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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QFF_spencer-plaza-rain-gardens-are-working-to-keep-wilmingtons-waterways-clear_Wilmington-DE.html
Rain is natural, but our hard-surfaced buildings, sidewalks and streets create an unnatural amount of water runoff that can cause flooding and pollute our creeks and rivers. Engine fluids (gasoline, oils, etc.) from the streets, trash on the sidew…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QFE_old-college_Newark-DE.html
This building contained a chapel (called the Oratory) class, dormitory, dining, administrative, and student society rooms. Newark College chartered February 5, 1833, opened its doors for instruction May 8, 1834. Name changed to Delaware College Ap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QFD_the-diamonds-walkway_Newark-DE.html
The Diamonds Walkway recognizes donors who make leadership level gifts to the University of Delaware for five consecutive years as members of the Delaware Diamonds Society. Each brick in the walkway is inscribed to recognize the generosity of ou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QFC_vic-willis_Newark-DE.html
Victor Gazaway Willis was born April 12, 1876 and spent his youth and much of his life in Newark, Delaware. He attended and played baseball for Delaware College (now the University of Delaware) in 1897. The Delaware Peach," as he was known, became…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QFB_judge-morris-estate_Newark-DE.html
This estate, now owned and operated by Delaware State Parks, was once known as Chestnut Hill and contains a manor house and approximately 500 acres of land. John Barclay acquired the property after the American Revolution and in 1792 built the mai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QFA_new-london-avenue-school_Newark-DE.html
The first documented public school for African-American youth in the Newark community was established in 1867 by the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. This was one of several schools established in Delaware during the post Civil Wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QF9_hockessin-friends-meetinghouse_Hockessin-DE.html
The Hockessin Friends Meeting has operated with an active membership and regular services, known as Meetings for Worship, since its founding. The Meeting is part of the larger Philadelphia Yearly Meeting faith community. The expansion of the Reli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QF8_hockessin-school-107c_Hockessin-DE.html
Also known as the Hockessin Colored School, this building was constructed in 1920 to serve the needs of the communities African-American students. Funding for construction was provided by the Delaware School Auxiliary Association and its primary s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QF7_chippey-african-union-methodist-church_Hockessin-DE.html
In 1813 a group of African-American Methodists formed an independent denomination known as the African Union Church. It was the first incorporated religious body in the United States controlled entirely by African-Americans. In 1866 the African Un…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QF6_peniel-united-methodist-church_Newport-DE.html
Tradition states that a young Irish immigrant moved to the local area in 1786 and sought out a Methodist minister from Wilmington to preach in Newport. By the early nineteenth century, a permanent Methodist Society had been established in the area…
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