Delaware - Sussex County - Historic Districts
Sussex County Delaware (Historic Districts) has 16 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Bridgeville Historic District, Fort Miles Historic District, National Harbor of Refuge and Delaware Breakwater Harbor Historic District, Barnes Woods Archeological District and Cape Henlopen Archeological District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Woodland Ii, African-American, Late Woodland and Middle Woodland dating back to 3499 BC.

The famous person William Cannon is associated with one of more of the Sussex County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Sussex County places including William Strickland, Charles Mason, Jeremiah Dixon, Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Co. and JOHN RICHARDS. Prominent architectural styles found in Sussex Country are Late Victorian, Queen Anne and Italianate.

Barnes Woods Archeological District (added 1996 - - #96001413)
Also known as S-9012;S-4981;S-4982;S-5742;S-8590
Address Restricted , Seaford
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Black, Prehistoric, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Woodland Ii, African-American
Period of Significance:
500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 3000-3499 BC, 2500-2999 BC, 2000-2499 BC, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1500-1999 BC, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD, 1000-1499 BC
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Extractive Facility, Processing, Processing Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Conservation Area
Bethel Historic District (added 1975 - - #75000544)
Also known as Lewisville, Lewis' Wharf
0.4 mi. W of Laurel , Bethel
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Bridgeville Historic District (added 1994 - - #94000361)
Also known as CRS No. S-8735;See Also:Bridgeville Public Library;Old Bridg
Roughly bounded by Market, Main and Edgewood Sts., School House Ln., Maple Alley and the Penn Central RR tracks , Bridgeville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Historic Person:
Cannon, William
Significant Year:
1856, 1871
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Fire Station, Multiple Dwelling, Public Works, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Correctional Facility, Department Store, Multiple Dwelling, School, Single Dwelling
Cape Henlopen Archeological District (added 1978 - - #78000920)
Also known as 7S-D-8,9,22,27,29,30 and 34
Address Restricted , Lewes
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Late Woodland, Middle Woodland
Period of Significance:
500-999 BC, 1500-1999 BC
Owner:
Federal, State
Historic Function:
Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Underwater
Current Function:
Defense
Current Sub-function:
Park
Carey's Camp Meeting Ground (added 1973 - - #73000557)
W of Millsboro off DE 24 , Millsboro
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Religion, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Camp
Delaware Boundary Markers (added 1975 - - #75002101)
Also known as Transpeninsular Line;Mason-Dixon Line;Tangent Line;The Arc;T
State boundary lines between DE-MD/DE-PA , Not Applicable
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Dixon,Jeremiah, Mason,Charles
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1750-1799
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Fort Miles Historic District (added 2004 - - #04001076)
Also known as CRS# S-6048
At the confluence of the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay , Lewes
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Arms Storage, Fortification, Institutional Housing, Military Facility, Water-Related
Current Function:
Domestic, Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Camp, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Research Facility, Single Dwelling, Water-Related
Indian River Archeological Complex (added 1978 - - #78000922)
Also known as Indian River Middle Woodland Archeological Complex;S-638;S-6
Address Restricted , Millsboro
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Middle Woodland
Period of Significance:
499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
Laurel Historic District (added 1988 - - #88001056)
West St. to Rossakatum Creek to Tenth St. , Laurel
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
State, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Financial Institution, Hotel, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Department Store, Financial Institution, Hotel, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Warehouse
Lewes Historic District (added 1977 - - #77000393)
Also known as Deale, Whorekill, Lewistown;See Also:Lewes Historic District
Ship-carpenter, Front, Savannah, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Sts. , Lewes
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event, Information Potential
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Second Empire, Queen Anne, Other
Area of Significance:
Industry, Transportation, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Community Planning And Development, Politics/Government, Military, Architecture, Religion
Cultural Affiliation:
English Settlement, Dutch Settlement
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1750-1799
Owner:
State, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Defense, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Park, Rail-Related
Lewes Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1992 - - #92000462)
Also known as S-290;See Also:Lewes Historic District
Roughly bounded by Front St., Savannah Rd., McFee St. and the Penn Central RR tracks, Lewes and Rehobeth Hundred , Lewes
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Early Republic, Colonial, Mid 19th Century Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699
Owner:
Federal, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Museum, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Milton Historic District (added 1982 - - #82002366)
DE 5 , Milton
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
National Harbor of Refuge and Delaware Breakwater Harbor Historic District (added 1989 - - #89000289)
Also known as S-186;See Also:Delaware Breakwater and Lewes Harbor
Mouth of Delaware Bay at Cape Henlopen , Lewes
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal, Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Water-Related
Richards Historic District (added 1983 - - #83003522)
County Rd. 34 , Greenwood
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
RICHARDS,JOHN
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Government
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling, Storage
Seaford Station Complex (added 1978 - - #78000930)
Also known as Seaford Station
Nanticoke River at Delaware Railroad Bridge , Seaford
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Co.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Rail-Related
South Milford Historic District (added 1983 - - #83001358)
Roughly bounded by Mispillion River, Maple Ave., Church and Washington Sts. , Milford
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
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