Landlith

The Wilmington Rail Viaduct is a series of fills and bridges, about 4 miles long, that carries the Northeast Corridor through the city of Wilmington, Delaware, above street level.

Type: Hamlet
Description: human settlement in Delaware, United States of America
Also known as: “Landlith, DE” and “Landlith, Delaware”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Howard R. Young Correctional Institution and Holy Trinity Church.

Howard R. Young Correctional Institution

Prison

The Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, colloquially known as Gander Hill Prison, is a state prison for male inmates in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, owned and operated by the Delaware Department of Correction.

Holy Trinity Church

Museum

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Holy Trinity Church, also known as Old Swedes, is a historic church at East 7th and Church Street in Wilmington, Delaware. It was consecrated on Trinity Sunday, June 4, 1699, by a predominantly Swedish congregation formerly of the colony of New Sweden.

Church Street Historic District

Protected area

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Brandywine Historic District and Brandywine Village.

East Brandywine Historic District

Neighborhood

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East Brandywine Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 189 contributing buildings located east of the central business district of Wilmington dating from the late-18th to the early-20th century.

Brandywine Village

Neighborhood

Brandywine Village was an early center of U.S. industrialization located on the Brandywine River in what is now Wilmington, Delaware. The Brandywine crosses the Fall Line just north of Wilmington, and descends from about 160 feet above sea level in Chadds Ford to just a few feet above sea level in Wilmington.