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Brandywine Creek State Park is a state park, located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Wilmington, Delaware along the Brandywine Creek.Open year-round, it is 933 acres (378 ha) in area and much of the park was part of a Du Pont family estate and dairy farm before becoming a state park in 1965.
The Brandywine Zoo was created in 1905 and now occupies 4.75 acres of the park. [5] Brandywine Park also includes active recreational facilities including playgrounds, athletic fields, and Abessinio Stadium. [6] The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1] It is a unit of Delaware's Wilmington State Parks.
Brandywine Zoo is a small 4.7-acre (1.9 ha) zoo that opened in 1905 in Brandywine Park in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. It is located on the banks of the Brandywine River . [ 2 ] The zoo is managed by the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation and supported by the Delaware Zoological Society . [ 6 ]
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Longwood Gardens is a public garden that consists of more than 1,100 acres (445 hectares; 4.45 km 2) of gardens, woodlands, and meadows in the Brandywine Creek Valley in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States. [2]
The Continental Army troops camped on the east side of Brandywine Creek, which is now a part of Brandywine Park. An early mill race is still visible, on the site, a reminder of the extensive early milling industry on the Brandywine. The Continental Army camped at the site for a few days before the Battle of Brandywine in August 1777.
The Brandywine Center, located at 4820 Old Route 39 NW between Dover and Sugarcreek, began life as the Upper Brandywine School in 1894. The school closed in 1926.
Footbridge to Bancroft Mills Brandywine River and Alapocas Woods. Alapocas Run was originally created as a 123-acre city park (50 ha) named Alapocas Woods.In 1910 when Alfred I. du Pont was building his Nemours estate from DuPont Company lands, fellow industrialist William Poole Bancroft convinced him to have the company transfer a portion of the land between Nemours and the Brandywine to the ...