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Victorian Dover Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
79000622

Added to NRHP
  
16 July 1979

Area
  
72 ha

Victorian Dover Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by Silver Lake, St. Jones River, North and Queen Sts., Dover, Delaware

Built by
  
Bradford, Rev. Thomas B.

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Gothic Revival

Victorian Dover Historic District is a national historic district located at Dover, Kent County, Delaware. It encompasses 482 contributing buildings representative of the community's commercial, domestic and industrial development between the first quarter of the 19th century and the first quarter of the 20th century. Notable buildings include the Wesley United Methodist Church (c. 1850), Whatcoat United Methodist Church (1871-1872), Dover's Railroad Station (1860s, 1911), Capitol Theatre (1903-1904), and Priscilla Block (1896). Located in the district is the separately listed John Bullen House.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

References

Victorian Dover Historic District Wikipedia