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  2. First State National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    First State National Historical Park is a National Park Service unit which lies primarily in the state of Delaware but which extends partly into Pennsylvania in Chadds Ford. Initially created as First State National Monument by President Barack Obama under the Antiquities Act on March 25, 2013, the park was later redesignated as First State ...

  3. Beaver Valley, Delaware and Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    In 2012, The Woodlawn Trustees submitted development plans to Concord Township Supervisors in Delaware County for the purpose of constructing approximately 500 housing units and a 225,000 square foot national retail store, all of which would adjoin the First State National Historical Park in Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania ...

  4. First State Heritage Park - Wikipedia

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    It is a partnership of state and city agencies under the leadership of Delaware State Parks. Delaware was the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. The sites of the park highlight Delaware's role as the First State. First State Heritage Park is open year-round, with special tours of the sites given the first Saturday of each ...

  5. New Castle Court House Museum - Wikipedia

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    This was the first adoption of a state constitution following the issuance of the Declaration. The building served as the state's first capitol until 1777, when Philadelphia and Wilmington were captured by the British. In light of the danger, Delaware's government moved south, establishing Dover as the new capital city. The building continued ...

  6. List of Pennsylvania state parks - Wikipedia

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    This is the smallest state park in Pennsylvania, a day use picnic area on PA 192. Shawnee State Park: Bedford County: 3,983 acres (1,612 ha) 1951: Lake Shawnee: Rental lodge on an island in the lake: Shikellamy State Park: Northumberland and Union Counties: 132 acres (53 ha) 1960: West Branch and North Branch Susquehanna River

  7. National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware ...

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    Location of Delaware County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register ...

  8. John Dickinson House - Wikipedia

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    The property is owned by the State of Delaware and run as a museum by the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs. It became part of the First State National Historical Park in 2013. The main house is an Early Georgian mansion and was built on a 13,000-acre (5,300 ha) plantation in 1739–40 by Judge Samuel Dickinson, the father of ...

  9. List of National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Three of these sites are shared with other states and are credited by the National Park Service as being located in those other states: the Delaware and Hudson Canal (centered in New York but extending into Pennsylvania); the Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey (on the Ohio–Pennsylvania border); and the Minisink Archeological Site ...