Newark Union Church and Cemetery
NCC-255: Newark Union Church was built in 1845 near the site of a 1704 poplar log Quaker meetinghouse and burial ground. The church was originally a one-room, two-story fieldstone structure built by Lewis Zebley and John Sharpley for $800. Renovations in 1906 transformed the building into a late Gothic Revival style church with stuccoed exterior […]
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 […]
Site of General Weedon’s Foray at Spring Grove
NCC-264: On September 8, 1777, General George Washington and his Continentals were pursuing British forces headed north along Limestone Road to seize Philadelphia following the Battle of Cooch’s Bridge. General George Weedon advanced his Continental brigade to a hillside east of Mill Creek at what is now known as Spring Grove. British forces advanced to […]
New Online Program at the Delaware Public Archives Focuses on Archaeology at the 1777 Battle of Brandywine
Washington’s Reconnaissance
NCC-53: Generals Washington, Greene, and Lafayette came to Iron Hill, August 26, 1777, in hope of viewing British Army then landing along the Elk River. Only a few tents could be seen. A heavy storm coming up, they spent the night in a nearby farm house. Installed in 1932. Sponsors: Historic Markers Commission, 1932 Marker […]
Belmont Hall
Built on tract of land called “Pearman’s Choice”. Home of Thomas Collins, Brigadier General of Kent County Militia during Revolution and Governor of Delaware (1786-1789) who called State Convention in Dover which on December 7, 1787, was first to ratify the Federal Constitution, thus making Delaware the First State. KC-32: Installed in 1939. Marker Photo […]
Washington’s Earthworks
NCC-33: From September 4-9, 1777, approximately 11,000 men under the command of General George Washington encamped on the grounds of what later became Delcastle Technical High School. The American army occupied a strong defensive position on the east side of Red Clay Creek between Newport, Stanton, and Marshallton, and blocked the British army’s route to […]
Colonel John Haslet
KC-A7: Presbyterian Minister, later practiced medicine. Member of Colonial Assembly. Member of Council of Safety, 1775. Commanded First Delaware Militia Regiment. This regiment reviewed in Dover, later joined Washington’s Army and fought in battles of Long Island and White Plains. It disbanded December 1776. Haslet continuing with Washington’s Army was killed Battle of Princeton, January […]
Prince Georges Chapel
SC-118: Before the settlement of the boundary dispute between Delaware and Maryland, this area was considered to lie in Maryland. On July 5, 1755, responding to the request of members of the Church of England residing in the upper portion of Worcester Parish, the Maryland Assembly enacted legislation authorizing the purchase of land and construction […]
Bishop Richard Allen, Founder of the A.M.E. Church
Richard Allen founded and became the first Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1816. Born into slavery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 14, 1760, Allen and his family were sold to a family near Dover in 1772. While there, he purchased his freedom, became a minister and joined the Continental Army as a […]
