National Register of Historic Places - Delaware (DE), Kent County

Kent County Delaware (Historic Districts) has 19 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 10 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Byfield Historic District, Lower St. Jones Neck Historic District, Camden Historic District, Coombe Historic District and Delaware Boundary Markers.

The famous person John Dickinson is associated with one of more of the Kent County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Kent County places including Charles Mason, Jeremiah Dixon, Bradford Thomas B., Alonzo Reynolds, Thomas Collins and Gaudreau and Gaudreau. Prominent architectural styles found in Kent Country are Italianate, Greek Revival and Queen Anne.

Bannister Hall and Baynard House (added 1973 - - #73000503)

Also known as Fox Hall

S of Smyrna off DE 300 , Smyrna

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Collins,Thomas

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Byfield Historic District (added 1979 - - #79003232)

Address Restricted , Kitts Humock

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

American Colonial

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Unknown

Camden Historic District (added 1974 - - #74000595)

Also known as Picadilly,Mifflin's Crossroads

Both sides of Camden-Wyoming Ave. and Main St. , Camden

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Georgian, Greek Revival, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History, Religion

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Coombe Historic District (added 1982 - - #82002313)

Also known as See Also:Hughes Early Man Complex

W of Felton on DE 12 and SR 281 , Felton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Delaware Boundary Markers (added 1975 - - #75002101)

Also known as Transpeninsular Line;Mason-Dixon Line;Tangent Line;The Arc;T

State boundary lines between DE-MD/DE-PA , Not Applicable

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Dixon,Jeremiah, Mason,Charles

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1750-1799

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Monument/Marker

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Monument/Marker

Dover Green Historic District (added 1977 - - #77000383)

Also known as Dover, Brother's Portion;See Also:Christ Church;Bradford-Loo

Bounded by Governors Ave., North, South, and East Sts. , Dover

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Reynolds,Alonzo

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Georgian, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Government Office, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Current Sub-function:

Business, Government Office, Single Dwelling

Duck Creek Village (added 1972 - - #72000282)

Also known as Salisbury

DE 65, between Duck Creek and Green's Branch , Smyrna

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry, Social History

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Museum

Felton Historic District (added 1988 - - #87002433)

Also known as See Also: Felton Railroad Station

Roughly bounded by North, Walnut, Main, and Niles Sts. , Felton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Other, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

State, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Social, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Social, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Business, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Frederica Historic District (added 1977 - - #77000385)

Also known as Johnnycake Landing

Market, Front, and David Sts. , Frederica

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Italianate, Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Kenton Historic District (added 1983 - - #83001396)

Commerce St. , Kenton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Little Creek Hundred Rural Historic District (added 1984 - - #84000286)

Also known as See also;Macomb Farm Complex;Octagonal Schoolhouse;Hughes-Wi

DE 9 , Little Creek

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

State, Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Lower St. Jones Neck Historic District (added 1979 - - #79003233)

Also known as See also:Kingston-upon-Hull;Dickenson Mansion

Address Restricted , Kitts Humock

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Person

Historic Person:

Dickinson,John

Significant Year:

1750, 1850

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Non-Aboriginal

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

State, Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling, Underwater

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling, Underwater

North Milford Historic District (added 1983 - - #83001357)

Also known as PH0507474,PH0001279

Roughly bounded by Mispillion River, Silver Lake, N. Walnut and NW 3rd Sts. , Milford

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Federal, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Raymond Neck Historic District (added 1982 - - #82001026)

N of Leipsic between Leipsic River and CR 85 , Leipsic

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Multiple

Significant Year:

1867, 1820, 1830

Area of Significance:

Black, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Smyrna Historic District (added 1980 - - #80000930)

DE 6 and U.S. 13 , Smyrna

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

St. Joseph's Industrial School (added 2002 - - #02001491)

Also known as CRS no. K-5054

355 W. Duck Creek Rd. , Clayton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Gaudreau and Gaudreau

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Black, Education

Cultural Affiliation:

African-American

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church Related Residence, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic, Religious Structure

Victorian Dover Historic District (added 1979 - - #79000622)

Roughly bounded by Silver Lake, St. Jones River, North and Queen Sts. , Dover

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bradford,Rev. Thomas B.

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Commerce, Industry

Cultural Affiliation:

19th Century American

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Wilkerson, J. H., & Son Brickworks (added 1978 - - #78000892)

Off SR 409 , Milford

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Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Industry

Cultural Affiliation:

Industrial American

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Wyoming Historic District (added 1987 - - #86003037)

Also known as See Also:Wyoming Railroad Station

Roughly bounded by Front St., Rodney Ave., Southern Blvd., and Mechanic St. , Wyoming

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Processing, Rail-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Rail-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling