Historic Places

DELAWARE CITY HISTORIC DISTRICT

407 Clinton St.
P.O. Box 4159
Delaware City, DE 19706
Phone: (302) 834-4573
Fax: (302) 834-5545
delawarecity.delaware.gov
Delaware City is a quaint riverfront community proud of its rich history and excited about the
future. Located on the Delaware River in New Castle County, Delaware, Delaware City is the
gateway to many natural and historic treasures, such as the Delaware Estuary marshes, the
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, Fort Delaware and Fort DuPont.

AMSTEL HOUSE
2 East Fourth St.
New Castle, DE 19720
Phone: (302) 322-2794
Fax: (302) 322-8923
www.newcastlehistory,org
Among New Castle's few surviving early colonial buildings is the elegant brick, early Georgian
mansion, the Amstel House. Built in 1738, the house is graced with original woodwork, fine
architectural details & open hearth. The house's history is linked to many of town's prominent
colonial families.

AMERICAN HELIPCOTER MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER

1220 American Blvd.
West Chester, PA 19380
Phone: (610) 436-9600
Fax: (610) 436-8642
Wednesday Saturday 10am-5pm
Sunday 12noon-5pm
www.americanhelipcoter.museum
Over 40 exhibits trace the past and future of rotary wing aircraft. Climb aboard the interactive
hands-on helicopters! Experience the working wind tunnel. This is an exciting and fun place for
the whole family to learn about helicopters and the science of their flight.

AIR MOBILITY COMMAND MUSEUM

1301 Heritage Rd.
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE 19902
Phone: (302) 677-5938
Alt Phone: 302-677-5942
www.amcmuseum.org
The Air Mobility Command Museum, located in Hangar 1301 on Dover Air Force Base in
Dover, Delaware, houses some of the most unique and distinguished military flying machines of
the past 50+ years.

HAGLEY MUSEUM AND LIBRARY

200Hagely Creek Road
Wilmington DE19807
Telephone (302) 658 2400
Hagley's library houses a major research collection of manuscripts, archives, photographs,
pamphlets, and books documenting the history of American business and technology. As a
member of the Independent Research Libraries Association, the library serves scholars from this
country and abroad. Named Delawares first Smithsonian Affiliate.

NEMOURS MANSION AND GARDEN

1600 Rockland Road
Telephone 302 651 6912
www.nemoursmansion.org
The Nemours Mansion and Gardens is a 300-acre (1.2 km2) country estate with Jardin a
Franaise formal gardens and a Classical French mansion located in Wilmington, Delaware. It
shares the grounds with the Alfred I. Hospital for children and they are both owned by
the Nemours Foundation. The estate is part of the DuPont legacy and is located on the DuPont
Historic Corridor.

DOVER INTERNATIOAL SPEEDWAY

1131 N DuPont Hwy DE 19901
TELEPHONE 302 883 6500

www.doverspeedway.com/NASCAR
Race Track in Dover with the monster statue. Dover International Speedway is a race track in
Dover, Delaware, United States. Since opening in 1969, it has held at least two NASCAR races.
In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the IRL Indy Car Series.

HALE BYRNES HOUSE

Telephone 302 998 3792
606 Stanton Christiana Rd
Newark DE 19713
Email halebyrneshouse@aol.com
Hale-Byrnes, Delawares society for the preservation of antiquities is listed on the National
Register of Historic Places. It is part of the nine-state Washington-Rochambeau National
Historic Trail and is also the southern anchor site of the federally-designated Wild and Scenic
White Clay Creek. Hale Byrnes House was the first building in Delaware to receive the State
Heritage Plaque.

HARVEST RIDGE WINERY

447 Westville Rd
Marydel DE 19964
Telephone 302 343 9437
www.harvestridgewinery.com
This was the fourth winery in Delaware spanning the border of Maryland and Delaware. It has
the most unique features of the property that existed on the Mason-Dixon witness stone and
crown markers.

WINTERTHUR MUSEUM GARDEN AND LIBRARY

5105 Kennett Pike
Winterthur, DE 19735
Telephone 302 888 54600
Toll free 800 448 3883
www.winterthur.org
Founded by Henry Francis DuPont, Winterthurs preeminent collection of American antiques
reflects both early America and DuPont familys life at it glorious state.

THE CANDLELIGHT THEATER

2208 Millers Rd
Fax 302 475 2313
Ardentown DE 19810
www.necstage.org
Its located in the historic Ardentown some miles away from downtown Wilmington .They
combine dinning with superb musical theater entertainment. Its mission is to continue the
tradition of employing and educating artists by encouraging them to explore and hone their craft
through the art of live theater.

JOHNSON VICTROLA MUSEUM

375 S New St, Dover, DE 19901
Telephone 302 744-505
The museum is a tribute to Delawares native son Eldridge Reeves Johnson who founded the
Victor Talking Machine company in 1901. First State Heritage Park is Delaware's first urban
"park without boundaries" linking historic and cultural sites in the city that has been the seat
of state government.