New Castle events calendar
Nearby events -- May. 31
Historic Restoration SymposiumCaring for your old house ( at the Peter Wentz farmstead)
Recent NC CHAP Projects
in 1687Annotated tax records for New Castle, 1776-1826 -- data on wealth, politics and religion!
Hidden in Plain Sight -- Remains of the New Castle Gas Co.
Flags over Delaware in 1797
The le Blanc drawing of New Castle's Waterfront
The Cave -- a waterfront dive, figuratively, and maybe literally.
The Federal census 1800-1870 for New Castle
Lands of New Castle Common -- The
Survey of 1704
-- What property
did the deed include? How does it compare to modern holdings of the
Trustees? Are any of the property marker trees still standing that formed
the 'metes and bounds' of the survey?
Archaeological Excavation At Avery's Rest, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
POTS and PLATES ARCHAEOLOGY: A Ceramic Artifacts Identification Workshop
We joined Delaware archaeologists and our neighbors to learn more about
ceramic and pottery artifacts from sites around town: How old items are, what they are, what they were used for,
and how they were made. Featured collections include from the Read House
gardens, Ft. Casimir excavation and the Jarvis/Blair gardens.
Portraits -- Individual and Group. In progress -- your contributions needed!
Resident's Recollections
Industry in New Castle:
Tasker Iron Works,
Triton Cotton Mill,
New Castle Manuf. Co,
Baldt & Brylgon Steel Mills, American Manganese, NVF ....
Mysteries of the
Dutch Tile House
Save Our Historic Ice Piers project
(SoHip)
Pesentation: How to Research Historic Properties in New Castle (3mb pdf)
Williamsburg on the Delaware--
the renovation/reconstruction of New Castle proposed in 1947Preservation Trades Network Workshop
Harbor Reconnaissance with Institute of Maritime History
Digitization of the Latrobe Survey
Contact: james.l.meek[-at-symbol-]gmail.com; (302)-326-1275