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Church Street Historic District (Wilmington, Delaware)

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NRHP Reference #
  
87000944

Year built
  
1880

Area
  
5,261 m²

Added to NRHP
  
12 June 1987

Church Street Historic District (Wilmington, Delaware)

Location
  
Bounded by Eighth, Locust, Seventh, and Church Sts., Wilmington, Delaware

Architectural style
  
Second Empire, Queen Anne

Church Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 26 contributing buildings, 22 of which are single family fully attached rowhouse dwellings. They are primarily two-story, brick structures. It also includes a large Second Empire building which was originally a saloon and hotel, a bar and restaurant which also has Second Empire elements, and a smaller Queen Anne style store. The area developed between about 1880 and 1920 and many residents worked for the railroad.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

References

Church Street Historic District (Wilmington, Delaware) Wikipedia


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