open house: House for Sale & Open House Sunday 1-3 in Stoney Run, Wilmington - 03/20/13 07:08 AM
If you have been waiting for an open house at this new listing, here is your chance to preview this brick ranch house for sale in a convenient location at 114 Walls Avenue in Stoney Crest outside of Wilmington, Delaware on Sunday, March 24, 2013 from 1 to 3 p.m.  
There is plenty of room in this attractive home with central air and comfortable hot water baseboard heat. The first floor features an eat-in kitchen with oak cabinets, garden window, sliding door to patio and 3 bedrooms with the one next to the kitchen being used as dining room.   This brick … (0 comments)

open house: Open House for Important Historic Home in Wilmington - 07/28/12 01:28 AM
Circle Sunday, July 29 on your calendar. From 1 to 3 PM you will have a chance to find the answer to your dream of owning an important historic home. The Henry Webster House was built for a mill owner around the time of the revolution in what was then Brandywine Hundred, north of the City of Wilmington, Delaware. Since the 1930's, it has been a part of the City of Wilmington called Brandywine Hills.
Brandywine Hills is known for many stone Colonial Revival homes built in the 30's and 40's.  Not known to many people is that hiding in plain … (4 comments)

open house: Early Census Records Tell Story of Freedom and Slavery - 07/25/12 08:26 AM
Back in Revolutionary War times, things were tough in Delaware. The millers in Brandywine Village were told by George Washington to hide their mill stones so that the Redcoats would not get them. Old George himself even took over what we now call the Hale-Byrnes House on White Clay Creek, south of Wilmington in 1777 and cleaned out the food the people in the area were storing to keep them over the winter.

This is just the background for a story told by the 1800 Census for Delaware. The first official Census had been done in 1790, and a certain … (0 comments)

open house: Historic Home Open House Planned for Cool Spring Italianate Home - 06/05/12 06:41 AM
If you love pocket doors, wrap-around porches, 11 foot ceilings, and bay windows, put Sunday, June 10 from 1 to 3 PM on your calendar. We are holding an open house at 1323 West 8th Street in Wilmington, Delaware's Cool Spring neighborhood.                      
                                  
This Italianate, late 19th Century Home facing a city park has all the gracious features you would want to see from the past, plus modern amenities such as central air conditioning, new kitchen with granite and stainless steel, walk in closet, and spacious porch and fenced yard. The home is 3,000 sq. ft, and has 5 bedrooms … (2 comments)

open house: Mid-Town Brandywine Home For Sale Open House - 05/30/12 01:06 AM
Located just a stone's throw from downtown Wilmington, Delaware, this Mid-Town Brandywine historic home is in an ideal location with a small town friendliness. 220 West 14th Street is a 106 year old 4 bedroom, 3 1/2 bath home with Historic Home ambiance but modern updates. There are full master suites on both the second and third floors, as well as hardwood floors, granite counters, second floor laundry, new windows, central air conditioning and an open floor plan.
                                
Looks great, doesn't it!  Please visit my Open House on Sunday, June 3, 2012 from 1-3 PM at 220 West 14th … (2 comments)

open house: Wilmington Train Station To Be Re-Named For Biden - 03/18/11 05:52 AM
   
This Saturday, the Wilmington, Delaware Amtrak Station will be officially re-named the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Station. The picture above is one I took at the announcement of the renovations (in July of 2009) which are now completed.
This 1907-08 station was designed by Frank Furness of Philadelphia and is part of a historic district which also includes the Pennsylvania Office Building (once connected to the station by an overhead walkway), the Baltimore and Ohio Water Street Station, and a 4 mile long stone arched viaduct which brings the train tracks to a point above the street and on the … (0 comments)

open house: Open House: Unique Historic Home For Sale in Newark, Delaware - 11/17/10 03:35 AM
          
Although the stucco has been removed from the stone section of this early 19th century home, you can still recognize it in the present day picture on the right, compared to the 1956 picture on the left.  Peter's Fruit Farm is the traditional name for this historic home in Paper Mill Falls in the City of Newark, Delaware.
One big difference is that there is no longer a fruit orchard in back of the house, but rather an "Over 55" community (there are no age restrictions on this historic home). Although the owners of this house get their … (0 comments)

open house: Open House Sunday at Historic Home For Sale in Yorklyn, Delaware - 09/14/10 02:32 AM
If you care about the environment and love the traditional way of building stone houses, you have a chance to own a beautiful home in a private setting and the State will pay you for preserving the land and the exterior of the Benge House, an  historic home presently for sale in the old mill village of Yorklyn, Delaware.
     
This location overlooking the Red Clay Creek is so important to the adjacent Auburn Heights Preserve that the State of Delaware has offered facade and conservation easements to the next owner. If you are interested in learning more about this once … (7 comments)

open house: New Price on Union Park Gardens Gem Plus an Open House Sept. 12, 2010 - 09/09/10 07:47 AM
   
Here's great news for fans of Wilmington, Delaware's historic Union Park Gardens neighborhood. The home at 442 South Bancroft Parkway is hosting an open house Sunday, September 12 from 1 to 4 PM to introduce a price reduction to $209,900.  So this made a best buy even better! Mint condition, great location on the parkway, and walk to restaurants and pubs in Little Italy.  What more could you want?  Come see us Sunday and visit the website for this house at www.psre.com/9505.
 
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open house: Sunday Open House in Union Park Gardens - 07/29/10 01:16 PM
If you are not familiar with Union Park Gardens in Wilmington, Delaware--here is your chance to not only become familiar with this great City location where you can walk to all kinds of restaurants and pubs in Little Italy, but to see a great, affordable 3 bedroom home priced at $215,000.
         
This community, built in 1918 for shipyard workers on Wilmington's waterfront, is known for its friendly affability, front porches, and the Parkway, which this home at 442 South Bancroft Parkway faces. For more information and photos, see www.psre.com/9505.  The open house is from 1-3 August 1, 2010.
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open house: Open House Sunday in Yorklyn, Delaware Adjacent to State Preserve Land - 07/23/10 05:58 AM
You may have driven by a lovely stone house at 702 Benge Road in Yorklyn, Delaware  on your way along the Red ClayCreek, perhaps for a visit to the Auburn Heights Preserve. Well, here is your chance to preview this home at an open house this Sunday, July 25, 2010 from 1-3 PM.
If you are seeking a restored historic home with new systems, new kitchen and baths, you will love this Yorklyn stone home. Not only is this home beautiful, but its private setting is unmatched. Located adjacent to the new Auburn Heights Preserve, a State park, there are possible financial rewards for … (0 comments)

 
Carolyn Roland- In Delaware and S. Chester County PA, Carolyn Roland, GRI, CRS  (Independent architectural histor'n)

Carolyn Roland- In Delaware and S. Chester County PA

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