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DELAWARE - Kent County - Historic Districts

Bannister Hall and Baynard House (added 1973 - Kent County - #73000503) Also known as Fox Hall S of Smyrna off DE 300, Smyrna (100 acres, 2 buildings) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Collins,Thomas Architectural Style: Other Area of Significance: Agriculture, Architecture Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1850-1874 Owner: Private Historic Function: Domestic Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling Current Function: Domestic Current Sub-function: Single Dwelling Byfield Historic District *** (added 1979 - Kent County - #79003232) Address Restricted, Kitts Humock (6920 acres, 1 building, 1 structure) Historic Significance: Information Potential Area of Significance: Historic - Non-Aboriginal Cultural Affiliation: American Colonial Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874 Owner: Private Historic Function: Domestic Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling Current Function: Unknown Camden Historic District ** (added 1974 - Kent County - #74000595) Also known as Picadilly,Mifflin's Crossroads Both sides of Camden-Wyoming Ave. and Main St., Camden (316 acres, 65 buildings) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown Architectural Style: Italianate, Greek Revival, Georgian Area of Significance: Social History, Religion, Community Planning And Development, Architecture Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899 Owner: Private , Local Gov't Historic Function: Domestic, Religion Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling Current Function: Domestic, Religion Current Sub-function: Single Dwelling Coombe Historic District ** (added 1982 - Kent County - #82002313) Also known as See Also:Hughes Early Man Complex W of Felton on DE 12 and SR 281, Felton (340 acres, 2 buildings) Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown Architectural Style: Other Area of Significance: Architecture Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1875-1899 Owner: Private Historic Function: Domestic Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling Current Function: Domestic Current Sub-function: Single Dwelling Delaware Boundary Markers ** (added 1975 - Kent County - #75002101) Also known as Transpeninsular Line;Mason-Dixon Line;Tangent Line;The Arc;T State boundary lines between DE-MD/DE-PA, Not Applicable (0 acres) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Dixon,Jeremiah, Mason,Charles Architectural Style: No Style Listed Area of Significance: Engineering, Politics/Government Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1825-1849 Owner: State Historic Function: Recreation And Culture Historic Sub-function: Monument/Marker Current Function: Recreation And Culture Current Sub-function: Monument/Marker Dover Green Historic District (added 1977 - Kent County - #77000383) Also known as Dover, Brother's Portion;See Also:Christ Church;Bradford-Loo Bounded by Governors Ave., North, South, and East Sts., Dover (501 acres, 79 buildings) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Reynolds,Alonzo Architectural Style: Italianate, Georgian, Colonial Revival Area of Significance: Architecture, Social History, Politics/Government Period of Significance: 1700-1749, 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924 Owner: Private , Local Gov't Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government Historic Sub-function: Business, Government Office, Single Dwelling Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government Current Sub-function: Business, Government Office, Single Dwelling Duck Creek Village ** (added 1972 - Kent County - #72000282) Also known as Salisbury DE 65, between Duck Creek and Green's Branch, Smyrna (343 acres, 3 buildings) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown Architectural Style: No Style Listed Area of Significance: Social History, Industry, Architecture Period of Significance: 1850-1874 Owner: State Historic Function: Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction Historic Sub-function: Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling Current Function: Recreation And Culture, Work In Progress Current Sub-function: Museum Felton Historic District (added 1988 - Kent County - #87002433) Also known as See Also: Felton Railroad Station Roughly bounded by North, Walnut, Main, and Niles Sts., Felton (380 acres, 162 buildings, 2 structures) Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Multiple Architectural Style: Queen Anne, Other Area of Significance: Architecture Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Owner: Private , Local Gov't , State Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Social, Transportation Historic Sub-function: Business, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Social, Transportation Current Sub-function: Business, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling Frederica Historic District (added 1977 - Kent County - #77000385) Also known as Johnnycake Landing Market, Front, and David Sts., Frederica (250 acres, 118 buildings) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown Architectural Style: Federal, Italianate, Greek Revival Area of Significance: Architecture, Commerce Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899 Owner: Private Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling, Specialty Store Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic Current Sub-function: Single Dwelling Kenton Historic District (added 1983 - Kent County - #83001396) Commerce St., Kenton (92 acres, 28 buildings) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown Architectural Style: Queen Anne Area of Significance: Architecture, Agriculture Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899 Owner: Private Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling Current Function: Domestic Current Sub-function: Single Dwelling Little Creek Hundred Rural Historic District ** (added 1984 - Kent County - #84000286) Also known as See also;Macomb Farm Complex;Octagonal Schoolhouse;Hughes-Wi DE 9, Little Creek (25000 acres, 21 buildings, 1 structure) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Multiple Architectural Style: Italianate Area of Significance: Agriculture, Architecture Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899 Owner: Private , State Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic Historic Sub-function: Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling Current Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic Current Sub-function: Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling Lower St. Jones Neck Historic District *** (added 1979 - Kent County - #79003233) Also known as See also:Kingston-upon-Hull;Dickenson Mansion Address Restricted, Kitts Humock (23500 acres, 2 buildings) Historic Significance: Person, Information Potential Historic Person: Dickinson,John Significant Year: 1750, 1850 Area of Significance: Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Politics/Government Cultural Affiliation: Non-Aboriginal Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849 Owner: Private , State Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape Historic Sub-function: Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling, Underwater Current Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape Current Sub-function: Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling, Underwater North Milford Historic District ** (added 1983 - Kent County - #83001357) Also known as PH0507474,PH0001279 Roughly bounded by Mispillion River, Silver Lake, N. Walnut and NW 3rd Sts., Milford (215 acres, 98 buildings, 1 structure) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architectural Style: Federal, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods), Greek Revival Area of Significance: Architecture, Community Planning And Development Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899 Owner: Private Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure, Single Dwelling Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Domestic, Religion Current Sub-function: Business, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling Raymond Neck Historic District ** (added 1982 - Kent County - #82001026) N of Leipsic between Leipsic River and CR 85, Leipsic (4320 acres, 8 buildings, 4 structures) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person Architectural Style: No Style Listed Historic Person: Multiple Significant Year: 1867, 1820, 1830 Area of Significance: Social History, Black, Architecture Period of Significance: 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874 Owner: Private Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic Historic Sub-function: Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling Current Function: Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction Current Sub-function: Single Dwelling Smyrna Historic District ** (added 1980 - Kent County - #80000930) DE 6 and U.S. 13, Smyrna (1320 acres, 475 buildings) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown Architectural Style: Italianate, Greek Revival, Federal Area of Significance: Architecture, Commerce Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924 Owner: Private , Local Gov't Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic Historic Sub-function: Business, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic Current Sub-function: Business, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store St. Joseph's Industrial School (added 2002 - Kent County - #02001491) Also known as CRS no. K-5054 355 W. Duck Creek Rd., Clayton (55 acres, 3 buildings, 1 structure, 3 objects) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Gaudreau and Gaudreau Architectural Style: Italianate, Colonial Revival Area of Significance: Black, Architecture, Education Cultural Affiliation: African-American Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949, 1950-1974 Owner: Private Historic Function: Religion Historic Sub-function: Church Related Residence, Religious Structure Current Function: Religion, Social Current Sub-function: Civic, Religious Structure Victorian Dover Historic District ** (added 1979 - Kent County - #79000622) Roughly bounded by Silver Lake, St. Jones River, North and Queen Sts., Dover (1790 acres, 482 buildings) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Bradford,Rev. Thomas B. Architectural Style: Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival Area of Significance: Architecture, Industry, Community Planning And Development, Politics/Government, Commerce Cultural Affiliation: 19th Century American Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924 Owner: Private , Local Gov't Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic Historic Sub-function: Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic Current Sub-function: Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling Wilkerson, J. H., & Son Brickworks ** (added 1978 - Kent County - #78000892) Off SR 409, Milford (15 acres, 3 buildings) Historic Significance: Event, Information Potential Area of Significance: Industry, Historic - Non-Aboriginal Cultural Affiliation: Industrial American Period of Significance: 1900-1924 Owner: Private Historic Function: Industry/Processing/Extraction Historic Sub-function: Manufacturing Facility Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use Wyoming Historic District (added 1987 - Kent County - #86003037) Also known as See Also:Wyoming Railroad Station Roughly bounded by Front St., Rodney Ave., Southern Blvd., and Mechanic St., Wyoming (950 acres, 310 buildings, 10 structures) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown Architectural Style: Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman, Classical Revival Area of Significance: Architecture, Transportation Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Owner: Private , Local Gov't Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Transportation Historic Sub-function: Processing, Rail-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling Current Function: Domestic, Transportation Current Sub-function: Rail-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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