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Wilmington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Delaware.The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River.
Wilmington: 1948 Chevrolet Dealership (now I.G. Burton Auto Showroom) Milton: 1946 Clayton Theatre Dagsboro: 1948 Crest Theater (now Foley Hall at St. Matthew's Catholic Church) Wilmington: 1942 Delaware College of Art and Design: Wilmington: 1931 Dover Opera House interior (now Schwartz Center for the Arts) Dover: 1922 Mike's Famous Roadside ...
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit, 1908 Church of the Covenant in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, 1911 Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City; design taken over by Cram in 1911 Princeton University Chapel, 1928. All Saints' Church, Ashmont, Massachusetts, 1892; Christ Church, Hyde Park, Massachusetts 1892
[citation needed] The company was sold at foreclosure and reorganized as the Fairmount Park and Delaware River Passenger Railway on June 14, 1864, [citation needed] and was merged into the Germantown Passenger Railway (Route 23 Germantown Avenue) on February 15, 1866.
Many remains from St. James churchyard were relocated to the new cemetery. The Wilmington Gas Light Company was established in 1854. Soon after, streetlights were powered by gas made from lightwood and rosin, replacing the old street oil lamps. On December 27, 1855, the first cornerstone was laid, and construction began on a new city hall.
That same year, an arson fire destroyed the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption. [32] The cornerstone for the new cathedral was laid in 1967 and the building was completed in 1970. In 1968, McGucken became embroiled in a controversy with Reverend Eugene Boyle, a progressive diocesan priest with ties to the Black Panther Party. The group had ...
1872 - Elmwood Cemetery established. 1873 - First St. Patrick's Day parade. [16] 1874 Kansas City Police Department created. St. Joseph Hospital opened. 1875 Old St. Patrick Oratory built. [17] Fetterman Circulating Library. [18] Gallup Map founded. [19] 1879 - Lawrence F. Rieger Real Estate Broker (Now Kessinger Hunter) opens at 5th and Main ...