Bridgeville is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population is 2,048, an increase of 42.6% from the previous decade. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Seaford is a city located along the Nanticoke River in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. According to the 2010 Census Bureau figures, the population of the city is 6,928, an increase of 3.4% from the 2000 census. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The Woodland Ferry, historically known as Cannon's Ferry, is a cable ferry located in western Sussex County, Delaware, United States, spanning the Nanticoke River at Woodland, Delaware, west of the city of Seaford. The ferry is operated year-round by the Delaware Department of Transportation. It is closed on national holidays of Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Year's Day, and also as required by weather.
The Delaware Governor's Mansion, also known as Woodburn or Governor's House, is the official residence of the governor of Delaware and the governor's family. It is located in Dover, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Governor's House" in 1972.
Eratt House is a historic home located near Bridgeville, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built about 1750, and is a two-story, three-bay, single-pile brick structure with a gable roof. The house is in the hall-and-parlor plan. The house was converted for use as a garage. It is one of only about a dozen surviving 18th-century brick houses in Sussex County.
Building at 200–202A High Street is a historic store and dwelling located at Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built about 1910, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, seven bay, "L"-shaped brick structure. The front section has a gable roof and the rear section a hipped roof. It is typical of the stores with attached dwellings that were located along High Street.
The Building at High and Cannon Streets was a historic commercial building located at Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built about 1885 and was a two-story, ten-bay, flat-roofed frame structure sheathed in pressed tin and asphalt brick-like siding. The original showcase windows and recessed doorways revealed that the building was originally divided into several stores.
Burton Hardware Store, also known as Burton Brothers Hardware Store, was a historic commercial building located at Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built about 1900, and was a two-story, roughly square, frame structure. It had a low-pitched roof and was partially sheathed in sheet metal imitations of rusticated cement blocks. The front facade featured an elaborate pressed metal cornice.
First National Bank of Seaford is a historic bank building located at Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in 1868, and is a two-story, five bay, rectangular brick structure in the Italianate style. It has a hipped roof with dormers and a two-story, frame addition. It is the oldest standing bank building in Seaford and has been converted to apartments.
Sussex National Bank of Seaford is a historic bank building located at Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in 1887, and is a one-story, two bay, rectangular brick structure with a low hipped roof. It features an elaborate brick cornice, showcase window, spires and gable, and brick work detail.
Edgar and Rachel Ross House is a historic home located at Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built between 1894 and 1897, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, brick and frame dwelling in the American Foursquare style. It has a hipped roof with dormers, one-story wraparound porch with Colonial Revival-style columns, and two-story frame ell with a gable roof added between 1897 and 1904.
Jesse Robinson House was a historic home located at Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It consisted of two sections: the rear wing, built about 1820 as a single-pile, one-room-plan frame house, and the front section, added about 1860 as a two-story single-pile, center-hall-plan frame structure. Five bays in width and resting on a brick foundation, it had design elements that mixed the Greek Revival and Italianate styles.
Lawrence was a historic home located near Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built about 1840, as a three-story, three bay, frame structure with a gable roof. It has a rear service wing. It featured a front portico supported by four square columns. Original details, including hardware, flooring, trim, and landscaping, survived throughout the house and grounds.
Gov. William H. Ross House, also known as The Ross Mansion, is a historic home located near Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in 1859, and is a two-story, brick mansion in three main connected blocks in an "H"-shape. It is in the Italianate style and features a three-story tower in the central space. The interior retains its original plaster mouldings, its Victorian trim, doors, and original inside shutters. It was the home of Delaware Governor William H. H. Ross (1814-1887), who built the home along the railroad he helped to establish.
Hearn and Rawlins Mill, also known as the Cannon and Ross Mill and Hearn Mill, is a historic grist mill complex located near Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built about 1880, on the site of a previous mill built in 1820. It is a water-powered mill with two overshot wheels installed in 1912. The mill and two associated warehouses are frame buildings, sheathed in metal, on brick footings. They are located on an earthen dam, rebuilt in 1912.
Seaford Station Complex is a historic railway station complex and national historic district located at Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware. It includes two contributing buildings and two contributing structures and considered an outstanding example of a turn-of-the-20th century, unaltered, small-town railroad complex in Delaware. They are the Seaford Railroad Station, Seaford Freight Station, the Nanticoke River moveable railroad bridge, and mainline railroad tracks. The Seaford Railroad Station is brick rectangular building with a large bracketed overhang, built about 1905. The Seaford Freight Station was built about the same time, and consists of an open porch, covered by an arcaded extension of the roof, with an office and store room. The Nanticoke River moveable railroad bridge is an iron through-truss structure carrying a single track. It was built about 1890 by the Pencoyd Bridge and Construction Company of Pencoyd, Pennsylvania. The main line track north of the depot was double-tracked just before World War I.
Old Statehouse is a historic state capitol building located on The Green at Dover, Kent County, Delaware. It was built between 1787 and 1792, and is a two-story, five bay, brick structure in a Middle Georgian style. The front facade features a fanlight over the center door and above it a Palladian window at the center of the second floor. It has a shingled side gabled roof topped with an octagonal cupola. A number of attached wings were added between 1836 and 1926. From 1792 to 1932 it was the sole seat of State government, while from 1792 until 1873 it served also as Kent County Court House.
Parson Thorne Mansion, also known as Silver Hill, is a historic mansion located at Milford, Kent County, Delaware. The mansion is located across from the Mill House. It was built between 1730 and 1735, and is a two-story, five-bay, center hall brick dwelling in the Georgian style. It has flanking one-story wings and a two-story frame rear wing. The house was remodeled in 1879, and features a steeply pitched cross-gable roof with dormers. It was the home of Delaware Governor William Burton (1789–1866) and the boyhood home of statesman John M. Clayton (1796–1856).
Ashton Historic District is a national historic district located near Port Penn, New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It encompasses six contributing buildings associated with an original settler and his immediate descendants on early land grant in St. Georges Hundred. The three structures associated with the early occupation are the Robert Ashton House, the Joseph Ashton House, and the John Ashton House. The Robert Ashton House, probably the earliest of the group, is a frame, five-bay, single-pile, gambrel-roofed building with shed-roofed dormers. The Joseph Ashton House, consists of an early-18th-century two-story, three-bay, hall-and-parlor-plan brick structure with a late-18th or early-19th century brick wing. The John Ashton House, consists of a brick, early-18th century two-story, three-bay, hall-and-parlor-plan house with a frame wing.
