Mid-Atlantic
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New Castle County

Hendrickson House

Hendrickson House is one of the oldest houses in the U.S. state of and one of the oldest surviving Swedish-American homes in the United States.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Holy Trinity Church and Church Street Historic District.

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

Protected area
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is a national historic district located at , . It encompasses 26 contributing buildings, 22 of which are single family fully attached rowhouse dwellings. is situated 360 feet northeast of Hendrickson House.

Park
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, also called Fort Altena, was the first 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…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lower Market Street Historic District and Wilmington.

Neighborhood
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is a national historic district located at , . It encompasses 132 contributing buildings the central business district of Wilmington.

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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, is something of a center for businesses, with an incredible number of American corporations incorporated in the city.

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is a neighborhood.

Hendrickson House

Latitude
39.73859° or 39° 44′ 19″ north
Longitude
-75.54126° or 75° 32′ 29″ west
Open location code
87F6PFQ5+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 368340135
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­house
Wiki­data ID
Q5713799
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