn on Road 2 39°31′25″N 75°38′24″W / 39.523611°N 75.64°W / 39.523611; -75.64 (Liston Range Rear Light Station)	Port Penn
45	Comdr. Thomas MacDonough House		December 12, 1978 (#78000902)	2501 DuPont Parkway 39°29′29″N 75°39′02″W / 39.491366°N 75.650498°W / 39.491366; -75.650498 (Comdr. Thomas MacDonough House)	Odessa (St. Georges Hundred)
46	Maple Grove Farm		September 13, 1985 (#85002106)	Delaware Route 299 39°26′51″N 75°42′07″W / 39.447441°N 75.701928°W / 39.447441; -75.701928 (Maple Grove Farm)	Middletown	Demolished between 1992 and 2002
47	Maples		February 17, 1978 (#78000895)	1023 Bunker Hill Rd. 39°27′18″N 75°44′16″W / 39.454936°N 75.737883°W / 39.454936; -75.737883 (Maples)	Middletown (St. Georges Hundred)
48	Mayfield		August 1, 1997 (#97000836)	1603 Levels Rd. 39°24′01″N 75°45′21″W / 39.400278°N 75.755833°W / 39.400278; -75.755833 (Mayfield)	Middletown (Appoquinimink Hundred)
49	McWhorter House		September 13, 1985 (#85002123)	606 Lorewood Grove Rd. 39°32′26″N 75°39′43″W / 39.540463°N 75.661838°W / 39.540463; -75.661838 (McWhorter House)	Odessa (St. Georges Hundred)	Demolished in 2004
50	Middletown Academy		December 5, 1972 (#72000284)	218 N. Broad St. 39°27′05″N 75°43′04″W / 39.451389°N 75.717778°W / 39.451389; -75.717778 (Middletown Academy)	Middletown
51	Middletown Historic District		October 4, 1978 (#78000896)	Roughly bounded by Redding, Scott, Lockwood, and Catherine Sts. 39°26′59″N 75°43′00″W / 39.4496°N 75.7166°W / 39.4496; -75.7166 (Middletown Historic District)	Middletown
52	Misty Vale		September 13, 1985 (#85002111)	216 Manchester Way 39°29′20″N 75°38′22″W / 39.488894°N 75.639342°W / 39.488894; -75.639342 (Misty Vale)	Odessa (St. Georges Hundred)
53	Mondamon Farm		November 19, 1985 (#85003524)	381 Port Penn Rd. 39°31′28″N 75°38′27″W / 39.524576°N 75.640926°W / 39.524576; -75.640926 (Mondamon Farm)	Odessa (St. Georges Hundred)
54	Monterey		December 5, 1980 (#80000933)	692 Bayview Rd. 39°29′28″N 75°38′37″W / 39.490984°N 75.643601°W / 39.490984; -75.643601 (Monterey)	Odessa (St. Georges Hundred)
55	Arnold S. Naudain House		April 24, 1973 (#73000517)	5567 Summit Bridge Rd. 39°25′15″N 75°42′13″W / 39.420926°N 75.703536°W / 39.420926; -75.703536 (Arnold S. Naudain House)	Middletown (St. Georges Hundred)
56	John B. Nelson House		December 8, 1978 (#78000906)	740 Dutch Neck Road 39°31′58″N 75°37′58″W / 39.532763°N 75.632667°W / 39.532763; -75.632667 (John B. Nelson House)	Port Penn
57	Noxontown		July 2, 1973 (#73000518)	Noxontown Road 39°26′09″N 75°41′02″W / 39.435833°N 75.683889°W / 39.435833; -75.683889 (Noxontown)	Middletown
58	Odessa Historic District		June 21, 1971 (#71000227)	Bounded roughly by Appoquinimink Creek on the southeast, High St. on the northeast, 4th St. on the northwest, and Main St. on the southwest 39°27′14″N 75°39′23″W / 39.453889°N 75.656389°W / 39.453889; -75.656389 (Odessa Historic District)	Odessa
59	Okolona		November 19, 1985 (#85003527)	1321 Shallcross Lake Rd. 39°28′35″N 75°41′31″W / 39.476268°N 75.691831°W / 39.476268; -75.691831 (Okolona)	Middletown (St. Georges Hundred)
60	Old Brick Store		August 14, 1973 (#73000541)	670 Brick Store Landing Rd. 39°19′19″N 75°34′20″W / 39.321999°N 75.572338°W / 39.321999; -75.572338 (Old Brick Store)	Smyrna (Blackbird Hundred)	1767 Brick Store
61	Old Drawyers Church		February 6, 1973 (#73000533)	2839 DuPont Parkway 39°28′04″N 75°39′15″W / 39.467669°N 75.654221°W / 39.467669; -75.654221 (Old Drawyers Church)	Odessa (St. Georges Hundred)
62	Old Ford Dairy		September 13, 1985 (#85002112)	1871 DuPont Parkway 39°32′25″N 75°39′07″W / 39.540290°N 75.651829°W / 39.540290; -75.651829 (Old Ford Dairy)	Odessa (St. Georges Hundred)	Demolished between 2007 and 2009
63	Old St. Anne's Church		March 7, 1973 (#73000519)	105 St Annes Church Rd. 39°26′09″N 75°42′47″W / 39.435900°N 75.713110°W / 39.435900; -75.713110 (Old St. Anne's Church)	Middletown
64	Old St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church		May 13, 1982 (#82002353)	506 High St. 39°27′27″N 75°39′38″W / 39.457430°N 75.660583°W / 39.457430; -75.660583 (Old St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church)	Odessa
65	Old Union Methodist Church		January 18, 1973 (#73000507)	205 Union Church Road 39°23′17″N 75°39′47″W / 39.388028°N 75.662994°W / 39.388028; -75.662994 (Old Union Methodist Church)	Townsend (Appoquinimink Hundred)
66	Pharo House		August 9, 1984 (#84000850)	100 Silver Lake Rd. 39°27′01″N 75°41′46″W / 39.450242°N 75.696171°W / 39.450242; -75.696171 (Pharo House)	Middletown
67	Port Penn Historic District		November 20, 1978 (#78000907)	Delaware Route 9 39°30′57″N 75°34′34″W / 39.515833°N 75.576111°W / 39.515833; -75.576111 (Port Penn Historic District)	Port Penn
68	Philip Reading Tannery		April 26, 1978 (#78000897)	201 E. Main St. 39°27′02″N 75°42′44″W / 39.450556°N 75.712222°W / 39.450556; -75.712222 (Philip Reading Tannery)	Middletown	Demolished between 1992 and 2002
69	Reedy Island Range Rear Light		March 27, 1989 (#89000288)	1171 Taylors Bridge Rd. 39°24′24″N 75°35′25″W / 39.406557°N 75.590162°W / 39.406557; -75.590162 (Reedy Island Range Rear Light)	Taylors Bridge
70	Retirement Farm		September 13, 1985 (#85002113)	2256 DuPont Parkway 39°30′46″N 75°38′38″W / 39.512707°N 75.643879°W / 39.512707; -75.643879 (Retirement Farm)	Odessa (St. Georges Hundred)
71	Riverdale		November 19, 1985 (#85003525)	1211 Silver Run Rd. in St Georges Hundred 39°29′09″N 75°36′17″W / 39.485905°N 75.604848°W / 39.485905; -75.604848 (Riverdale)	Odessa
72	Rosedale		September 13, 1985 (#85002107)	1143 Bunker Hill Rd. 39°27′35″N 75°44′43″W / 39.459718°N 75.745256°W / 39.459718; -75.745256 (Rosedale)	Middletown (St. Georges Hundred)
73	Rumsey Farm		March 30, 1978 (#78000898)	829 Middletown-Warwick Rd. 39°26′29″N 75°44′58″W / 39.441389°N 75.749444°W / 39.441389; -75.749444 (Rumsey Farm)	Middletown	Demolished between 2011 and 2013.
74	St. Joseph's Church		February 17, 1978 (#78000899)	15 W. Cochran St. 39°26′52″N 75°43′06″W / 39.447639°N 75.718210°W / 39.447639; -75.718210 (St. Joseph's Church)	Middletown
75	J. Shallcross House		September 13, 1985 (#85002115)	557 Middletown-Odessa Rd. 39°27′09″N 75°41′32″W / 39.452428°N 75.692289°W / 39.452428; -75.692289 (J. Shallcross House)	Middletown	Mistakenly called "J. K. Williams House" in nomination
76	Sereck Shallcross House		April 3, 1973 (#73000535)	833 Marl Pit Rd. 39°28′19″N 75°41′25″W / 39.471883°N 75.690143°W / 39.471883; -75.690143 (Sereck Shallcross House)	Odessa (St. Georges Hundred)
77	David W. Thomas House		September 11, 1992 (#92001136)	326 Thomas Landing Rd. 39°26′45″N 75°37′38″W / 39.445833°N 75.627222°W / 39.445833; -75.627222 (David W. Thomas House)	Odessa (Appoquinimink Hundred)
78	Townsend Historic District		May 8, 1986 (#86001029)	Roughly bounded by Gray, Ginn and South, Lattamus and Main Sts., and Commerce St. and Cannery Ln. and Railroad Ave. 39°23′39″N 75°41′33″W / 39.394167°N 75.6925°W / 39.394167; -75.6925 (Townsend Historic District)	Townsend
79	A. M. Vail House		September 13, 1985 (#85002117)	521 Middletown-Odessa Rd. 39°27′07″N 75°41′45″W / 39.451819°N 75.695872°W / 39.451819; -75.695872 (A. M. Vail House)	Middletown	Demolished between 2007 and 2009
80	Vandyke-Heath House		September 11, 1992 (#92001130)	385 Green Spring-Vandyke Rd. (Road 47) 39°21′26″N 75°44′53″W / 39.357222°N 75.748056°W / 39.357222; -75.748056 (Vandyke-Heath House)	Townsend (Appoquinimink Hundred)
81	Charles C. Weldon House		September 13, 1985 (#85002114)	Road 44 39°28′18″N 75°37′51″W / 39.471667°N 75.630833°W / 39.471667; -75.630833 (Charles C. Weldon House)	Odessa	Mistakenly called "J. Vandegrift House" in nomination
82	Weston		November 19, 1985 (#85003526)	4677 Summit Bridge Rd. 39°30′02″N 75°42′36″W / 39.500462°N 75.709952°W / 39.500462; -75.709952 (Weston)	Middletown (St. Georges Hundred)
83	Williams House		June 4, 1973 (#73000536)	993 Marl Pit Rd. 39°28′00″N 75°40′49″W / 39.466712°N 75.680315°W / 39.466712; -75.680315 (Williams House)	Odessa (St. Georges Hundred)
84	Windsor		September 11, 1992 (#92001131)	1060 Dutch Neck Rd. 39°32′48″N 75°36′53″W / 39.546667°N 75.614722°W / 39.546667; -75.614722 (Windsor)	Port Penn
85	Woodside		September 13, 1985 (#85002119)	1358 Choptank Rd. 39°30′23″N 75°45′01″W / 39.506385°N 75.750375°W / 39.506385; -75.750375 (Woodside)	Mt. Pleasant (Pencader Hundred)