Landmarks in New Castle, Delaware

Inscription. Packet boats from Philadelphia met stage coaches here for Frenchtown, Maryland, chief line of communication from North to Baltimore and South. Andrew Jackson, David Crockett, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Lord Ashburton, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Site of home of George Read. Born September 18, 1733. Died September 21, 1798. Member of The C... More on HMDB

Liked the gardens and the house very much. Nice gift shop and staff. Would love to go back. More on TripAdvisor

Inscription. One hundred feet to the East of this point is the site of Fort Casimir. Erected by Dutch in 1651. Taken by Swedes 1654, called Fort Trafaldigheets or Trinity, retaken by Dutch under Petrus Stuyvesant in person September ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Near here October 27, 1682, William Penn first stepped on American soil. He proceeded to the fort and performed Livery of Seisin. “He took the key, thereof, ¦we did deliver unto him 1 turf with a twig upon it, a ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Laid out by Petrus Stuyvesant, Dutch Governor, 1655. On this green stood the old jail and gallows. Here were held the great fairs and weekly markets from early times. , Erected 1932 by Historic Markers Commission. , ... More on HMDB

This page provides information about demographics, enrollment, teachers, special programs, ethnicity, gender, and comparisons ... More on Delaware.schooltree.org

Inscription. Built about 1760. Home of Gunning Bedford, eleventh governor of Delaware. Born 1742. Lieut-Col. in Haslet's Delaware Regiment. Wounded in Battle of White Plains 1776. Presidential Elec... More on HMDB

Inscription. Original dyke built by Dutch 1655. Centre of Twelve Mile Circle marking top of Delaware, surveyed 1701, by Empson and Pusey. , Erected 1932 by Historic Markers Commission. , Location. 39° 39.797′ N, 75° ... More on HMDB

Inscription. An airfield, aircraft plant, and service hangar were built here in 1928 by Giuseppe Mario Bellanca and Henry B. duPont. An aviation pioneer, Bellanca immigrated from Italy in 1912. His plane Columbia was Charles Lindbergh's ... More on HMDB

Inscription. First chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania as Lodge No. 33 on April 3, 1781. Early meetings were held alternately at Christiana Bridge and New Castle. This was one of four Lodges whose representatives gathered ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Erected, by the, United States, to mark the burial place, of, 2436 Confederate soldiers, who died at Fort Delaware, while prisoners of war, and whose graves cannot, now be individually identified. , Location. 39° ... More on HMDB