Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School, Wilmington

Name: Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School
Address: Wilmington, United States

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Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School, Wilmington

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Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School, also known as Sunday School and Hagley Office, is a historic Sunday school building located near Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1817, and is a one-story, rectangular stone building. It measures 31 feet by 65 feet and features an Ionic order columned portico and school bell tower. Also on the property is a contributing spring house. It was built for workers, old and young, to learn the basics of reading, writing, and "ciphering," and remained in use as a school until 1851. From 1902 to 1921, it was the Hagley Yard office of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company. It was then converted to a private dwelling. ()

Built: 1817 (207 years ago)Coordinates: 39°46'44"N, 75°34'35"W

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Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Delaware Art Museum, Hagley Museum and Library, Rockford Park, Nemours Mansion and Gardens.

1.1 miSE
Museum, Art museum
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
29 min walk • The Delaware Art Museum is an art museum located on the Kentmere Parkway in Wilmington, Delaware, which holds a collection of more than 12,000 objects. The museum was founded in 1912 as the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts in honor of the artist Howard Pyle.
~730 ftNE
Museum, History museum
Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington
4 min walk • The Hagley Museum and Library is a nonprofit educational institution in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, near Wilmington.
0.8 miS
Park
Rockford Park, Wilmington
22 min walk • Rockford Park is a historic public park located in a residential area of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It is characterized by a large, grassy meadow which slopes gently upward to a large knoll overlooking the Brandywine River.
1 miE
Museum, History museum, Garden
Nemours Mansion and Gardens, Wilmington
26 min walk • The Nemours Estate is a 200-acre country estate with jardin à la française formal gardens and a French neoclassical mansion in Wilmington, Delaware. Built to resemble a French château, its 105 rooms on four floors occupy nearly 47,000 sq ft.
0.8 miSW
Church
St. Joseph on the Brandywine, Centerville
21 min walk • St. Joseph on the Brandywine, originally Saint Joseph's Church until St. Joseph's Church- Wilmington was built in 1947, is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Greenville, New Castle County, Delaware, in the Diocese of Wilmington.
~1510 ftS
Museum
Henry Clay Factory, Centerville
8 min walk • The Hagley Museum and Library is a nonprofit educational institution in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, near Wilmington.
0.6 miS
39°46'15"N • 75°34'39"W
DuPont Historic Corridor, Wilmington
15 min walk • Museum, History museum
1.2 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Immanuel Church Highlands, Wilmington
31 min walk • The Immanuel Church Highlands is an Episcopal church in Wilmington, Delaware, in the United States.
0.6 miE
Museum
Nemours Mansion & Gardens, Centerville
16 min walk • The Nemours Estate is a 200-acre country estate with jardin à la française formal gardens and a French neoclassical mansion in Wilmington, Delaware. Built to resemble a French château, its 105 rooms on four floors occupy nearly 47,000 sq ft.
1.3 miNE
Georgian architecture
William Young House, Centerville
32 min walk • William Young House is a historic home located near Rockland, New Castle County, Delaware. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
1.1 miSE
Neighbourhood
Bancroft Mills, Wilmington
28 min walk • Bancroft Mills is an abandoned mill complex along Brandywine Creek in Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America. It has been the site of some of the earliest and most famous mills near Wilmington and was the largest and longest running complex along the Brandywine.

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Nearby attractions include Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington (4 min walk), Henry Clay Factory, Centerville (8 min walk), Louviers, Wilmington (14 min walk), DuPont Historic Corridor, Wilmington (15 min walk).