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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM738_holy-trinity-church_Wilmington-DE.html
In 1638 a colony from Sweden landed at the Rocks nearby. There they built Fort Christina, worshiped therin until 1667 and then built a log church at Cranehook on South side of Christiana River. In 1698, inspired by their pastor, Eric Bjork, they e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM735_scott-ame-zion-church_Wilmington-DE.html
Zion Church in New York City, organized in 1796, was the catalyst by which the African Methodist Episcopal Zion denomination was established in 1821. By the 1870's a number of Wilmington residents had affiliated themselves with this growing denomi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM734_bethel-a-m-e-church_Wilmington-DE.html
On May 10, 1846, a group of African-American residents of Wilmington who had affiliated themselves with the African Methodist Episcopal Church held a meeting for the purposes of electing trustees and organizing as a corporate body. At the time, ap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM71P_the-great-railroad-boom_Wilmington-DE.html
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The Wilmington Morning News of June 8, 1888, reported that the proposed new B & O passenger station, had been designed by Frank Furness of Furness, Evans and Company in Philadelphia. In addition to office space on the second floor, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM71O_freedom-lost_Wilmington-DE.html
By the late 1700s the institution of slavery was declining in Delaware. A changing economy and the active efforts of Quakers and Methodists had led to the manumission of many slaves and dramatic growth of the state's free black population. Though …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM71M_willingtown-square_Wilmington-DE.html
Willingtown Square honors Thomas Willing and the original name of the town he helped found in 1731. The four brick structures, built between 1748 and 1801, represent the types of houses common in early Willingtown. Buildings like these often serve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM71L_old-town-hall_Wilmington-DE.html
The construction of Town Hall began in 1798. Completed the following year, this was the first structure in Wilmington built for government use. It was designed by a building committee which followed the Borough Council's request that the structure…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM71K_old-farmers-bank_Wilmington-DE.html
On February 4, 1807, the General Assembly of the State of Delaware passed an act modeled after the charter of the Bank of the United States "to establish a Bank?under the name of the Farmers' Bank of the State of Delaware." On January 22, 1813, th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM71I_meeting-house-1816_Wilmington-DE.html
Grew from New-Wark Meeting established 1682. Present house is third in this vicinity. Friends School begun here in 1748 has operated continuously. Among 3,000 buried in yard are founders of Wilmington, John Dickinson, "Penman of the Revolution," a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM71G_wilmington-friends-meeting_Wilmington-DE.html
The first Meeting House on this site was built in 1738. It was replaced in 1748 when a larger building was constructed. The old Meeting House was then converted into a school. Known as Wilmington Friends School, it was relocated to a new facility …