Wooddale Historic District, also known as the Delaware Iron Works, is a national historic district located at Wooddale in New Castle County, Delaware.
Wooddale Historic District | |
 Alan Wood House, August 2015 | |
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| Location | Northwest of Newport on Wooddale Rd, Wooddale, near Newport, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°46′01″N 75°38′18″W / 39.76699°N 75.63821°W |
| Area | 0 acres (0 ha) |
| Built | 1826 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| NRHP reference No. | 79000630[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 24, 1979 |
Background edit
It encompasses six contributing buildings and one contributing site associated with the Delaware Iron Works. They are the Alan Wood House, four workers' dwellings, a banked outbuilding, and the mill site. The works remained in operation from 1826 into the 1870s.[2][3]
The site was later purchased by the Honorable John Biggs Jr, Chief Justice US Court of Appeals.[4]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Laura Jean Fickett (December 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wooddale Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- ^ Laura Jean Fickett (December 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wooddale Historic District Accompanying Photos". National Park Service. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- ^ Wood, Harleston R (1957). Alan Wood, a Century and a Half of Steelmaking. New York: Newcomen Society of North America.