Recent NC CHAP Projects
Crane Hook Church 1697-1699:
One of two Swedish Lutheran churches serving the entire Delaware valley
The Dike
Uprising of 1675
Draft NC-CHAP
strategic plan
Oral history:
Hugh Ryan Jr.,
John Gambacorta, Frances Haut, John Ryan, Gladys Green Clark
New Castle
Quaker Meeting c1700
Implementing Youtube
video for
Friends Of Bellanca Airfield
The
Italian-American community in New Castle
New Castle
downtown businesses of the past
Early postcards:
Greetings from New Castle!,
Page 2,
Deemer Beach
Origins of
St. Peter's of New Castle
A Day in Old New Castle: programs from 1933 and 1940, and
video of 1931 event!
New Castle Presbyterian Church
history, graves, members since 1700
New Castle Methodist Church
history, cemetery plan and members (1820)
New Castle
parcel map c1680
Where was Fort Casimir?
Historical American Buildings Survey High resolution images of
New Castle in the 1930's from the Library of Congress
Photo gallery Early snapshots around town
Page 2
Mother Goose came to New Castle (1965)
The Laird Yacht Basin -- Recollections of Irenee du Pont, Jr.
Views of New Castle from the water -- 1797 to 2005
in 1687
Annotated
tax records for New Castle, 1776-1826 -- data on
wealth, politics and religion!
Hidden in Plain Sight -- Remains of the New Castle Gas Co.
Flags over Delaware in 1797
The
le Blanc drawing of New Castle's Waterfront
The
Cave -- a waterfront dive, figuratively, and maybe literally.
The
Federal census
1800-1870 for New Castle
Lands of New Castle Common -- The
Survey of 1704
-- What property
did the deed include? How does it compare to modern holdings of the
Trustees? Are any of the property marker trees still standing that formed
the 'metes and bounds' of the survey?
Archaeological Excavation
At Avery's Rest, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
POTS and PLATES ARCHAEOLOGY: A Ceramic Artifacts Identification Workshop
We joined Delaware archaeologists and our neighbors to learn more about
ceramic and pottery artifacts from sites around town: How old items are, what they are, what they were used for,
and how they were made. Featured collections include from the Read House
gardens, Ft. Casimir excavation and the Jarvis/Blair gardens.
Portraits -- Individual and Group.
In progress -- your contributions needed!
Resident's Recollections
Industry in New Castle:
Mysteries of the
Dutch Tile House
Save Our Historic Ice Piers project
(SoHip)
Pesentation: How to Research Historic Properties in New Castle
(3mb pdf)
Williamsburg on the Delaware--
the renovation/reconstruction of New Castle proposed in 1947
Preservation Trades Network
Workshop
Harbor Reconnaissance with
Institute of Maritime History
Digitization of the
Latrobe Survey
Projects just started
Immanuel Church on the Green
gravestone inscriptions
Contact: james.l.meek[-at-symbol-] gmail.com; (302)-326-1275