Brandywine Hundred in Arden in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Village of Arden

Photographed by Bill Pfingsten, January 18, 2016

1. Village of Arden Marker

Inscription. Arden is an intentional community, founded in 1900 by social reformers Frank Stephens, a sculptor, and Will Price, an architect, to create a society based on Henry George’s Single Tax economics and William Morris’s arts and crafts philosophy. Incorporated in 1967, the village continues to be governed by these taxation and community ideals. All residential land is held in a trust. Leaseholders own their homes and pay one property tax (land rent) determined by elected assessors. Town Meetings reflect an enduring model of direct democracy. Almost half of the 162 acres is in greens, roads, paths and buffering forests. Arts and crafts continue to flourish in Arden.

Erected 1994 by Delaware State Archives. (Marker Number NC-92.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Delaware Public Archives, and the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1900.

Location. 39° 48.584′ N, 75° 29.22′ W. Marker is in Arden, Delaware, in New Castle County. It

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is in Brandywine Hundred. It is on Harvey Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1874 Harvey Rd, Wilmington DE 19810, 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,

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

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Grubb Family Burying Ground (within shouting distance of this marker); Harvey Barn (approx. ¼ mile away); Old Claymont High School (approx. 1.3 miles away); Grubb/Worth Mansion (approx. 1½ miles away); Mother Catherine Rosarii (approx. 1½ miles away); The Guardian of Defenders Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); In Honor of All Veterans (approx. 1.6 miles away); Chester-Bethel United Methodist Church Veterans Memorial (approx.

Photographed by Bill Pfingsten, January 18, 2016

2. Village of Arden Marker

1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Arden.

Also see . . . Village of Arden - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form.

The community is a unique physical and social entity to be protected. The fundamental significance of the Single Tax village of Arden is that a community founded on ideas attracts diverse people interested in ideas, and such people--even though the individuals and families change over the years--continue to build and maintain a living community of self-renewing vitality.

(Submitted on April 22, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 23, 2017

3. Village of Arden Marker

Looking SSW along Harvey (AKA Grubb) Road

Credits. This page was last revised on May 28, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 19, 2016, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,205 times since then and 42 times this year. Last updated on January 8, 2024, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 19, 2016, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. 3. submitted on April 4, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.