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Delaware Avenue Historic District (Wilmington, Delaware)

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Built
  
1870 (1870)-1930

Area
  
6 ha

Delaware Avenue Historic District (Wilmington, Delaware)

Location
  
Delaware Ave. from N. Harrison to N. Broom Sts. (both sides), roughly bounded by Shallcross Ave., Harrison St., Pennsylvania Ave., and Rodney St., Wilmington, Delaware

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Italianate, Late Victorian, Classical Revival, American Four Square

NRHP Reference #
  
76000576, 87000034 (Boundary Increase)

Added to NRHP
  
September 13, 1976, May 12, 1987 (Boundary Increase)

Delaware Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 180 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure developed in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. The district is primarily residential and includes a variety of Victorian-era mansions and large dwellings in a variety of popular architectural styles including Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, and American Four Square The houses are detached or semi-detached and are primarily three stories in height with extensive wings to the rear. The district also includes 20th century apartment complexes. Also located in the district is the St. Stephen's Lutheran Church and the Sailors and Soldiers Monument. The separately listed Howard Pyle Studios is also located in the district.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, with a boundary increase in 1987.

References

Delaware Avenue Historic District (Wilmington, Delaware) Wikipedia