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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2Z_bethel-african-methodist-episcopal-church_Milford-DE.html
It is believed that parishioners of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church were worshiping in a private residence on North Street by 1859. The church eventually moved to a site on Church Street to accommodate the growing congregation. On March …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2Y_christ-church_Milford-DE.html
Christ Church Mispillion was the second parish in Delaware established by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The Rev. Thomas Crawford first held services of the Church of England in lower Kent County in 1704. The previ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15SC_the-memorial-vol-fire-co_Milford-DE.html
Founded in 1954 after a fire had destroyed a business on Bay Ave.Re-incorporated in 1958 and theoriginal two bay station wasconstructed in the fall of 1959?Named the Memorial Fire Co.by the charter members in honorof those who have servedour count…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS2U_mispillion-river-greenway-historical-sites_Milford-DE.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS2T_vale-williams-memorial-city-hall_Milford-DE.html
Here stood the home of Col. Robert Hill Williams. After it was destroyed by fire his daughter Maria Elizabeth Williams Vale and her husband Ruby Ross Vale constructed upon the site the present City Hall and gave it to the City of Milford - an endu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS2S_joseph-oliver_Milford-DE.html
In memory of Joseph Oliver who departed this life February 28, twenty minutes after seven in the morning in the Year of our Lord 1807 aged about eighty years.Joseph Oliver was owner of land North of the Mispillion River, formally known as Saw Mill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS2R_the-towers_Milford-DE.html
The Towers has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPV0_abbotts-mill_Milford-DE.html
The origin of Abbott's Mill can be traced to the fall of 1795 when local carpenter Nathan Willey entered into a contract to purchase land at this location. On April 23, 1802, Willey and several of his neighbors presented a petition to the Court of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPUY_major-general-alfred-t-a-torbert_Milford-DE.html
Torbert Memorial StatueThis memorial statue was commissioned by the Milford Museum to honor and commemorate the 175th anniversary of the birth of Major General Alfred T.A. Torbert, born July 1, 1833. General Torbert, a West Point graduate, class o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPUX_milford_Milford-DE.html
Town laid out by Joseph Oliver 1787. Village was located on tract then called "Saw-Mill Range". Named Milford from fording place near mill-dam erected by Rev. Sydenham Thorne across Mispillion Creek, 1787. First incorporated 1807. Old town in Kent…