Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30
FIFTH GRADE TO GET
SIGHT SEEING TRIP
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unload and go through this mus
cum. (Mrs. Ellsworth Holden, hos
tess.) The busses leave you here
and proceed on Delaware street and
park in front of the court house
one and a half blocks beyond. From
the Amstel House you will proceed
on foot down Delaware street to
Third; turning left, on Third, you
will pass, on the corner, a house
erected in 1889 by Chief Justice
Kensey Johns; at No. 16 East
Third street you will pass the resi-
dence of Judge and Mrs. Richard
S. Rodney, erected in 1881 by Geo.
Bridges Rodney; proceed down
Third street, and, at No. 80 East
Third street, you will find the Old
Dutch House, built in the latter
half of the 18th Century, undoubt-
edly the oldest house in Delaware.
Proceed down Third street to Har-
mony. where you cross the street;
go in the church yard and see the
New Castle Academy, built in 1898,
and go in Emmanuel Church, (Rev.
Lawrence Mills, rector), founded
in 1889, built in 1903. In the church.
yard are the graves of many cele-
brated Delawareans. Leaving the
churchyard you will proceed, on
foot, down Harmony street, to-
wards the river, tos the Strand On
the corner of Harmony and The
Strand is the parish house, built
about 1901 by Peter Crowding.
Turning right, on The Strand, you
will pass the Read House (resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Philip D.
Laird, erected in 1901 for George
Read, End, son of George Read the
Signer, one of the most perfect
specimens of Colonial architecture
and No. 8 The Strand, the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas McIntire,
built about 1890, an interesting
survival of the early Colonial per-
iod. Then you turn right at Della
ware street, go up to the square
where you will see the Town Hail.
built about 1928, and the old court
house, the east wing of which was
built before 1852. The annual AS
semblies met there until 1776.
Leave 10:30 a. m.-After viewing
the court house and The Green
you get in your busses and proceed
with state police motorcycle escort
to Wilmington. The route taken
will be as follows, leaving at 1890
a. m, promptly: East on Second
street, passing the site of the OLD
Dutch Church, 1857, and the
Church of the oldest Presbyterian
Congregation in the United States
to Chestnut, past the Green ant
past the Delaware-New CastleFer.
ry Terminal, to New Castle ave
nue. to Landers Lane, through
Swanwych, to the DUPONT Boule
ward, to South Market street. A
the city line, Wilmington city po
lice will have an escort to take you
up Market street to Eleventh
where you pass the civic center
Rodney Square. Here is located the
City-County Building, the public
library, the statue of Caesor Rod
ney, the Continental American
Building, the Federal Building, the
DUPONT Building and First ant
Central Presbyterian Church.
11:00 a. m.-You turn left or
Eleventh street, passing the Mem
ours Building and the Y. M. c. A.
proceeding out to Delaware ave
nue. to GIL Delaware avenue, th'
Red Cross headquarters, wher,
you will as guests of the Delawar,
Junior American Red Cross, hav,
luncheon at 11:00 a. m. (Mrs. r
Blair Myers, hOstess.)
1890 noon-Leaving the head
quarters of the Red Cross at 1873
noon, sthe busses with Wilmington
police escort will proceed to VA
Buren, street, then right on Va
t. Buren, street to Brandywine Par
Drive. Turn right on Brandywin
Park Drive, going down along tn
Brandywine River to French stree
turn right on French stree
down French to Seventh stree
and west on Seventh street, wher
you stop at the Old Swedes Church
built in 1898.
!. lis p. m.-After you visit OIL
, Swedes Church and at 11:15 !
: M, get in your busses,- proceed o
= Seventh street to Fort Christian
= Park, where are found the rock
= on which the Swedes landed i
1888. also the monument to tn
. landing of the Swedes, erected i
!. 1888, the money for which was CO
. lected from the school children c
. Sweden.
= 200 p. m-The busses tur
= around here to take you back. &
Zoo p. M, to Seventh street, pas