Newark in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Recitation Hall

20 East Main Street

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 15, 2019

1. Recitation Hall Marker

Inscription. Recitation
Hall
has been placed on the
National Register
of
Historic Places

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Education. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list.

Location. 39° 41.01′ N, 75° 45.206′ W. Marker is in Newark, Delaware, in New Castle County. It can be reached from East Main Street (Delaware Route 273) east of South College Avenue ( Route 273), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 20 E Main St, Newark DE 19711, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Wilmington and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic

and on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other

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markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Diamonds Walkway (within shouting distance of this marker); Recitation Hall Annex (within shouting distance of this marker); Old College (within shouting distance of this marker); University of Delaware Alumni Association (within shouting distance of this marker); Alumni Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); Warner & Taylor Awards (within shouting distance of this marker); World War I Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Jastak-Burgess Hall (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Newark.

Another marker is no longer nearby. The Diamonds Walkway (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . Old College Historic District - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form.

A State appropriation of $25,000 permitted the construction of Recitation Hall in 1891. As built, Recitation Hall reflected the design created by Frank Furness, one of the leading architects of his day, who may have built the smaller Recitation Annex
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 15, 2019

2. Recitation Hall
in 1888. In spite of its present Greek Revival portico. Recitation Hall remains essentially the same building that the firm of Furness and Evans designed.

(Submitted on April 23, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)

Credits. This page was last revised on April 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 16, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 330 times since then and 27 times this year. Last updated on August 12, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 16, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.