Henry Clay Factory, Centerville

Name: Henry Clay Factory
Address: 200 Hagley Creek Road, Centerville, United States

#5 among attractions in Centerville

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The Hagley Museum and Library is a nonprofit educational institution in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, near Wilmington. Covering more than 235 acres along the banks of the Brandywine Creek, the museum and grounds include the first du Pont family home and garden in the United States, the powder yards, and a 19th-century machine shop. On the hillside below the mansion lies a Renaissance-revival garden, with terraces and statuary, created in the 1920s by Louise Evalina du Pont Crowninshield. ()

Built: 1802 (222 years ago)Coordinates: 39°46'30"N, 75°34'40"W

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200 Hagley Creek RoadCenterville United States

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Henry Clay Factory – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

0.9 miSE
Museum, Art museum
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
24 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.
0.4 miN
Museum, History museum
Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington
11 min walk • The Hagley Museum and Library is a nonprofit educational institution in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, near Wilmington.
0.6 miSE
Park
Rockford Park, Wilmington
16 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.
1.1 miE
Museum, History museum, Garden
Nemours Mansion and Gardens, Wilmington
27 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.
0.6 miW
Church
St. Joseph on the Brandywine, Centerville
16 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.
~1530 ftS
39°46'15"N • 75°34'39"W
DuPont Historic Corridor, Wilmington
8 min walk • Museum, History museum
1.4 miSE
Botanical garden
Delaware Center for Horticulture, Wilmington
37 min walk • The Delaware Center for Horticulture cultivates greener communities by inspiring appreciation and improvement of the environment through horticulture, education and conservation. Founded in 1977, the Center's headquarters in Wilmington's Trolley Square is an oasis in the city.
1 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Immanuel Church Highlands, Wilmington
25 min walk • The Immanuel Church Highlands is an Episcopal church in Wilmington, Delaware, in the United States.
0.7 miE
Museum
Nemours Mansion & Gardens, Centerville
19 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.
1.6 miSE
Queen Anne architecture
Frank E. Schoonover Studios, Wilmington
41 min walk • The Frank E. Schoonover Studios in Wilmington, Delaware comprise a historic building that was used by the students of illustrator Howard Pyle, including the original tenants Frank Schoonover, N.C. Wyeth, Harvey Dunn, and Clifford Ashley.
1 miSE
Neighbourhood
Bancroft Mills, Wilmington
25 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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Which popular attractions are close to Henry Clay Factory?

Nearby attractions include Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School, Wilmington (8 min walk), DuPont Historic Corridor, Wilmington (8 min walk), Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington (11 min walk), St. Joseph on the Brandywine, Centerville (16 min walk).