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Vale-Williams Memorial City Hall

 
 
Vale-Williams Memorial City Hall Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Nate Davidson, April 21, 2011
1. Vale-Williams Memorial City Hall Marker
Inscription. Here stood the home of Col. Robert Hill Williams. After it was destroyed by fire his daughter Maria Elizabeth Williams Vale and her husband Ruby Ross Vale constructed upon the site the present City Hall and gave it to the City of Milford - an enduring memorial to Col. Williams and their daughter Maria Elizabeth Vale.
 
Erected 1962 by Personally dedicated by Grace Vale Asche.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics.
 
Location. 38° 54.677′ N, 75° 25.689′ W. Marker is in Milford, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in Cedar Creek Hundred. It is on SE 2nd Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Milford DE 19963, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is 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, 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: Milford (within shouting distance of this marker); Major General Alfred T.A. Torbert (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Major General Alfred T.A. Torbert (within shouting distance of this marker); Causey House (within shouting distance of this marker); Railroad Depot, Junction & Breakwater Line (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Pea Crop, Waiting Their Turn
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(about 600 feet away); Launching George May Sailing Ship, 1900 (about 600 feet away); Old Red Mill & L.D. Caulk Mfg. Plant (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Milford.
 
Milford City Hall image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Nate Davidson, April 21, 2011
2. Milford City Hall
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 21, 2011, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. This page has been viewed 742 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 21, 2011, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 9, 2026