Historical Markers and War Memorials in Middletown, Delaware
Wilmington is the county seat for New Castle County
Middletown is in New Castle County
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On Saint Augustine Road (Delaware Route 9) just north of Farm Lane, on the right when traveling north.
Augustine Beach was named after Augustine Herman (c 1621-1686), an explorer and cartographer who mapped the region for Lord Cecil Calvert. Adam Diehl built the brick Augustine Beach Hotel in about 1814. In 1867, owner Simeon Lord expanded the hotel, . . . — — Map (db m205497) HM
On Colonel Clayton Drive, 0.1 miles north of Ernest Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Choptank
Upon-the-Hill
Est. 1826
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
— — Map (db m189386) HM
On US 13, 0.5 miles south of Del. 896, on the right when traveling south.
Early home of Commodore Thomas Macdonough. Hero of Battle of Lake Champlain 1814. Born 1783. Died 1825. Commodore 1813. Assisted Commodore Decatur in capturing and burning the "Philadelphia" off the coast of Tripoli, 1804. Original name of village . . . — — Map (db m10305) HM
On West Main Street (Delaware Route 299) just east of North Cass Street, on the right when traveling east.
Forest Presbyterian
Church
44 West Main Street
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1850 — — Map (db m174529) HM
On East Main Street (County Route 299) near Dove Run Blvd, on the left when traveling west.
Near this location were the farms of John Alston (1794-1872) and John Hunn (1818-1894), cousins who shared the Quaker faith and were well documented operatives on Delaware's Underground Railroad. John Alston sometimes employed fugitives as laborers . . . — — Map (db m88341) HM
On Clayton Manor Drive, 0.2 miles west of Choptank Road (Delaware Route 15), on the right when traveling east.
This home was once the residence of Joshua Clayton (1744-1798), an eminent physician and distinguished government leader in post-Revolutionary Delaware. After attending the University of Pennsylvania he established a successful local practice and . . . — — Map (db m160786) HM
The Louis L. Redding Comprehensive High School opened in 1953 and served African American students in grades 1-12 in the Middletown area. It replaced the smaller Middletown School 120-C, a three-room wood structure on East Lake Street. The school . . . — — Map (db m141497) HM
Here lie the remains of the family of James McDonough, an Irish immigrant who purchased land at this location in 1748. Seven children were raised here by James and his wife Lydia. Their eldest, Thomas McDonough, was a prominent local physician. In . . . — — Map (db m92152) HM
On W. Main Street (Delaware Route 299) at S. Broad Street (Delaware Route 71), on the right when traveling east on W. Main Street.
Beginning in the 1690s, settler Adam Peterson and his family acquired several tracts of land here. One tract, surveyed in 1733, was given the name "Middletown." The origin of the name is believed to derive from the area's location at the middle . . . — — Map (db m155566) HM
On N. Broad Street (Delaware Route 71) at Crawford Street, on the right when traveling south on N. Broad Street.
In 1824 area residents petitioned the General Assembly for a lottery to erect a building for education and public worship. Construction of the Academy began in 1826 and was completed the next year. For many years the building served as the center of . . . — — Map (db m155748) HM
On West Main Street (Delaware Route 299) at S. Broad Street (Delaware Route 71), on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
In honor of the men who served in
the World War and in memory of
Rupert M. Burstan, Capt. U.S.M.C. •
John J. Hoffecker, 9th. Inft. •
E. Davis Manlove, 59th. Pioneers •
Jeremiah Jackson, Colored I.R.D. — — Map (db m155567) WM
On Summit Bridge Road (Delaware Route 71) north of St. Annes Church Road, on the right when traveling south.
As early as 1705 a log chapel was established at "Appoquinimy" by the S.P.G. with the Rev. Thomas Jenkins appointed its first missionary, 1708. Queen Anne of England, for whom the Church was named, is said to have been a patron. This church was . . . — — Map (db m189728) HM
On West Green Street just west of South Broad Street (Delaware Route 71), on the right when traveling west.
From Old Academy Building, Broad Street, Middletown.
Cast by John Wilbank, Philadelphia, 1827
Moved to this location: March 3, 2008 — — Map (db m174526) HM
On Thorntown Road just west of Delaware Route 9, on the right when traveling west.
Robert Ashton and his brother-in-law Isaac DeCou
arrived in Delaware in 1686 and settled on a 300
acre tract of land they purchased called Chelsey
Georges Creek. Ashton purchased DeCou's portion
upon his death in 1686. Through later . . . — — Map (db m190341) HM
Near St. Anne's Church Road at Summit Bridge Road.
1682 - 1932
This tree was living when
William Penn
came to Pennsylvania
1682
White Oak, Quercus Alba
Girth Breast High, 1932, 14ft. 4 ins. — — Map (db m73845) HM
Near St. Anne's Church Road at Summit Bridge Road.
Three Welsh members of the St. George's Anglican Church were reinterred here on Jun 20, 1937, the 232nd anniversary of St. Anne's Parish. Their remains were removed from the church cemetery when the C & D Canal was widened in 1937. — — Map (db m73846) HM
On W. Park Place, on the right when traveling west.
Chartered on June 24, 1765 by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania A.Y.M., Lodge No. 5 at Cantwell's Bridge (later known as Odessa) became the first Masonic lodge established in Delaware. The lodge was admitted to membership under the Grand Lodge of . . . — — Map (db m155836) HM
On DE 896, DE 71 (Summit Bridge Road), 0.1 miles south of Victoria Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Approximate southern boundary of tract of thirty thousand acres granted by William Penn to the Welsh in 1701. It included what is now Pencader Hundred, Delaware, and a part of Cecil County, Maryland. — — Map (db m157102) HM
On West Main Street (Delaware Route 299) west of S. Broad Street (Delaware Route 71), on the right when traveling east.
David Witherspoon, born in Ireland, built this tavern in 1761 as a midpoint between waterways to the east and west. While traveling to the Continental Congress, Thomas Jefferson lodged here on June 20, 1775. George Washington also dined at the . . . — — Map (db m155564) HM
