Saint George's Hundred in Port Penn in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Reedy Island Barracks
Photographed by Pete Skillman, June 19, 2025
1. Reedy Island Barracks Marker
Barracks
is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
c. 1880
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Military • 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 1880.
Location. 39° 30.886′ N, 75° 34.644′ W. Marker is in Port Penn, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is in Saint George's Hundred. It is on South Congress Street (Delaware Route 9), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 111 South Congress Street, 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Edwin Zacheis House (a few steps from this marker); Eaton-Flemming House (a few steps from this marker); Reedy Island Officers House (a few steps from this marker); Higgins-Eaton House (within shouting distance of this marker); George Swartz House (within shouting distance of this marker); 115 South Congress Street (within shouting distance of this marker); The Higgins House (within shouting distance of this marker); Samuel and Ida Eaton House (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Port Penn.
Also see . . .
1. Port Penn Historic District - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form.
Two of the remaining houses on the block were, like the Commodore's house, floated on barges to Port Penn following the closing of the Quarantine Station on Reedy Island. Situated side-by-side, both houses are squared, double-pile structures capped with pyramidal roofs sheathed with raised seam rooled sheet metal and terminated(Submitted on June 19, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)by small-windowed monitors at the peak. Both houses also have flat,flared, hip roof porches and rear one-story lean-to additions.Photographed by Pete Skillman, June 19, 20252. Reedy Island Barracks Marker - wide photo
2. Reedy Island and Port Penn - Port Penn Area Historical Society. This house was moved from its original location at the quarantine station on Reedy Island, about a mile off-shore from Port Penn.
Two other houses in Port Penn proper also were brought from Reedy Island. Situated side-by-side, both houses are squared, double-pile structures [2-rooms deep] capped with pyramidal roofs sheathed with raised seam tooled sheet metal and terminated by small-windowed monitors at the peak. Both houses also have flat, flared, hip roof porches and rear one-story lean-to additions. [15](Submitted on June 20, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)
The first, at 111 South Congress St, is known as the Reedy Island Barracks House (Fig. 4). It is a two-story, five bay [5 window] frame house [that] probably served as a barracks type resident for single employees on Reedy Island. The central door is located beneath the broad hipped porch roof supported by two squared wooden posts. [16] This house looks much as it did when surveyed in 1978 except that the metal roof has been replaced with shingles.
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 107 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 19, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.
