Historical Markers and War Memorials in Harrington, Delaware

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Harrington, Delaware

1 ► Delaware, Kent County, Harrington — KC-47 — Clark's Corner —

On September 17, 1740, Thomas Clark received a Proprietary Warrant from Thomas Penn for lands “adjoining his dwellin place” which he named “Clark’s Folly.” By the 1790’s Benjamin Clark and his son Matthew had established an inn and tavern on this . . . — — Map (db m37477) HM

2 ► Delaware, Kent County, Harrington — KC-51 — Delaware State Fair —

Delaware State Fair-In 1919 local residents held several meetings to discuss the establishment of a fair. On January 12, 1920, the Kent and Sussex County Fair Association was organized for the purposes of “promoting and encouraging agriculture . . . — — Map (db m142643) HM

3 ► Delaware, Kent County, Harrington — K-61 — First Rural Free Delivery Route —

For many years the National Grange and other organizations interested in the welfare of citizens residing in rural areas advocated the establishment of rural free delivery of mail. In October 1896, the Post Office Department introduced experimental . . . — — Map (db m37476) HM

4 ► Delaware, Kent County, Harrington — K-49 — Harrington —

Formerly known as Clark’s Corner, the roots of this community can be traced to settlement by the Clark family in the 1730’s and the subsequent establishment of an inn, tavern, store, and mill nearby. The village was little more than a country . . . — — Map (db m36916) HM

5 ► Delaware, Kent County, Harrington — Harrington Veterans Memorial — The Greater Harrington Historical Society —

. . . — — Map (db m199244) WM

6 ► Delaware, Kent County, Harrington — KC-46 — Home of Judge Thomas White — Refuge of Francis Asbury —

Near this site stood the home of Judge Thomas White, member of the Colonial Maryland legislature and Delaware House of Assembly, Chief Justice of the Kent County Court of Common Pleas, and delegate to the Delaware Constitutional Conventions of 1776 . . . — — Map (db m142642) HM

7 ► Delaware, Kent County, Harrington — KC-122 — St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church —

St. Paul AME was established as a congregation in 1830. Members met in congregants’ houses and public spaces before building a church. Construction of the church began in 1895 on New Street making St. Paul the last of eleven AME churches built in . . . — — Map (db m142641) HM

8 ► Delaware, Kent County, Harrington — St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church — 110 Fleming Street —

This property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior on October 8, 2014 — — Map (db m199245) HM

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