Crooked Billet
NCC-247: In 1684, William Penn deeded this property to Adam Stedham, who built a small two-room stone house on the land. Stedham’s son, William, expanded the house into the Crooked Billet Tavern in 1702. George Washington and his troops stopped at the tavern on September 9, 1777, before facing the British at the Battle of […]
Brandywine Village and The Road to Yorktown
NCC-246: On September 4-7, 1781, residents of Brandywine Village watched as thousands of American and French troops marched through their community along the King’s Highway on their way to Yorktown, Virginia. The combined forces, under the commands of Generals Washington and Rochambeau, nearly quadrupled the size of Wilmington while they camped on the outskirts of […]
Sign Of The Ship Tavern
NCC-A13: Site of famous tavern of Revolutionary days, known as “The Sign of the Ship.” John Marshall was then Innkeeper. Officers of Continental Army were quartered here. Washington, Lafayette, Aaron Burr and Commodore Perry were among its distinguished guests. Captain Patrick O’Flinn, Officer of American Revolution, was proprietor, 1797 to 1818. Installed in 1932. Sponsors: […]
Home of Allen McLane
KC-60A: For many years this home was the property of Colonel Allen McLane, statesman, and hero of the American Revolution. Born in Philadelphia August 8, 1746, McLane had moved to Delaware by 1769. His military career began when he was commissioned as an officer in the state militia in 1775. After the outbreak of the […]
Gunning Bedford, Jr.
1747-1812. Member of Continental Congress and of Annapolis Convention. A framer of United States Constitution, which Delaware was first to ratify. Appointed first District Judge of Delaware by President Washington. Purchased this property 1793 as country home, naming it “Lombardy”. Buried at Tenth and Market Streets, Wilmington. Reinterred 1921 at Masonic Home. NC-6. Installed in […]
