Church Street Historic District

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.

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Type: Protected area
Description: historic district in Delaware, United States
Also known as: “Church Street Historic District (Wilmington, Delaware)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Holy Trinity Church and St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church.

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.

St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church

Church

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St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception is a historic Roman Catholic church located at 600 E Sixth St. in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. St. Mary's is the only active church in Delaware founded by John Neumann, Bishop of Philadelphia 1852–1860, who consecrated it on October 31, 1858. St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church is situated 980 feet west of Church Street Historic District.

Hendrickson House

House

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Hendrickson House is one of the oldest houses in the U.S. state of Delaware and one of the oldest surviving Swedish-American homes in the United States. Hendrickson House is situated 360 feet southwest of Church Street Historic District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Brandywine Historic District and Lower Market Street Historic District.

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.

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.