Red Lion Hundred in Saint Georges in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Robinson House
213 Main Street
Photographed by Pete Skillman, June 14, 2025
1. Robinson House Marker
213 Main Street
Has Been Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
C. 1750-1759
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 1750.
Location. 39° 33.399′ N, 75° 39.135′ W. Marker is in Saint Georges, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is in Red Lion Hundred. It is on South Main Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 213 S Main St, Saint Georges DE 19733, 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: St. Georges Presbyterian Church Building (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Carpenter-Gothic House (about 300 feet away); Suttons' Drug Store (about 700 feet away); Bright House (about 700 feet away); Sutton House (about 800 feet away); American Legion Post 13 Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); Robert Bolling, Jr. (approx. 2.3 miles away); Collins-Blackburn Memorial Building (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Saint Georges.
Also see . . . North Saint Georges Historic District - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form.
213 N. Main Street. 022A -- circa 1750-1759, with circa 1760 front, renovations in the first third of the nineteenth century, 2-story kitchen and laundry addition in 1906, and early-twentieth-century side porch; Documented as functioning as a store, inn, and stage-coach stop through the 1830s; 2-story, 3-bay, side-passage, mostly Flemish-bond facade, with a moulded water table and belt course; house is painted Wedgewood(Submitted on June 14, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)Blue; partial-return box cornice and standing-seam metal roof; 4/4 double-hung sash on first floor front; 2/2 double-hung sash at second floor front; brick arches over infilled basement windows; some openings have been infilled; 2-story rear section of brick, with 2-story frame addition, and a 1-story, shed-roof addition. The 2-story rear section of brick may be the original portion of the house. There is a corner fireplace in this section centered on the rear wall. Early-twentieth-century enclosed screen porch on south side rear additions. In 1759, this house was lived in by Mary Dushane Robinson (who inherited the home), whose husband, William, was a shopkeeper and later an innkeeper. The building's function has been documented as having been mainly an inn and also an early stage coach stop.Photographed by Pete Skillman, June 14, 20252. Robinson House Marker - wide viewPlaque is on the house to the right of the door.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 28, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 14, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware. This page has been viewed 159 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 14, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.
