Baltimore Hundred in Ocean View in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Coastal Towns Museum
Circa 1901
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Welcome to the Historic Village in Ocean View!
The Coastal Towns Museum property includes the Evans-West House, a barn (one of the oldest in Sussex County), a wood house (named the Woodhouseum), and an outhouse.
The Evans-West house, placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017, was built in 1901 by James Evans and Mary West Evans. Carolyn Brunner and Dan McCann, descendants of the Evans-West family, donated the house to the Historic Village in Ocean View.
The house itself is not yet open as it is under transformation to be the actual museum, but you can access the Woodhouseum and outhouse, both of which were restored by a local Eagle Scout.
Erected 2022 by Historic Village in Ocean View.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 2017.
Location. 38° 32.824′ N, 75° 5.296′ W. Marker is in Ocean View, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in Baltimore Hundred. It is on Oakwood Avenue just west of West Avenue, on the
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Regionally, this marker is on Delawares Beaches. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic, on the Delmarva Peninsula, and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Hall's Store (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Cecile Steele's Chicken House (about 400 feet away); Ocean View Post Office (about 400 feet away); Ocean View, Delaware (about 400 feet away); Tunnell-West House (about 400 feet away); Ocean View Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Mariners Bethel United Methodist Church (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ocean View.
Also see . . . Tunnell--West House - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form.
The Tunnell-West House represents a vernacular example of the Gothic Revival style with minimal alterations. Few three-bay, two-story frame houses with cross gables survive in Baltimore Hundred today. Examination of complicated legal documents including deeds, wills, probate records, and tax assessments provides historical information about the dwelling named the Tunnell-West House by the Ocean View Historical Society. That decision was based on their analysis of the 1890 town survey showing that the former Hall property had been acquired by the prominent Tunnell and West families and their understanding that these families eventually conveyed the nominated house to a J.W. Rickards.(Submitted on April 24, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 16, 2020
3. National Register of Historic Places plaque on the Evans-West House
Credits. This page was last revised on June 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 18, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 261 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 18, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3. submitted on May 17, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
