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A Circle K could be coming to the site of the old Walgreens on Dawson Street. Wilmington's planning commission recently approved rezoning the property at 1618 Dawson St. to a Community Business ...
In 1962, Harry Levin (1928-1987) opened his first store in Wilmington, Delaware, simply called "Discount Center".He quickly gained a reputation for his always-cheerful disposition, and customers soon simply referred to his store as "Happy's".
From 1940 to 1997, the F. W. Woolworth Company operated the store, this location being one of the last to close. The building then housed a Happy Harry's drug store and pharmacy for several years until that company was purchased by Walgreens in 2007.
The jurisdiction left to the court at became New Castle County, and the county seat remained at New Castle until 1881 when it was moved to Wilmington. In 1680, Whorekill District was divided into Deale County and St. Jones County. [6] After this division, Lewes became the county seat of Deale, which was later renamed Sussex County. [6]
Wilmington (Lenape: Paxahakink / Pakehakink) [4] 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.
This is a list of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wilmington, Delaware: [1]. For reasons of size, the listings in New Castle County are divided into three lists: those in Wilmington, other listings in northern New Castle County (north of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal), and those in southern New Castle County (south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal).
Delaware Route 2 (DE 2) is a 10.81-mile-long (17.40 km) east–west state highway located in the northern part of New Castle County in the U.S. state of Delaware.It runs from DE 72 and DE 273 on the eastern edge of Newark east to DE 52 in Wilmington.
Lower Market Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 132 contributing buildings the central business district of Wilmington. It includes attached commercial and commercial/residential structures dating from the mid-18th to the early-20th century.