Bounded by Eighth, Locust, Seventh, and Church Sts., Wilmington, Delaware. County/parish: New Castle.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 12, 1987. NRIS 87000944.
26 contributing buildings.
Church Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 26 contributing buildings, 22 of which are single family fully attached rowhouse dwellings. They are primarily two-story, brick structures. It also includes a large Second Empire building which was originally a saloon and hotel, a bar and restaurant which also has Second Empire elements, and a smaller Queen Anne style store. The area developed between about 1880 and 1920 and many residents worked for the railroad.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75324224