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The Hagley Museum and Library is a nonprofit educational institution in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, near Wilmington. [2] Covering more than 235 acres (95 ha) along the banks of the Brandywine Creek, the museum and grounds include the first du Pont family home and garden in the United States, the powder yards, and a 19th-century machine shop. [3]
Public School No. 29, also known as Lamborn Library, is a historic school building located at Hockessin, New Castle County, Delaware.It was built in 1870 as a one-room school; a second floor and classroom was added about 1890. is a two-story, brick building on a stone foundation with basement.
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library is an American estate and museum in Winterthur, Delaware. Winterthur houses one of the richest collections of Americana in the United States. [1] [2] The museum and estate were the home of Henry Francis du Pont (1880–1969), Winterthur's founder and a prominent antiques collector and horticulturist.
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Museums in New Castle County, Delaware" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex).As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, [1] making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the state's population of 989,948.
The Jacob Broom House is located northwest of Wilmington, Delaware, on a terrace overlooking Brandywine Creek southeast of the village of Montchanin.It is located between the two portions of the Hagley Museum and Library, which commemorates the early industrial history of the du Pont family.
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It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley metropolitan area (synonymous with the Philadelphia metropolitan area). Wilmington was named by Proprietor Thomas Penn after his friend Spencer Compton , Earl of Wilmington , who was prime minister during the reign of George II of Great Britain .