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The Read House & Gardens is a historic house museum at 42 The Strand in New Castle, Delaware.The house, built in 1797-1804 for George Read, Jr., was the largest and most sophisticated residence in the state at the time, and is a significant early example of high-style Federal period architecture.
Lesley-Travers Mansion, also known as the Deemer House, Travers House, and Lesley House, is a historic home located at New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware. It was designed by noted Baltimore architects Thomas and James Dixon and built in 1855. It has a two-story, five-bay, brick core with several appendages and wings.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on National Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware north of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, excluding the city of Wilmington. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included ...
The landscape underwent extensive restoration in 1999, based on the many receipts for plants, as well as extensive historic photographs. [3] [4] In 2009 the University of Delaware acquired Rockwood's archives as a gift from New Castle County. [5]
New Castle 39°39′38″N 75°33′48″W / 39.660512°N 75.563312°W / 39.660512; -75.563312 ( New Castle Historic Capital of Delaware colony from 1651 to 1761, having well preserved architecture.
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 272 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
New Castle Historic District is an area approximately four blocks square in the center of town with about 500 historic buildings, built between 1700 and 1940. This area contains one of the highest concentrations of well-preserved buildings dating from the 17th to early 19th centuries. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1967. [12] [13]
Buena Vista is a historic home located at New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built between 1845 and 1847, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling in the Greek Revival style. It has a service wing and a long wing designed by architect R. Brognard Okie containing a long hall and library.