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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington is the county seat for New Castle County
Wilmington is in New Castle County
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"Peace" was named on the day that Berlin fell to the Allies in World War II and won the prestigious AARS Award on the day peace was signed with Japan.
"Peace" is one of the best-known and most widely grown roses of all time. Francis . . . — — Map (db m216031) HM
Radiated tortoises are one of more than 150,000 species found only in Madagascar. Like all tortoises, they serve as very important habitat role as "lawnmowers" and seed spreaders.
Over 50% of radiated tortoises have disappeared since . . . — — Map (db m191233) HM
Radiated tortoises are one of more than 150,000 species found only in Madagascar. Like all tortoises, they serve as very important habitat role as "lawnmowers" and seed spreaders.
Over 50% of radiated tortoises have disappeared since . . . — — Map (db m216043) HM
Though they look bear-like, red pandas are more closely related to racoons. The name panda likely comes from the Nepali word ponya, which means bamboo eater.
Red pandas were first classified by a French . . . — — Map (db m191228) HM
Numbers in Decline
Red panda populations have dropped by as much as 40% in the last 50 years, with fewer than 10,000 of this vulnerable species thought to remain in the wild.
Habitat Loss
The red panda habitat has been fragmented . . . — — Map (db m191219) HM
• Heritage breed originating on the Island of San Clemente.
• Endangered. Only 1700 exist world-wide.
🏠 Origin: San Clemente Island
💡 "Deer" like; hardy, alert and gentle. — — Map (db m216039) HM
In the 1800s, snowy egret feathers were a coveted fashion decoration. They were so popular that by 1886 their white plumes cost $32 per ounce—which was twice the price of gold at the time!
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act prohibits . . . — — Map (db m216041) HM
Erected in honor of the
Soldiers and Sailors
of Delaware
who served in the World War
1917-1918
[Additional plaque on the memorial:]
In memory of
the men and women of Delaware
who died in the service of their . . . — — Map (db m131169) WM
Brandywine Park was created more than a century ago and has remained a quiet refuge in the heart of Wilmington ever since.
In 1881, local businessman William Poole Bancroft recognized that the growing city of Wilmington had no public open . . . — — Map (db m216046) HM
The stones of these piers — locally quarried Brandywine Blue Gneiss, more commonly known as Wilmington Blue Rock — were repurposed from the iconic ranger station that was originally build near this location. — — Map (db m217917) HM
The Washington Street bridge, completed in 1921, was dedicated to the "sons of Delaware who joined forces of their country in The Great War" on Memorial Day, 1922. The 250 foot, open spandrel arch bridge serves as a lasting and rare example of . . . — — Map (db m131164) HM
The sweet acorns were a very important Native American food. The wood is so strong it protected the U.S.S. Constitution "Old Ironsides" from the cannonballs of the Revolutionary War. — — Map (db m216044) HM
Planted here in 1931, this is the same species of cherry that survives from the 1912 Japanese gift of cherry trees planted around the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. — — Map (db m191216) HM
Around 1740 water-powered mills began to appear in this area where the Brandywine River ends its journey falling 124 feet in its final five miles. Small vessels carrying grain from nearby farms sailed directly to the mills. Other ships laden with . . . — — Map (db m235147) HM
On September 4-7, 1781, residents of Brandywine Village watched as thousands of American and French troops marched through their community along the King’s Highway on their way to Yorktown, Virginia. The combined forces, under the commands of . . . — — Map (db m140593) HM WM
Built about 1760. Anthony Wayne's Headquarters 1777. Generals Washington, Lafayette, Wayne, and other officers met here to hold council and hear reports prior to the Battle of Brandywine. Later occupied by British. Joseph Tatnall owned and operated . . . — — Map (db m185987) HM
On October 6, 1824, General Lafayette entered Brandywine Village and he was escorted to Joseph Tatnall's house where he addressed family members. — — Map (db m210793) HM
Dedicated in recognition of the
life and work of
Louis L. Redding
Wilmington attorney
and
pioneer civil rights advocate
He challenged the idea that racially segregated schools could be equal, and succeeded in having the . . . — — Map (db m210802) HM
Originally named Tatnall Street Playground in 1907, this park is located across the street from the home at 2311 Tatnall Street that singer-songwriter Bob Marley occupied with his mother in 1966. In order to raise funds to start his own record label . . . — — Map (db m94214) HM
The origin of this congregation can be traced to 1875, when members of a Sunday School class affiliated with First Baptist Church met to plan the organization of a separate church to serve the needs of the city's African-American residents. . . . — — Map (db m13583) HM
Hidden below this row of trees on Locust Street just behind you is a prime example of "green stormwater management" at work in Wilmington.
Generations ago when this neighborhood was first built, pipes were installed under the street to . . . — — Map (db m217904) HM
Newark Union Church was built in 1845 near the site of a 1704 poplar log Quaker meetinghouse and burial ground. The church was originally a one-room, two-story fieldstone structure built by Lewis Zebley and Joseph Sharpley for $800. Renovations in . . . — — Map (db m197040) HM
The inscriptions on the nearby sculpture and the surrounding benches are intended to convey an understanding of the long historic rise of justice and the rule of law. Rings on the Sculpture
The Swedes Landing Trail, which highlights “Wilmington’s Waterfront Heritage” theme reflects the maritime heritage of the first permanent Swedish settlement in the United States. The one mule trail includes land along the northern bank of the . . . — — Map (db m64625) HM
On May 10, 1846, a group of African-American residents of Wilmington who had affiliated themselves with the African Methodist Episcopal Church held a meeting for the purposes of electing trustees and organizing as a corporate body. At the time, . . . — — Map (db m168200) HM
This church was founded in 1858 and dedicated the same year by Bishop (now Saint) John N. Neumann of Philadelphia. Referred to at the time as a ‘model of beauty, simplicity, solidity and economy,” the church represents an example of the Byzantine . . . — — Map (db m92277) HM
Founded in 1890, St. Michael's Day Nursery is one of the oldest early childhood education programs in Delaware. Originally located on Washington St., the school offered working class parents childcare at a time when it was typically unavailable to . . . — — Map (db m130467) HM
This Historic Trail links the historical, social, and cultural patterns of development in Wilmington. The commercial and residential structures along this trail recreate the vitality and historic importance of 17th and 18th-century Wilmington. The . . . — — Map (db m130469) HM
When the Cool Spring Reservoir was created, the adjacent parcel of land was reserved for the creation of a new City park. The park was named Cool Spring, after a natural spring in the area and the nearby estate of Caesar A. Rodney, a member of . . . — — Map (db m216076) HM
The Cool Spring Reservoir was designed by consulting civil engineer William E. Morris of Philadelphia and others as an open air reservoir formed by an earthen embankment and bordered by 10th and Van Buren Streets. Work on the Reservoir began in . . . — — Map (db m173923) HM
With the completion of Cool Spring Reservoir in 1877, an adjoining parcel of unused land was reserved for park purposes. Formally designated as Cool Spring Park, the grounds were managed by the Wilmington Water Department until 1967, when the . . . — — Map (db m10917) HM
Plans for this colonial revival-style structure were drawn by Philadelphia architect Minerva Parker Nichols, one of the first female architects in the United States. Construction of the building, which features eclectic components as well as the . . . — — Map (db m128081) HM
Ancient History
4000 BC
Ancient Sanskrit and Greek writings recommend water treatment methods, including filtering through charcoal, exposing water to sunlight, boiling, and straining.
1500 BC
To clarify water, Egyptians . . . — — Map (db m216060) HM
Meadow
This meadow contains mostly native plants, such as warm season grasses and black-eyed Susan and was established in 2009 after the park was designed to feature native plants. Native plants are hosts for native insects, which . . . — — Map (db m216073) HM
Rain Garden
Shaped like a bowl, a rain garden captures rainwater that flows across the ground during big storms (stormwater runoff) and the water naturally filters into the ground. Here in Wilmington this stormwater is frequently . . . — — Map (db m216082) HM
The greatest depth of the pond at Cool Spring Reservoir Plaza is 10 feet.
24 species of aquatic plants are planted around the pond's shelf.
The City of Wilmington celebrated a new public space when the Cool Spring Reservoir . . . — — Map (db m216059) HM
Stormwater Planters
These stormwater basin planters were planted in 2020 as a way to reduce the stormwater running off Van Buren St. These planters will catch stormwater flow, which is then absorbed by the plants before it enters . . . — — Map (db m216079) HM
The Cool Spring Pump House was constructed in 1876 to move water from the Brandywine River by steam-powered pumps to Cool Spring Reservoir. In 1901, a 12-inch water main was installed from Cool Spring to the newly constructed Rockford Water . . . — — Map (db m216074) HM
The Tilton Mansion was constructed in 1802 by the nation’s first Army Surgeon General, Dr. James Tilton (1745-1822). Throughout his lifetime Tilton advocated for increased hospital sanitation and was the founder and first President of The Medical . . . — — Map (db m144389) HM
Born in Kent County June 1, 1745. A combat officer and director of Military Hospitals during the American Revolution. While a member of the Continental Congress 1783 ~ 1785, He urged that the Capitol of the United States be placed near this site. . . . — — Map (db m63184) HM
Vegetative Pond Buffer
A vegetative pond buffer is the strip of plants that surround a body of water, in this case, the pond. The plants provide many benefits to wildlife and the water, as well as to people who visit. Instead of . . . — — Map (db m224836) HM
In memory of the 6,000,000 men, women, and children, victims of hatred whom the Nazi's brutally murdered only because they were Jews.....
and the world remained silent. — — Map (db m215951) WM
DuPont Environmental Education Center (DEEC), the centerpiece of Russell W. Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge, was built by the Riverfront Development Corporation of Delaware in 2009 and operates under a partnership with Delaware Nature Society. . . . — — Map (db m240837) HM
DuPont Environmental Education Center (DEEC), the centerpiece of Russell W. Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge, was built by the Riverfront Development Corporation of Delaware in 2009 and operates under a partnership with Delaware Nature Society. . . . — — Map (db m240838) HM
A black man named Anthony was among the first permanent settlers of New Sweden. He came to the colony from the West Indies in 1639 aboard the Swedish ship Vogel Grip. Records indicate that Black Anthony became a free man named Antoni Swart, an . . . — — Map (db m228037) HM
On May 2, 1914, the Delaware Congressional Union and Delaware Equal Suffrage Association held a parade in Wilmington. Approximately 400 suffragists marched from the Pennsylvania Railroad Station to the New Castle County Court House at 10th and . . . — — Map (db m184921) HM
Hattie M. Phelan was the first African-American woman elected to the Wilmington City Council. She was appointed to council in 1967 to fill a mid-term vacancy and was subsequently re-elected for two more terms.
Councilwoman Phelan was . . . — — Map (db m244836) HM
This garden was created by the people of the Eastside and dedicated to the memory of the first African American woman on the Wilmington City Council — — Map (db m244834) HM
Founded in 1867 by the Association for the Moral Improvement and Education of Colored People and named for Civil War General Oliver Otis Howard, the original school was located at 12th and Orange Streets. Pierre S. DuPont was the major benefactor . . . — — Map (db m10914) HM
The Delaware estuary is the second largest freshwater port in the United States. It hosts the country's second largest concentration of petrochemical facilities. Shipping of petrochemicals and other products has revitalized ports along the . . . — — Map (db m191845) HM
The history of Fox Point has been rich and varied with each generation leaving its indelible influence on the area. Gertrude Dunlap, historian of the Fox Point Association, fondly recorded the memories of long time residents of the Fox Point . . . — — Map (db m191846) HM
Fox Point State Park is unique in Delaware's system of state parks. The park and its surroundings have a colorful history. As home to the Lenape Indians, the Swedes, Dutch, and English, it has been a hunting ground, farmland, a resort, and an . . . — — Map (db m191848) HM
Fairfax Delaware, conceived & built by Alfred J. Vilone. One man's vision becomes security & happiness for thousands.
Dedicated in appreciation & esteem by members of his organization, December 18, 1951. — — Map (db m192438) HM
תנצב״ח
Eternal witnesses of man's need for the world brotherhood
Nathan H. Arenson •
Nathan Balick •
Arthur M. Blatman •
Nathan Blume •
Morton Carlis •
Herman Cohen •
Charles Edelberg • . . . — — Map (db m174916) WM
This former dairy barn has been transformed. Today it is a visitor and conference center available for meetings, weddings and other special events.
The Blue Ball Barn is home to the Delaware Folk Art Collection, as well as an historical . . . — — Map (db m173286) HM
Forty Acres was established in 1864 as an early streetcar suburb of Wilmington. The area was once part of a larger land tract called Hope Farm. Joshua Heald purchased forty acres of the farm and developed the neighborhood and the first horse-drawn . . . — — Map (db m140542) HM
Kelly's Logan House
est. 1864
has been place on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m216057) HM
A special system to reduce the water in our storm drains is hidden in this parking lot. Can you see it?
When Trolley Square was first built, pipes were installed under the street to carry both rainwater and sewage out to the Brandywine . . . — — Map (db m216058) HM
Owl's Nest
Est. 1915
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m213869) HM
Sacred to the memory of Pierre Samuel DuPont de Nemours Knight of the Order of Vasa, of the Legion of Honor and of the Order of Du Lis, Counselor of State, Member of the First Constituent Assembly, President of the Council of Ancients and member of . . . — — Map (db m128801) HM
E. I. du Pont purchased the property for the Hagley Yard in 1813. This building was constructed as a blacksmith shop sometime between that year and 1834, when it appeared on a property survey. For nearly 60 years the shop produced the forged . . . — — Map (db m231907) HM
E. I. du Pont and other Brandywine mill owners built this school in 1817. E. I. du Pont's daughter, Victorine, taught at this nondenominational school for 40 years and served as its superintendent. About 150 children attended every Sunday morning . . . — — Map (db m231917) HM
Founded by E.I. du Pont, the Brandywine Mills became the largest maker of explosive black powder in the United States. That success resulted directly from the firm's pioneering use of gunpowder processing machinery driven by water wheels and . . . — — Map (db m231885) HM
Located at this site on land purchased by French immigrant Elueuthere Irenee du Pont in 1802, the du Pont Powder Mills manufactured black powder at three sites along the Brandywine Creek north of Wilmington. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company . . . — — Map (db m240854) HM
This pair of roll mills, built in 1839, produced the finest Eagle brand sporting powder. In 1886, an iron water turbine replaced the original wooden water wheel that powered the mills. In this step the ingredients sulphur, saltpeter, and charcoal . . . — — Map (db m193725) HM
You are standing near the site of the last major explosion to occur in the Hagley Yard. On January 2, 1920, more than 50,000 pounds of gunpowder exploded, killing five DuPont workers, destroying two building and damaging many others. Although it . . . — — Map (db m231902) HM
The foremen of the Hagley Yard and their families lived in this house for more than 50 years, following its construction by the company in 1846. John Stewart and his family were photographed in front of the house in 1885, the year he succeeded . . . — — Map (db m231912) HM
The common name for this rock is Wilmington Blue Rock, the name of the local minor league baseball team. It is formally called Brandywine Blue Gneiss (BBG).
The rocks in Hagley's quarries began forming about 550 million years ago. Large-scale . . . — — Map (db m231921) HM
In March of 1890 the DuPont Company purchased this state-of-the-art water turbine from the Holyoke Machine Company in Massachusetts. At that time, this turbine represented cutting edge technology that increased the efficiency and output of the . . . — — Map (db m193728) HM
The Brandywine River drops 33 feet from the upper dam at Eleutherian Mills to the dam visible here. This potential power led E. I. du Pont to locate his gunpowder works here. The du Ponts built dams and raceways to carry water to waterwheels and . . . — — Map (db m231883) HM
This Tanbark stone came from J.E. Rhoads & Sons of Delaware. Founded in 1702 in Chester County, Pa. as a leather tannery, it is the oldest firm in the United States.
As shown above, the stone was rolled on its serrated edge to grind tanbark . . . — — Map (db m240909) HM
Powder yard gates separated the work place from home and family. Beyond the gates were the mills, where work was hard and often dangerous. Only the workers themselves were allowed inside. Children came there with lunch pails for their fathers, . . . — — Map (db m231920) HM
Power of Powder
When gunpowder ignites it becomes an expanding gas that generates a tremendous amount of force. If the gas is contained in an enclosed space it can blow apart its container as it expands. One ounce of gunpowder has enough . . . — — Map (db m231898) HM
Incorporating is a crucially important process in making powder. Here, under roll wheels weighing sixteen tons, sulphur and charcoal are forcibly ground together with the saltpeter. How well this is done determines the quality of the powder. . . . — — Map (db m240859) HM
…of saltpetre take seven parts, five hazel charcoal, and five of sulphur, and you will make thunder and a bright light, if you know the trick.
— Roger Bacon, circa 1249
From 1884 until the powder mills closed in 1921, this building, and a now missing brick annex, housed three steam boilers and a Corliss steam engine. When water in the Brandywine was too low to operate the mills, the steam engine supplied power to . . . — — Map (db m240857) HM
The two sections of this springhouse were used by the Belin family, who lived in the frame house across the road, and by the Alexis I. du Pont family, whose large house called "Hagley" stood on the hill above the Gibbons House. The families . . . — — Map (db m231915) HM
Once a piece of stone was cut to size, the "STONE BOAT" (sled) was used to transport it to the
construction site. After loading the stone onto the boat utilizing the "DERRICK," this sled-like
implement would be harnessed to a horse and taken . . . — — Map (db m231926) HM
Stone was the most important building material used in the powder yards. It was quarried in great quantities for mills, race walls, barriers, dams, and foundations. Many small quarries like this one were opened on the property as stone was . . . — — Map (db m231925) HM
These buildings have been restored to their condition in 1885. They represent the highest level of development of roll mills and are, except for the source of power, identical to those in production throughout the world today. Many other methods . . . — — Map (db m240905) HM
This site was once part of the largest manufactory of gunpowder in the United States. The DuPont Company built this second powder yard on the Hagley property, purchased in 1813, when the original 1803 mills operating upstream could no longer meet . . . — — Map (db m225925) HM
Most of the men who worked in these mills were immigrants or the sons of immigrants. Many were Irish, but there were also English, French, and Italians. They walked to work each morning from their homes in villages bordering the powder yards. The . . . — — Map (db m226405) HM
The greatest attraction of this location as an industrial site was the power of the falling Brandywine River. In the early decades of the DuPont Company, mills were located close to the Brandywine, where waterpower could be directly harnessed. As . . . — — Map (db m231874) HM
Rows of attached three-story houses, called banks, were typical of workers' homes near the powder yards. These are foundations of such a bank which once adjoined the Gibbons House. The DuPont Company built the houses and rented them to . . . — — Map (db m231913) HM
In memory of George Read signer of the Constitution of the United States by the Delaware State Society, NSDAR, in this year Bicentennial year 1987.
(Inscription on tomb stone) George Read born A.D. September 1732 Died 21st September 1798-Member . . . — — Map (db m107935) HM
Delaware's only known foreign-born governor, John McKinly emigrated from Northern Ireland to Wilmington in 1742, began a medical practice and became actively involved in Delaware politics. McKinly served as a member of the Colonial Assembly, . . . — — Map (db m39575) HM
Near this site the first grist mill was built about 1640 by Ashmond Stidham.
It was here that the "Old Barley Mill" was built in 1765.
This stone is the lone relic of these vanished mills. — — Map (db m191647) HM
Soldier of the Civil War, Lieutenant 4 Delaware Infantry 1862, Captain 4 Delaware Infantry 1863, Brevetted Major U.S. Volunteers and awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallant and meritorious services. — — Map (db m107936) WM
W 100 rocznicę odzyskania niepodległości rzeczypospolite polskiej w dniu listopada 1918 roku w hołdzie walczącym bohaterom naczelnikowi państwa marszałkowi józefowi piłsudskiemu i wszystkim polakom . . . — — Map (db m217934) HM WM
Exiled from his native Poland for his part in its struggle for liberty. He came to this country formed the Pulaski Legion and gave his life in the war of American Independence — — Map (db m196561)
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