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United States Post Office, Courthouse, and Customhouse (Wilmington, Delaware)

The U.S. Post Office, Courthouse, and Customhouse, also known as Main Post Office and the Wilmington Trust Headquarters, is a historic post office, courthouse, and custom house, located on Rodney Square in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. History The U.S. Post Office, Courthouse, and Customhouse was designed by the Associated Federal Architects in 1933–1935 and built by Irwin & Leighton. The building was completed in 1937 on 11th and Market Streets on Rodney Square in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. In addition to historically being a post office, courthouse, and custom house, it is currently the headquarters of Wilmington Trust. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 14, 1979. It is also designated as a contributing property of the Rodney Square Historic District on March 24, 2017. Architecture The U.S. Post Office, Courthouse, and Customhouse is in Classical Revival style. It is a three-story, cut stone structure with six large stone pillars across the main entrance. the gross building area is 104,669 sq. ft. Its interior lobby features Art Moderne style with marble columns, marble floors, and two murals. The courtroom is also in Art Modern style in chandeliers, judge's bench, lawyers' tables, and jury box. There is also a Works Progress Administration (WPA) painting behind the judge's box. There are three WPA painting in the post office. A vertical modern addition now emerges from the historic facade. See also Old Customshouse (Wilmington, Delaware) Wilmington Trust Newark Branch List of United States federal courthouses in Delaware List of United States post offices National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilmington, Delaware References External links
United States lightship Overfalls (LV-118)

Lightship Overfalls (LV-118) (later renumbered WAL-539) was the last lightvessel constructed for the United States Lighthouse Service before the Service became part of the United States Coast Guard. She is currently preserved in Lewes, Delaware as a museum ship. History This ship was built to replace LV-44, badly damaged in the New England Hurricane of 1938, for the Cornfield Point station. Patterned after the LV-112, she has a hull unlike that of any of her sisters; in effect, a single-ship class. She is the last riveted-hull lightship built for the United States Lighthouse Service, all subsequent ships having welded hulls. Propulsion was diesel, with a set of diesel generators and compressors providing power for the beacon and auxiliaries. The light was a duplex 375 mm (14.8 in) lantern on a single mast, at 57 ft (17 m) above the water line. Dual diaphones were provided for a fog signal, as well as a bell and radiobeacon. A radar unit was installed in 1943. The crew complement was fourteen, to serve on a two weeks on/one week off basis. When the lighthouse service was merged into the coast guard in 1939, she was renumbered WAL 539. LV 118 / WAL 539 served at these stations: 1938-1957: Cornfield Point, Connecticut 1958-1962: Cross Rip, Massachusetts 1962-1972: Boston, Massachusetts Unlike most US lightships WAL 539 remained on station during World War II. A severe storm in December 1970 damaged the ship, leading to her decommissioning on November 7, 1972. Upon retirement WAL 539 was donated to the Lewes Historical Society and placed on display in Lewes, Delaware, painted for the "OVERFALLS" station, though she never served there. The Lightship that actually served on the Overfalls station is on display in Portsmouth, Virginia. The ship's condition deteriorated and a failed attempt in 1999 to sell her led to the formation of a separate group, the Overfalls Maritime Museum Foundation, to take over the maintenance and restore the vessel. She remains in Lewes and is available for tours. The lightship was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, and in 2011 was further designated a National Historic Landmark. See also List of National Historic Landmarks in Delaware National Register of Historic Places listings in Sussex County, Delaware List of maritime museums in the United States References External links Media related to United States lightship WAL 539 at Wikimedia Commons Overfalls Maritime Museum Foundation Chesapeake Bay Lighthouse Project - Lightship Overfalls
W. D. Burrows House

W. D. Burrows House, also known as Hopewell, is a historic home and farm located near Kenton in Kent County, Delaware. The house was built about 1830, and is a two-story, five-bay, center hall plan brick dwelling. It has a full basement and gable roof. Also on the property are a contributing barn, a machine shed, chicken house and assorted storage sheds. They are dated to the late-19th and early-20th centuries. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. References
WAFL (FM)

WAFL (97.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 format. Licensed to Milford, Delaware, United States, the station serves the Dover, Delaware area. The station is currently owned by Forever Media. The station is also broadcast on HD radio. History The station first went on the air as WAFL-FM on May 19, 1973, under the ownership of Thomas H. Draper, who would go on to purchase WBOC-TV. The station originally broadcast a country format with the tagline of "The Country King". After that, the station changed its format to an adult contemporary format and became WAFL - Great Hits. In September 1994, WAFL shifted to the then-groundbreaking hot adult contemporary format as Eagle 97.7. As of November 2022, Eagle 97.7 has shifted to a Top 40 format, focusing on current and recent hits. References External links Facility details for Facility ID 53482 (WAFL) in the FCC Licensing and Management System WAFL in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
Walnut Green School

Walnut Green School, also known as District School Number 25, is a historic one-room school building located at Greenville, New Castle County, Delaware. It was founded in 1808 and in 1924 was said to be the oldest schoolhouse in the state. It is a one-story, five-bay, rectangular, gambrel-roofed, white-stuccoed stone building in the Colonial Revival style. The school building dates to the late-18th century, but was expanded and remodeled in 1918–1924. The school closed in 1947, because parents wanted their children to go to the AI duPont school district. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. References
Wawaset Park, Wilmington, Delaware

Wawaset Park is a planned community national historic district located on the western edge of the City of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. The area was formerly the grounds of Schuetzen Park, a horse racing and later auto racing track and fairgrounds. It was purchased in 1917 by the DuPont Company and developed into single-family houses, semi-detached and row houses to meet the housing need for the company's expanding corporate staff. The historic district encompasses 321 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure. The neighborhood's design by noted Baltimore architect Edward L. Palmer Jr., with curvilinear streets and ample lawns giving it the setting of a suburb within the city, was influenced by the work of Frederick Law Olmsted, and its architecture includes Tudor cottages, Georgian mansions, and elements of the Picturesque and Gothic styles. The dwellings are unified by slate roofing. The historic district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Education It is in the Red Clay Consolidated School District. Zoned schools are Highlands Elementary School, Alexis I. du Pont Middle School, and Alexis I. du Pont High School. References External links NRHP Site Listing with Photos Neighborhood link List of Links about Wawaset Park
Wesley M.E. Church

Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located at McClellandville, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1854, and is a frame, one story, one bay by three bay, gable-roofed Greek Revival-style building. It was sheathed in weatherboard and featured decorative wood shingles on the facade and corner pilasters. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. References
White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church

White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located near Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. The current structure was built in 1855, and is a two-story brick structure, nearly as tall (about 40 feet) as it is wide (45 feet). The building measures 63 feet deep. The exterior features brick pilasters and tall stained glass windows. A 1996 addition to the front of the building contains an elevator to the second floor sanctuary and is topped by a steeple. It was preceded by a structure built in 1752. The church was organized as early as 1709 to serve Scotch-Irish Presbyterians at White Clay Creek. The original White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church was built in 1721 about a mile north on the NW Corner of Dewalt Rd and Old Coach Rd. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Newark, Delaware References External links Official website Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-160, "White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church, Robert Kirkwood Highway & Polly Drummond Hill Road, Newark, New Castle County, DE", 5 photos, 5 data pages, supplemental material
White Hall (Bear, Delaware)

White Hall, also known as the William Cann Tenant House and Andrew Elliason Tenant House, is a historic home located at Bear, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in three phases during the 19th century between about 1830 and 1860, and is a two-story, five-bay frame dwelling with a gable roof. It has a 2+1⁄2-story rear wing that creates a "T" configuration. It is in a vernacular Greek Revival / Italianate-style. Also on the property are a contributing frame dairy barn, a concrete block milk house, and a frame implement shed, all dated to the 1930s. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. References
William Julius "Judy" Johnson House

William Julius "Judy" Johnson House is a historic home located at Marshallton, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1925, and is a two-story, three-bay, rectangular frame dwelling with a one-story front porch. It has a hipped and gable roof with dormer and is reflective of the American Craftsman style. Wavy asbestos siding was added to the home in 1939. Also on the property is a contributing two car garage. It was the home of Hall of Fame baseball player Judy Johnson (ca. 1900–1989), who played in the Negro leagues between 1921 and 1937. Johnson purchased the home in 1934, and resided in it until shortly before his death. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. References
William Penn High School (Delaware)

William Penn High School, also known as William Penn or simply Penn, is a four-year comprehensive, coeducational public high school located in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It is adjacent to the New Castle city limits and has a New Castle postal address. The school is a member of the Colonial School District, and is the largest high school in the state of Delaware. The school mascot is the Colonial. In addition to New Castle the school district includes Delaware City, Port Penn, St. Georges, Wilmington Manor, portions of Wilmington, and half of Bear. History The school was established in 1921. The present building was designed by Wilmington architects Wason, Tingle & Brust and completed in 1966. Notable alumni Cliff Brumbaugh, baseball player Dave May, professional baseball player Brett Oberholtzer, baseball player Brian Oliver, professional basketball player Jeff Otah, professional football player, Carolina Panthers Kyle Carter, professional football player, Minnesota Vikings Devin Smith, professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv Richard B. Weldon, Jr., former Frederick County (MD) Commissioner and member of the Maryland House of Delegates Jheanelle Wilkins, politician and member of the Maryland House of Delegates See also List of high schools in Delaware Colonial School District (Delaware) William Penn References External links Official website
Wilmington Christian School

Wilmington Christian School (WCS) is a private, non-denominational college preparatory Christian school. Founded in 1946 in the city of Wilmington, Delaware, it has since consolidated its elementary and secondary schools to a 15-acre (61,000 m2) campus in the suburban Hockessin area and enrolls over 400 students in Pre-K3 through 12th grade. WCS is a parent-based corporation represented by nearly 100 local churches in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, with oversight provided by an elected Board of Directors. They list as their mission to provide "a Christ-centered, challenging academic program with instruction based on the Biblical view of God and the world," and encourage students to integrate biblical truth into their daily life and to impact the culture for Jesus Christ. WCS is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and a member of the Mid-Atlantic Christian School Association (MACSA), and the Delaware Association of Independent Schools. WCS competes in the Delaware Independent School Conference for interscholastic sports. References External links Official website
Wilmington Drama League

The Wilmington Drama League is a community theater group in Wilmington, Delaware in the United States that produces performing arts and owns its own theater. The theater is located at 10 West Lea Blvd. in North Wilmington, Delaware . In the community theater productions the actors are not paid, although the band for a musical might be. History The Wilmington Drama League's long and noble performing arts tradition traces back to 1933, when a small band of enthusiasts began staging plays on the third floor of an old grist mall at 18th and Market Streets. Seven years later, the success of this venture in community theater enabled the Drama League to relocate to its own facility on West Lea Boulevard. Since then the play, most assuredly, has been the thing at WDL. In all its years of operation, the Drama League has mounted innumerable adult and children's theatrical productions. The talents and energies of thousands of volunteers - actors, directors, set designers and builders, lighting and sound engineers, as well as costume, makeup, and prop technicians - have transformed our stage into the compelling fantasy worlds created by playwrights ranging from Edward Albee, Beckett and Chekhov to David Mamet and Arthur Miller, Simon and Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde and Williams. Today Today, the Wilmington Drama League does many diverse and fun activities. It performs an annual Battle of the Bands, providing opportunity to local musicians. Pillow Plays, small scale performances by youth for youth, ensure that theater will live on into the 21st century. External links Wilmington Drama League Site
Wilmington Friends School

Wilmington Friends School is a private Preschool-12 school in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, United States, near Wilmington. It is affiliated with the Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers. History The school was founded in 1748 by members of the Wilmington Monthly Meeting of Friends. Of the school, Delaware historian Benjamin Ferris wrote in the 19th century, "Thousands of children have there received the first rudiments of an English education." In 1937, the Friends School moved from its original site to its current location in Alapocas, just outside the city of Wilmington. In 2019, it was announced that the school was selling its lower school building and constructing a new lower school on the middle and upper school campus. The community surrounding the school had an opposing viewpoint however and after years of push back and a denied request to alter variances, plans for the sale were cancelled. Wilmington Friends is now planning a significant remodel and expansion to the lower school, which will remain intact at its current location. Notable alumni Ashley Biden, American social worker, activist, philanthropist, and fashion designer Adam B. Ellick, correspondent for The New York Times who filmed a documentary about Malala Yousafza Linda Holmes, NPR personality and writer Matt Meyer, Delaware's 76th Governor (took office January 2025) Crystal Nix-Hines, United States Ambassador to UNESCO Daniel Pfeiffer, politician and podcaster Carol Quillen, president of Davidson College Stephen Urice - (1950) Archeologist, Law professor, cultural property law Mabel Vernon, American suffragist, pacifist, and a national leader in the United States suffrage movement References External links Official website
Wilmington Trust Company Bank

Wilmington Trust Company Bank is a historic bank building in Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1926 and is a one-story, rectangular plan brick structure with a cast concrete / cement Neoclassical facade. It was built by the Farmer's Trust Company of Newark, which was acquired in 1952 by the Wilmington Trust Company. It is owned today by M&T Bank, which bought Wilmington Trust in 2008. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. See also List of bank buildings Wilmington Trust Headquarters National Register of Historic Places listings in Newark, Delaware References
Woman's Club of Newport

Woman's Club of Newport, also known as Newport Town Hall, is a historic clubhouse located at Newport, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1934, and is a one-story, T-plan building in the Tudor Revival style. It has a three-bay-wide, two-bay-deep, gable roofed main block with a broad wing extend to the rear, resulting in a T configuration. The roof of the wing is slightly higher than that of the front section, and terminates in a clipped "jerkinhead" gable. Originally built for the Woman's Club of Newport, in 1976, the clubhouse was sold to the Town of Newport for use as a town hall. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. References
Woodbridge High School (Delaware)

Woodbridge High School is a public high school in unincorporated Sussex County, Delaware, with a Greenwood postal address. It is part of the Woodbridge School District. School structure As of the 2019-2020 school year, enrollment was 727 students and there were 75 faculty members. The students go by the name of the "Blue Raiders". The school colors are blue, gray, and white. Communities served by the district include the majority of Bridgeville and all of Greenwood in Sussex County and all of Farmington in Kent County. History The school was formerly in the Bridgeville city limits. The district spent $52.5 million to build the current building, which opened in 2014. Facility The current facility has 162,000 square feet (15,100 m2) of space and a capacity of 700 students. It has an 800-seat auditorium and a 1,100+-seat gymnasium. References External links Official website School district website
Wright-Carry House

Wright-Carry House is a historic home located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. The house was built about 1880, and is a two-story, three-bay, center hall plan frame structure with a two-story rear wing. Both sections have gable roof and the house exhibits Queen Anne style design elements. Also on the property are a contributing summer kitchen, privy, and barn or carriage house. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. References
Wright House (Newark, Delaware)

Wright House is a historic home located at Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1922 and is a 2+1⁄2-story E-shaped brick dwelling with a five-bay front facade. It is in the Colonial Revival style. It features a three-bay main portico with fluted Corinthian order columns and a frame porte cochere. The house was purchased by the University of Delaware after 1950 and serves as the home of the University President. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Newark, Delaware References
Zwaanendael Museum

In Lewes, Delaware the Zwaanendael Museum was created to honor the 300th anniversary of Delaware's first European settlement, Zwaanendael, founded 1631. The museum models the former City Hall in Hoorn, Netherlands. It has 17th century Dutch elements such as stepped facade gable, terra cotta roof tiles, carved stonework, and decorated shutters. The top of the building's front features a statue of David Pietersen de Vries, one of the patroons of the Swanendael colony. The building was designed by Wilmington architect E. William Martin and completed in 1932. The design was adapted from the Statenlogement in Hoorn. The museum's exhibits represent the history of Sussex County by revealing the history of those who lived in Delaware's southeastern coast. Exhibits include local history, shipwrecks such as the H.M.S. DeBraak and lighthouses, Cape Henlopen Lighthouse, the bombardment of Lewes by the British in the War of 1812, pilots of the Delaware River and Bay, and the ever-changing Delaware coastline. It also has a feejee mermaid on display, originally from China but purchased by a local family and donated on loan before See also History of the Netherlands New Netherland Zwaanendael Colony De Vries Palisade List of museums in Delaware Lewes Historic District References "The Zwaanendael Museum". Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs. State of Delaware. Archived from the original on June 19, 2006. Retrieved May 22, 2006. External links Media related to Zwaanendael Museum at Wikimedia Commons