January 2016 Historic Homes E Newsletter The New Castle Historical Society asks you to “Save the date” for February 20, their annual Winter Fundraiser, “Roaring 20’s Bootlegger’s Bash”.The Delaware Humanities Forum programs for January include: January 11, 6:30 p.m. at the Elsmere Library, All O
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12/31/2015
Outside of Wilmington, Delaware is a rural Gothic home called Rockwood. The mansion was built between 1851-1854 for Joseph Shipley, a merchant banker originally from Wilmington. The Mansion was Shipley's retirement home. Shipley spent most of his life in Liverpool, England where he became wealthy
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12/28/2015
This fabled Historic Home, the Chambers Mansion, was built c. 1894 for Miss Marion Clark on 16 acres is in an area named Gordon Heights by an earlier landowner from Scotland, Elliot McNair. The Clark land had been a park with a picnic area, situated high above the Delaware River. It was a lovely
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12/14/2015