Odessa Historic District
Odessa Historic District is a national historic district located at Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 82 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas in the shipping and trading center of Odessa.Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church and Corbit–Sharp House.
Old St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church
Heritage site
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Old St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located on High Street in Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was designed by noted Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan and built in 1851–1852. Old St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church is situated 1,000 feet northwest of Odessa Historic District.
Corbit–Sharp House
House
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The Corbit–Sharp House is a historic house museum located at 118 Main Street in Odessa, Delaware. Built in 1772–74, it is one of the finest examples of a brick Georgian house in the Mid-Atlantic states. Corbit–Sharp House is situated 600 feet southeast of Odessa Historic District.
Appoquinimink Friends Meetinghouse
Church
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Appoquinimink Friends Meeting House, also known as the Odessa Friends Meetinghouse, is a very small but historic Quaker meetinghouse on Main Street in Odessa, Delaware. Appoquinimink Friends Meetinghouse is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Odessa Historic District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Odessa and McDonough.
Odessa
Village
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Odessa is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. As of the 2020 census, Odessa had a population of 366. Founded as Cantwell's Bridge in the 18th century, the name was changed in the 19th century, after the Ukrainian port city of the same name.
McDonough
Hamlet
McDonough is a small unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The community lies north of Odessa and just due south of St. Georges. It is named for Captain Thomas Macdonough. McDonough is situated 2½ miles north of Odessa Historic District.
Fieldsboro
Locality
Fieldsboro is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Fieldsboro is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Fieldsboro Road, south of Odessa. Fieldsboro is situated 2½ miles south of Odessa Historic District.
Odessa Historic District
- Type: Protected area
- Description: historic district in Delaware, United States
- Categories: historic district, heritage site, and historic site
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.45514° or 39° 27′ 19″ northLongitude
-75.65839° or 75° 39′ 30″ westOpen location code
87F6F84R+3JOpenStreetMap ID
way 376160557OpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageWikidata ID
Q7077712
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Odessa Fire Company Station 24 and Old Academy Park.
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