List of National Historic Landmarks in Delaware

Jacob Broom House

New Castle County Court House
New Castle Historic District
Stonum

Lombardy Hall

Eleutherian Mills
Fort Christina
Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church
Howard High School

John Dickinson House

Aspendale

Corbit-Sharp House

Lightship LV-118

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Delaware National Historic Landmarks (clickable map)

This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Delaware. There are 14 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Delaware.

NHLs

They are distributed over the three counties of Delaware. Following is a complete list:

[1]	Landmark name	Image	Date designated [2]	Location	County	Description
1	Aspendale	Aspendale More images	April 15, 1970 (#70000170)	Kenton 39°13′18″N75°41′09″W / 39.221667°N 75.685833°W / 39.221667; -75.685833 (Aspendale)	Kent	House and small plantation, intact from 1771.
2	Jacob Broom House	Jacob Broom House More images	December 2, 1974 (#74000602)	Montchanin 39°46′55″N75°34′34″W / 39.781950°N 75.575997°W / 39.781950; -75.575997 (Jacob Broom House)	New Castle	Home of constitutional convention delegate Jacob Broom, this historic house is near Brandywine Creek. It is privately owned, near the Hagley Museum and Library.
3	Corbit-Sharp House	Corbit-Sharp House More images	December 24, 1967 (#67000004)	Odessa 39°27′15″N75°39′24″W / 39.454167°N 75.656667°W / 39.454167; -75.656667 (Corbit-Sharp House)	New Castle	House built in 1772 exemplifying influence of late Georgian architecture from Philadelphia into surrounding regions.
4	John Dickinson House	John Dickinson House More images	January 20, 1961 (#66000258)	Dover 39°06′10″N75°26′58″W / 39.102778°N 75.449444°W / 39.102778; -75.449444 (John Dickinson House)	Kent	Delaware home where John Dickinson wrote Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania analyzing economic difficulties of colonial America, before the American Revolutionary War
5	Eleutherian Mills	Eleutherian Mills More images	November 13, 1966 (#66000259)	Wilmington 39°46′50″N75°34′30″W / 39.780556°N 75.575°W / 39.780556; -75.575 (Eleutherian Mills)	New Castle	Gunpowder mills along Brandywine Creek founded by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont in 1802. It is part of the Hagley Museum.
6	Fort Christina	Fort Christina More images	November 5, 1961 (#66000260)	Wilmington 39°44′07″N75°32′18″W / 39.735234°N 75.538461°W / 39.735234; -75.538461 (Fort Christina)	New Castle	This was the first and principal settlement of the New Sweden colony.
7	Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church	Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church More images	November 5, 1961 (#66000261)	Wilmington 39°44′21″N75°32′28″W / 39.739135°N 75.541174°W / 39.739135; -75.541174 (Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church)	New Castle	The oldest surviving church from New Sweden, it hosted services in Swedish from 1698 well into the 1800s.
8	Howard High School	Howard High School	April 5, 2005 (#85000309)	Wilmington 39°44′48″N75°32′30″W / 39.746556°N 75.541556°W / 39.746556; -75.541556 (Howard High School)	New Castle	An all African American high school, this school was subject of Gebhart v. Belton, a desegregation case that was combined with others in the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision by the United States Supreme Court.
9	Lightship LV-118 (Overfalls)	Lightship LV-118 (Overfalls) More images	June 14, 2011 (#89000006)	Lewes 38°46′41″N75°08′28″W / 38.777917°N 75.141111°W / 38.777917; -75.141111 (Lightship LV-118 (Overfalls))	Sussex	Unique lightship was one of few to remain in service during World War II
10	Lombardy Hall	Lombardy Hall More images	December 2, 1974 (#72000292)	Fairfax, Brandywine Hundred 39°46′53″N75°32′43″W / 39.781485°N 75.545325°W / 39.781485; -75.545325 (Lombardy Hall)	New Castle	Home of Gunning Bedford Jr., a delegate to constitutional convention and signer of the U.S. Constitution.
11	New Castle Court House	New Castle Court House More images	November 28, 1972 (#72000285)	New Castle 39°39′28″N75°33′49″W / 39.657878°N 75.563680°W / 39.657878; -75.563680 (New Castle Court House)	New Castle	Hosted Delaware's colonial assembly from 1704-1777.
12	New Castle Historic District	New Castle Historic District More images	December 24, 1967 (#67000003)	New Castle 39°39′38″N75°33′48″W / 39.660512°N 75.563312°W / 39.660512; -75.563312 (New Castle Historic District)	New Castle	Capital of Delaware colony from 1651 to 1761, having well preserved architecture.
13	George Read II House	George Read II House More images	December 23, 2016 (#100000872)	New Castle 39°39′35″N75°33′41″W / 39.659607°N 75.561468°W / 39.659607; -75.561468 (George Read II House)	New Castle	Home of George Read Jr., the first U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware
14	Stonum	Stonum More images	November 7, 1973 (#73000524)	New Castle 39°39′37″N75°34′34″W / 39.660222°N 75.576026°W / 39.660222; -75.576026 (Stonum)	New Castle	Home of George Read, signer of the Declaration of Independence

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware
• List of National Historic Landmarks by state

References

1. Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
2. The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.

External links

• "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State--Delaware (12)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved October 2, 2007.
• National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service