Saint George's Hundred in Port Penn in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Site of Zacheis Cannery
Photographed by Pete Skillman, June 19, 2025
1. Site of Zacheis Cannery Marker
Zacheis Cannery
is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
c. Early-20th Century
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list.
Location. 39° 31.029′ N, 75° 34.76′ W. Marker is in Port Penn, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is in Saint George's Hundred. It is on Market Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3 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 World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Cannery Lot (within shouting distance of this marker); Casper-Eaton House (within shouting distance of this marker); Canary-Naudine House & Store (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Port Penn Schoolhouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Webb-Jefferson House (within shouting distance of this marker); Village of Port Penn (within shouting distance of this marker); Mary Stewart-Cox House (within shouting distance of this marker); Samuel Carpenter House (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.
West of the C. Eaton House and Nandine House stands the Port Penn School (N-3928.1)and site of the Port Penn cannery (N-3928.2)(Submitted on June 19, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)which operated during the first half of the 20th century. The cannery, now destroyed, stood across Market Street to the south of the school. The structure was a long, low frame building with multi-leveled gable roofs and a large cylindrical chimney stack rising above the cooking areas. Like numerous small-scale, family-owned canneries on the Delmarva Peninsula,the Port Penn Cannery specialized in packing local produce under its own label. Run by the Zachis family of Port Penn, the cannery hired local help and paid them with cash-redeemable tokens for piecework.Photographed by Pete Skillman, June 19, 20252. Site of Zacheis Cannery Marker - wide view
Credits. This page was last revised on May 20, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 19, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware. This page has been viewed 103 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 19, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.
