List of National Historic Landmarks in Delaware

Jacob Broom House

New Castle County Court House
New Castle Historic District
Stonum

Lombardy Hall

Eleutherian Mills
Fort Christina
Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church
Howard High School

John Dickinson House

Aspendale

Corbit-Sharp House

Lightship LV-118

Delaware National Historic Landmarks (clickable map)

This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Delaware. There are 13 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Delaware.

NHLs

They are distributed over the three counties of Delaware. Following is a complete list:

[1]	Landmark name	Image	Date designated[2]	Location	County	Description
1	Aspendale		April 15, 1970 (#70000170)	Kenton 39°06′10″N 75°26′58″W / 39.102778°N 75.449444°W	Kent	House and small plantation, intact from 1771.
2	Jacob Broom House		December 2, 1974 (#74000602)	Montchanin 39°47′03″N 75°39′44″W / 39.784221°N 75.662224°W	New Castle	Home of constitutional convention delegate Jacob Broom, this historic house is near Brandywine Creek. It is part of the Hagley Museum.
3	Corbit-Sharp House		December 24, 1967 (#67000004)	Odessa 39°27′15″N 75°39′24″W / 39.454167°N 75.656667°W	New Castle	House built in 1772 exemplifying influence of late Georgian architecture from Philadelphia into surrounding regions.
4	John Dickinson House		January 20, 1961 (#66000258)	Dover 39°06′10″N 75°26′58″W / 39.102778°N 75.449444°W	Kent	Delaware home where John Dickinson wrote Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania analyzing economic difficulties of colonial America, before the American Revolutionary War
5	Eleutherian Mills		November 13, 1966 (#66000259)	Wilmington 39°46′50″N 75°34′30″W / 39.780556°N 75.575°W	New Castle	Gunpowder mills along Brandywine Creek founded by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont in 1802. It is part of the Hagley Museum.
6	Fort Christina		November 5, 1961 (#66000260)	Wilmington 39°44′07″N 75°32′18″W / 39.735234°N 75.538461°W	New Castle	This was the first and principal settlement of the New Sweden colony.
7	Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church		November 5, 1961 (#66000261)	Wilmington 39°44′21″N 75°32′28″W / 39.739135°N 75.541174°W	New Castle	The oldest surviving church from New Sweden, it hosted services in Swedish from 1698 well into the 1800s.
8	Howard High School		April 5, 2005 (#85000309)	Wilmington 39°44′48″N 75°32′30″W / 39.746556°N 75.541556°W	New Castle	An all African American high school, this school was subject of Gebhart v. Belton, a desegregation case that was combined with others in the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision by the United States Supreme Court.
9	Lightship LV-118 (Overfalls)		June 14, 2011 (#89000006)	Lewes 38°46′41″N 75°08′28″W / 38.777917°N 75.141111°W	Sussex	Unique lightship was one of few to remain in service during World War II
10	Lombardy Hall		December 2, 1974 (#72000292)	Wilmington 39°46′46″N 75°32′41″W / 39.779498°N 75.544726°W	New Castle	Home of Gunning Bedford, Jr., a delegate to constitutional convention and signer of the U.S. Constitution.
11	New Castle Court House		November 28, 1972 (#72000285)	New Castle 39°39′28″N 75°33′49″W / 39.657878°N 75.563680°W	New Castle	Hosted Delaware's colonial assembly from 1704-1777.
12	New Castle Historic District		December 24, 1967 (#67000003)	New Castle 39°39′38″N 75°33′48″W / 39.660512°N 75.563312°W	New Castle	Capital of Delaware colony from 1651 to 1761, having well preserved architecture.
13	Stonum		November 7, 1973 (#73000524)	New Castle 39°39′37″N 75°34′34″W / 39.660222°N 75.576026°W	New Castle	Home of George Read, signer of the Declaration of Independence

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware
• List of National Historic Landmarks by state

References

1. Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
2. The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.

External links

• "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State--Delaware (12)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-10-02.
• National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service