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Wooddale Historic District

Coordinates: 39°46′01″N 75°38′18″W / 39.76699°N 75.63821°W / 39.76699; -75.63821
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Wooddale Historic District
Alan Wood House, August 2015
Wooddale Historic District is located in Delaware
Wooddale Historic District
Wooddale Historic District is located in the United States
Wooddale Historic District
LocationNorthwest of Newport on Wooddale Rd, Wooddale, near Newport, Delaware
Coordinates39°46′01″N 75°38′18″W / 39.76699°N 75.63821°W / 39.76699; -75.63821
Area0 acres (0 ha)
Built1826 (1826)
ArchitectMultiple
NRHP reference No.79000630[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 24, 1979

Wooddale Historic District, also known as the Delaware Iron Works, is a national historic district located at Wooddale in New Castle County, Delaware.

Background

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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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Laura Jean Fickett (December 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wooddale Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  3. ^ Laura Jean Fickett (December 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wooddale Historic District Accompanying Photos". National Park Service. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  4. ^ Wood, Harleston R (1957). Alan Wood, a Century and a Half of Steelmaking. New York: Newcomen Society of North America.