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The Twelve-Mile Circle. In 1682, James, the Duke of York gave William Penn a deed for land consisting of a 12-mile circle around the town of New Castle. The borders established by this deed were almost immediately contested by Lord Baltimore, proprietor of the colony of Maryland, and thus began an 87-year legal struggle between the two families.
Old Morgan County Courthouse: 1837: This Late Federal style building is the oldest extant courthouse in Alabama. [86] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 24, 1972. [49] Delaware: New Castle County Courthouse: 1731: See earlier section above for more details. Florida: Old Manatee County Courthouse: 1860
The courthouse tower had a flat roof until 2002, when the county invested $225,000 to erect a new cupola with a clock tower, complete with a carillon of chimes. [ 4 ] The bell from the original clock tower now rests in the plaza behind the courthouse near the main entrance to the adjacent Lawrence County Government Center, according to a plaque ...
The New Castle Green was first laid out as a town common in the 1650s by the Dutch colonists who founded New Castle. It is located a block away from the spot where William Penn first arrived in America in 1682, and is bounded by several historic structures, including the Court House, the 1809 federal Arsenal, and the 1703 Immanuel Episcopal ...
The North Hill Historic District is a residential neighborhood in the city of New Castle, Pennsylvania, that was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [2] The 91-block district consists of roughly 450 acres (1.8 km 2 ) of land that sit slightly north of New Castle's business district. [ 2 ]
Lawrence County Courthouse. December 15, 1978 ... New Castle: 8: Old Homestead: Old Homestead: August 22, 1980 : Northwest of Enon Valley off Pennsylvania Route 351
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Butler County, Pennsylvania. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude ...
New Castle is the county seat of Lawrence County which has a population of approximately 91,000. In 1998, New Castle was a host city for the History Channel Great Race. Over 15,000 spectators gathered downtown for the festivities. The city celebrated its 200th birthday in 1998 with a downtown fireworks festival that attracted over 30,000 people.