Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Delaware - New Castle County - Vacant / Not In Use
New Castle County Delaware (Vacant / Not In Use) has 39 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 11 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Lombardy Hall, Air Service, Inc. Hangar at Bellanca Airfield, Bancroft and Sons Cotton Mills, Beard, Duncan, Site and Greenbank Historic Area.

Many famous people are associated with these New Castle County historic places including Gunning Bedford Jr., Pierre S. III du Pont, Evans,Oliver, et al., Thomas Robinson and Benjamin F. Hanson.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the New Castle County places including John E. & Sons Healy, James O. Betelle, Johan Rising, Edward Allen, US Army, James Mullens, Lewis Curtlett, Converse, Bernard & Harris, Philip T, Dennison & Hirons and George C. Sharp. Prominent architectural styles found in New Castle Country are Greek Revival, Italianate and Late Victorian.

Air Service, Inc. Hangar at Bellanca Airfield (added 2005 - - #05000601)
Also known as Cultural Resource Survey # N00402
DE 273 and Center Point Blvd , New Castle
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mullens, James, Healy, John E. & Sons
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Air-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Bancroft and Sons Cotton Mills (added 1984 - - #84000439)
Also known as Brandywine Cotton Mills;Riddle,James & Sons, Mills;Rockford
Rockford Rd. , Wilmington
Staplesdcc, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Invention, Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Manufacturing Facility, Warehouse, Water Works
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business, Manufacturing Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Warehouse
Beard, Duncan, Site (added 1973 - - #73000534)
Also known as Duncan Beard's House and Shop
Address Restricted , Odessa
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Industry
Cultural Affiliation:
American,Industrial
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Biddle House (added 1978 - - #78000908)
S of St. Georges on U.S. 13 , St. Georges
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Crosby and Hill Building (added 1985 - - #85000148)
Also known as McClary Building
605 N. Market St. , Wilmington
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Curlett House (added 1986 - - #86001557)
705--705 1/2 E. Sixth St. , Wilmington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Curtlett,Lewis
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Delaware Trust Building (added 2003 - - #03000238)
900-912 N. Market St. , Wilmington
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Converse, Bernard & Harris, Philip T, Dennison & Hirons
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Dingee, Obadiah, House (added 1970 - - #70000172)
107 E. 7th St. , Wilmington
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
District School No. 39 (added 1983 - - #83004543)
Municipal Parking Lot No. 1 , Newark
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Eastburn--Jeanes Lime Kilns Historic District (added 1977 - - #77000389)
Also known as Eastburn--Jeanes Lime Kilns
N of Newark on Limestone Rd. , Newark
Jackmacmac, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Foord & Massey Furniture Company Building (added 2006 - - #06000145)
Also known as N-7400
701 N. Shipley St. , Wilmington
Smallbones, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Garrett, Elwood, Building (added 1985 - - #85003573)
718 N. Market St. , Wilmington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Greenbank Historic Area (added 1973 - - #73000513)
Also known as See Also:Greenbank Historic Area (Boundary Increase)
Greenbank Mill Rd., N of jct. of DE 41 and DE 2 , Marshallton
F\u00e6, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Event
Historic Person:
Evans,Oliver, et al.
Significant Year:
1852, 1795, 1811
Area of Significance:
Invention, Engineering, Industry, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Grose, Robert, House (added 2001 - - #01001006)
1000 Port Penn Rd. , Port Penn
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Hanson, B. F., House (added 1982 - - #82002332)
W of Middletown , Middletown
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Hanson,Benjamin F.
Significant Year:
1830, 1843
Area of Significance:
Economics, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility
Hockessin Friends Meetinghouse (added 1973 - - #73000510)
DE 275 and 254 at Meetinghouse Rd. , Hockessin
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure
Current Function:
Funerary, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Holladay--Harrington House (added 2004 - - #04001077)
Also known as CRS# N-14151
3705 Kennett Pike , Greenville
Choess, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Martin, William E.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Kingswood Methodist Episcopal Church (added 1989 - - #89000008)
Also known as Kingswood Mission of St. Paul's M.E. Church;Kingswood Commun
Fourteenth and Claymont Sts. , Wilmington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Sport Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Lombardy Hall (added 1972 - - #72000292)
Also known as Pizgah;New Wark;Gunning Bedford House
U.S. 202 , Wilmington
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Historic Person:
Bedford,Gunning,Jr.,et al.
Significant Year:
1812, 1682, 1783
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1650-1699
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Lore, Charles B., Elementary School (added 1983 - - #83001337)
Fourth St. and Woodlawn Ave. , Wilmington
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Francis,William,B. and Co, Guilbert and Betelle
Architectural Style:
Other, Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Main Office of the New Castle Leather Company (added 1985 - - #85003191)
Also known as Main Office
Eleventh and Poplar Sts. , Wilmington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Mount Cuba Historic District (added 1979 - - #79000627)
Also known as See Also:Wilmington & Western Railroad
SR 261 and DE 82 , Mount Cuba
Smallbones, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed, Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Naaman's Creek School (added 1990 - - #90001715)
Also known as District School No. 1;Claymont School;Claymont Public Librar
Jct. of Philadelphia Pike and Darley Rd., Brandywine Creek , Claymont
File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bird,William S.
Architectural Style:
Early Republic, Other
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
New Castle Ice Piers (added 1982 - - #82002333)
Delaware River , New Castle
BotMultichill, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
US Army
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation, Maritime History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Newark Passenger Station (added 1982 - - #82002346)
S. College Ave. and Amtrak Conrail RR , Newark
DanTD, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Fuller,S.T.
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Newport Railroad Station (added 1994 - - #93001515)
Also known as N-10976
James St. at Penn Central RR tracks, N side , Newport
Choess, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Noxontown (added 1973 - - #73000518)
S of Middletown off DE 896 , Middletown
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Military, Industry, Social History
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Old Brick Store (added 1973 - - #73000541)
Also known as Old Brick Hotel;The Granary
NE of Smyrna off U.S. 13 , Smyrna
KudzuVine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Agriculture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Processing
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Phillips, Thomas, Mill Complex (added 1983 - - #83001403)
708 and 712 Nottingham Rd. , Newark
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Public School No. 111-C (added 1979 - - #79000625)
DE 7 , Christiana
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Betelle,James O.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Historic Person:
du Pont,Pierre S. III
Significant Year:
1923
Area of Significance:
Black, Education, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Quaker Hill Historic District (added 1979 - - #79000635)
Also known as See Also:Quaker Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Roughly bounded by Tatnall, Jefferson, 2nd and 7th Sts. , Wilmington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Gothic, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Robelen Piano Company Building (added 1985 - - #85003574)
710 Market St. , Wilmington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Robinson House (added 1971 - - #71000225)
Also known as Naaman`s
Naaman's Corner , Claymont
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Robinson,Thomas
Significant Year:
1812, 1654, 1777
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military, Industry
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1650-1699
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA (steamboat) (added 1979 - - #79000637)
Christina River , Wilmington
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Pusey & Jones Corp., Sharp,George C.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Architecture, Transportation, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Schagrin, Charles, Building (added 1985 - - #85000156)
Also known as state survey no.: N.2159
608 N. Market St. , Wilmington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
St. Georges Presbyterian Church (added 1984 - - #84000263)
Main St. , St. Georges
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Allen,Edward
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
St. Thomas Episcopal Church (added 1982 - - #82002350)
21 Elkton Rd. , Newark
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Upjohn,Richard
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Torbert Street Livery Stables (added 1998 - - #98001095)
Also known as Hercules Powder Company Printing Department;Charles Printing
305-307 Torbert St. , Wilmington
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Communications, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Communications Facility, Organizational, Road-Related, Warehouse
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Wesley M.E. Church (added 1983 - - #83001407)
DE 896 , McClellandville
Choess, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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