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

Sussex County Delaware (Historic Districts) has 16 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Bridgeville Historic District, Fort Miles Historic District, National Harbor of Refuge and Delaware Breakwater Harbor Historic District, Barnes Woods Archeological District and Cape Henlopen Archeological District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Woodland Ii, African-American, Late Woodland and Middle Woodland dating back to 3499 BC.

The famous person William Cannon is associated with one of more of the Sussex County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Sussex County places including William Strickland, Charles Mason, Jeremiah Dixon, Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Co. and JOHN RICHARDS. Prominent architectural styles found in Sussex Country are Late Victorian, Queen Anne and Italianate.

Barnes Woods Archeological District (added 1996 - - #96001413)

Also known as S-9012;S-4981;S-4982;S-5742;S-8590

Address Restricted , Seaford

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event

Area of Significance:

Black, Prehistoric, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Woodland Ii, African-American

Period of Significance:

500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 3000-3499 BC, 2500-2999 BC, 2000-2499 BC, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1500-1999 BC, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD, 1000-1499 BC

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Extractive Facility, Processing, Processing Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area

Bethel Historic District (added 1975 - - #75000544)

Also known as Lewisville, Lewis' Wharf

0.4 mi. W of Laurel , Bethel

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Bridgeville Historic District (added 1994 - - #94000361)

Also known as CRS No. S-8735;See Also:Bridgeville Public Library;Old Bridg

Roughly bounded by Market, Main and Edgewood Sts., School House Ln., Maple Alley and the Penn Central RR tracks , Bridgeville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Historic Person:

Cannon, William

Significant Year:

1856, 1871

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Fire Station, Multiple Dwelling, Public Works, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Correctional Facility, Department Store, Multiple Dwelling, School, Single Dwelling

Cape Henlopen Archeological District (added 1978 - - #78000920)

Also known as 7S-D-8,9,22,27,29,30 and 34

Address Restricted , Lewes

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Late Woodland, Middle Woodland

Period of Significance:

500-999 BC, 1500-1999 BC

Owner:

Federal, State

Historic Function:

Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Underwater

Current Function:

Defense

Current Sub-function:

Park

Carey's Camp Meeting Ground (added 1973 - - #73000557)

W of Millsboro off DE 24 , Millsboro

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Religion, Social History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Camp

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

Fort Miles Historic District (added 2004 - - #04001076)

Also known as CRS# S-6048

At the confluence of the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay , Lewes

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Military

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Arms Storage, Fortification, Institutional Housing, Military Facility, Water-Related

Current Function:

Domestic, Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Research Facility, Single Dwelling, Water-Related

Indian River Archeological Complex (added 1978 - - #78000922)

Also known as Indian River Middle Woodland Archeological Complex;S-638;S-6

Address Restricted , Millsboro

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Middle Woodland

Period of Significance:

499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

Laurel Historic District (added 1988 - - #88001056)

West St. to Rossakatum Creek to Tenth St. , Laurel

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

State, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Financial Institution, Hotel, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Financial Institution, Hotel, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Warehouse

Lewes Historic District (added 1977 - - #77000393)

Also known as Deale, Whorekill, Lewistown;See Also:Lewes Historic District

Ship-carpenter, Front, Savannah, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Sts. , Lewes

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event, Information Potential

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Second Empire, Queen Anne, Other

Area of Significance:

Industry, Transportation, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Community Planning And Development, Politics/Government, Military, Architecture, Religion

Cultural Affiliation:

English Settlement, Dutch Settlement

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1750-1799

Owner:

State, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Defense, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Fortification

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Park, Rail-Related

Lewes Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1992 - - #92000462)

Also known as S-290;See Also:Lewes Historic District

Roughly bounded by Front St., Savannah Rd., McFee St. and the Penn Central RR tracks, Lewes and Rehobeth Hundred , Lewes

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Early Republic, Colonial, Mid 19th Century Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699

Owner:

Federal, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Museum, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Milton Historic District (added 1982 - - #82002366)

DE 5 , Milton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

National Harbor of Refuge and Delaware Breakwater Harbor Historic District (added 1989 - - #89000289)

Also known as S-186;See Also:Delaware Breakwater and Lewes Harbor

Mouth of Delaware Bay at Cape Henlopen , Lewes

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Water-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Water-Related

Richards Historic District (added 1983 - - #83003522)

County Rd. 34 , Greenwood

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

RICHARDS,JOHN

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Government

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling, Storage

Seaford Station Complex (added 1978 - - #78000930)

Also known as Seaford Station

Nanticoke River at Delaware Railroad Bridge , Seaford

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Co.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Rail-Related

South Milford Historic District (added 1983 - - #83001358)

Roughly bounded by Mispillion River, Maple Ave., Church and Washington Sts. , Milford

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling