Bounded roughly by Appoquinimink Creek on SE, High St. on NE, 4th St. on NW, and Main St. on SW, Odessa, Delaware. County/parish: New Castle.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 21, 1971. NRIS 71000227.
40 contributing buildings.Also known as:
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. It includes a mix of commercial and residential buildings primarily dating to the 18th and 19th century. The oldest building is the Collins-Sharp House (c. 1700). Other notable buildings include the Judge Lore House (c. 1830), Brick Hotel (1822), the Davis Store (1824), Cyrus Polk House (1853), Zoar ME Church (1881), Wilson-Warner House (c. 1769), Academy building (1844), Red Men Lodge (1894), and Old St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal parsonage. Also located in the district and separately listed are the Appoquinimink Friends Meetinghouse, Corbit-Sharp House, and Old St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, then increased in 1984.
National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323750