Fort Christina Memorial
Fort Christina Memorial is a monument in New Castle County, Delaware. Fort Christina Memorial is situated nearby to foundation, as well as near the museum Holy Trinity Church.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 880 feet northwest of Fort Christina Memorial.
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 1,200 feet northwest of Fort Christina Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Landlith and Lower Market Street 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.
Lower Market Street Historic District
Neighborhood
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Lower Market Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 132 contributing buildings the central business district of Wilmington.
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.
Fort Christina Memorial
- Type: Monument
- Category: historic site
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.73662° or 39° 44′ 12″ northLongitude
-75.53859° or 75° 32′ 19″ westOpen location code
87F6PFP6+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 6762006715OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include foundation and Hendrickson House.
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