Saint George's Hundred in Port Penn in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Canary-Naudine House & Store

1 Market Street

— Port Penn Historic District —

Canary-Naudine House & Store Marker image. Click for more information.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 5, 2021

1. Canary-Naudine House & Store Marker

National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form
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Inscription. Canary-Naudine
House & Store
is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
c. 1785

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1785.

Location. 39° 31.037′ N, 75° 34.736′ W. Marker is in Port Penn, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is in Saint George's Hundred. It is on Market Street (Delaware Route 9) just east of Delaware City Port Penn Road ( Route 9), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 Market St, Port Penn DE 19731, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Delaware’s Southern New Castle County, 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

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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 markers are within walking distance of this marker: Webb-Jefferson House (a few steps from this marker); Casper-Eaton House (a few steps from this marker); Samuel Carpenter House (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of Zacheis Cannery (within shouting distance of this marker); Mary Stewart-Cox House (within shouting distance of this marker); Village of Port Penn (within shouting distance of this marker); The Cannery Lot (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Port Penn Schoolhouse (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Port Penn.

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

Also see . . . Port Penn Historic District - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form.

The last house on Market Street, at the corner of Route 9, is
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 5, 2021

2. The Canary-Naudine House & Store
Architectural description excerpt, page 19:
1 East Market Street - Third quarter 19th-century, 2-story frame house with composition siding.
the M. Nandine (N-3928.4) dwelling dating from the same mid-19th-century period of construction as the Jefferson and Fleming houses. Two stories in elevation, the Nandine House has a gable roof with projecting eaves having slight returns, a hall-parlor-plan, and central chimney pile. The frame core has lean-to additions on both the rear and east walls and a gable end front porch of recent construction. The Nandine House is only one of two gable end front houses in Port Penn and marks the end of the early residential district.

(Submitted on April 24, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 20, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 6, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 279 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 6, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.