Howard R. Young Correctional Institution
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Prison
- Description: Prison in Delaware, United States
- Also known as: “Howard R Young Correctional Institution”
- Address: DE
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Christina and Holy Trinity Church.
Fort Christina
Park
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Fort Christina, also called Fort Altena, was the first Swedish settlement in North America and the principal settlement of the New Sweden colony. Built in 1638 and named after Christina, Queen of Sweden, it was located approximately 1 mi east of the…
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. Holy Trinity Church is situated 3,200 feet west of Howard R. Young Correctional Institution.
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. Church Street Historic District is situated 3,100 feet west of Howard R. Young Correctional Institution.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Landlith and East Brandywine Historic District.
Landlith
Hamlet
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.
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.
Wilmington
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Wilmington is the largest city in Delaware, though still small by U.S. standards with a population of only 70,000. Due to the state's business-friendly laws, Wilmington is something of a center for businesses, with an incredible number of American corporations incorporated in the city.
Howard R. Young Correctional Institution
- Categories: building and government building
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.74135° or 39° 44′ 29″ northLongitude
-75.52974° or 75° 31′ 47″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87F6PFRC+G4OpenStreetMap ID
way 135265867OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesGeoNames ID
7160668Wikidata ID
Q28206745
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