Milford chronicle., 1962-09-21
Delaware Has Much
To Show And Offer
The Fall Visitor
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five miles northwest of Whining
ton, on Delaware Route So, lis the
Henry Francis DUPONT Winterthur
Museum containing more than 100
early American rooms from the
1910 to 1910. period In the fall
season, reservations must be made
in advance and there are no visit
ing hours on Sunday or Monday.
Just a short distance FIR m
Winterthur is the Hagley Museum
featuring exhibits depicting tn e
early industry of the area in a
converted 1914 textile mill. T h e
museum is open Tuesdays through
Saturdays, $3.50 am. 4:30 pm,
and on Sundays 1 pm 5 pm.
Admission is free.
New Castle, on the Delaware
River, just short distance from
U. s. Routes 13 and 40 and from
the Delaware Memorial Bridge, is
one of Americas best preserved
colonial communities and offers
several small museums, a restored
Court House that served as t h e
states first capitol, and many
other relics from an event-filled
past.
Down river from New Castle is
Pea Patch Island, the site of Fort
Delaware, a partly res or d
fortress that housed Confederate
prisoners during the Civil War and
through World War III served as
part of the defense system for the
Delaware Valley. While regularly
scheduled boat transportation
from the mainland is not available
after October %, large groups may
charter such transportation at
Delaware City.
Historic Odessa, ON U. S. 13
about midway between Whining
ton and Dover, offers the David
Wilson Mansion, and the Cor b t
House, two small museums that
are excellent examples of Georgi-
am Colonial architecture. These are
open Tuesdays, Thursdays an d
Saturdays from 10 am. to 5 pm.
and on Sundays from 2 pm. to
5 pm.
Dover, Delaware's capital city,
is midway of the state, on t h e
dualized U. S. Route 13, and offers
such places of interest as the Della
ware State Museum, the Old State
House, the Hall of Records
(Archives Building), Legislative
Hall and other State Buildings.
The Museum is open Tuesday
through Saturday from 10 am. to
5 pm. and on Sundays from pm.
to pm; it is closed on Mondays
and holidays. The governmental
buildings are open Mon day
through Friday, $50 am. to 4:30
pm. Surrounding historic Dover
Green are buildings and dwellings
that still retain the same appear
ance they had in the days when
early American history was made
here.
On Delaware Route 8. just
short distance east of u. S. Route
Is and south of the Dover A ir
Force Base, is the John Dickinson
Mansion, the restored home of the
"Penman of the Revolution. Die
kinson was the author of the Arti-,
cles of Confederation and o h e r
Revolutionary War period docu-
ments in addition to serving both
Delaware and Pennsylvania as
chief executive. The Mansion is
now open daily except for Mondays
and holidays.
South of Dover. on U. S. Route
f13. near Frederick. is Barrattis
Chapel, (erected 17S0l, known as
''Tlhe Cradle of Methodism in
America. Here, in 1884, the de-
cision ito organize the Methodist
Episcopal Church was reached and
Communion first regularly ad-
ministered. This historic church
retains much of its original fur
niShings and appearance.
Milford, astraddle the X en- t.
Sussex County boundary, 20 miles
south of Dover on U. S. Route 113,
offers the Parson Thorne House,
one of Delaware's newest" his
torical shrines and tourist attrac-
tioris. Believed to be the oldest
building in the area acquired
during Revolutionary War period
by the Rev. Sydenham Thorne, CO.
founder with Joseph Oliver of Mil
ford, this interesting Old English
Colonial type structure is being re-
stored by the Milford Historical
Society which acquired it earlier
this year.
Near the Point of the Ca p S.