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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QF5_lombardy-hall_Wilmington-DE.html
In 1682, William Penn granted 986 acres of land at this location to Valentine Hollingsworth. A portion of the tract was subsequently conveyed to the Robinson family in 1726. The present stone dwelling was erected here circa 1750. In 1785, Gunning …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QF4_frank-furness-railroad-district_Wilmington-DE.html
The B&O Water Street Station (1888), the Pennsylvania Railroad Office Building (1905), and the Wilmington Train Station (1907), comprise a unique campus of railroad architecture by renowned Philadelphia architect Frank Furness (1839-1912). Frequen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QF3_riverview-cemetery_Wilmington-DE.html
Riverview Cemetery was founded in 1872 by a coalition of 18 fraternal lodges of the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. This 42-acre site was the first cemetery outside of Wilmington city limits to be open to people of all…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QF2_mcdonough-burial-ground_Middletown-DE.html
Here lie the remains of the family of James McDonough, an Irish immigrant who purchased land at this location in 1748. Seven children were raised here by James and his wife Lydia. Their eldest, Thomas McDonough, was a prominent local physician. In…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NSQ_former-site-of-the-alston-and-hunn-farms_Middletown-DE.html
Near this location were the farms of John Alston (1794-1872) and John Hunn (1818-1894), cousins who shared the Quaker faith and were well documented operatives on Delaware's Underground Railroad. John Alston sometimes employed fugitives as laborer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IZX_mount-pleasant-school_Wilmington-DE.html
On February 12, 1829, the Delaware Legislature passed the "Act for the establishment of free schools." To meet the educational needs of the area's youth, local residents formed a committee that purchased a parcel of land from Joseph Orr …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ESQ_site-of-gilpin-mills_Wilmington-DE.html
Along this curve of the Brandywine, two brothers, Joshua and Thomas Gilpin, established the first paper mill in Delaware in 1787. Their high quality paper was handmade, one sheet at a time, from rags carted up from nearby Wilmington. In 1795, Thom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ESP_the-annie-oakleys-first-female-prison-guards-in-the-united-states_Wilmington-DE.html
Completed in 1901, the New Castle County Workhouse at Greenbank was named the first penal institution in the United States to employ armed female guards. Nicknamed "Annie Oakleys" for their excellent shooting ability with the machine guns and rifl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EHX_three-welsh-members_Middletown-DE.html
Three Welsh members of the St. George's Anglican Church were reinterred here on Jun 20, 1937, the 232nd anniversary of St. Anne's Parish. Their remains were removed from the church cemetery when the C & D Canal was widened in 1937.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EHW_this-tree-was-living-when-william-penn-came-to-pennsylvania_Middletown-DE.html
1682 - 1932This tree was living whenWilliam Penncame to Pennsylvania1682White Oak, Quercus AlbaGirth Breast High, 1932, 14ft. 4 ins.