Middletown Historic District, Middletown

Name: Middletown Historic District
Address: Middletown, United States

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Middletown Historic District is a national historic district located at Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 187 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Middletown. It is centered on the Middletown crossroads established in the 17th century. Residential buildings include notable examples of the Late Victorian and Federal styles. Notable non-residential buildings include the Witherspoon Inn, S. M. Reynolds and Company, Delaware Trust Company, People's National Bank, and Forest Presbyterian Church. Also located in the district is the separately listed Middletown Academy or Town Hall. ()

Built: 1855 (169 years ago)Coordinates: 39°27'0"N, 75°43'0"W

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Middletown Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Corbit–Sharp House, St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Chesapeake City Bridge, Appoquinimink Friends Meetinghouse.

3.3 miE
Library, History museum, Museum
Corbit–Sharp House, Odessa
84 min walk • The Corbit–Sharp House is a historic house museum located at 118 Main Street in Odessa, Delaware. Built in 1772–74, it is one of the finest examples of a brick Georgian house in the Mid-Atlantic states. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1967, and is included in the Odessa Historic District.
1 miS
Church
St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Middletown
26 min walk • Old St. Anne's Church was built in 1768 on the site of an earlier wooden church built about 1705.
7.4 miNW
Bridge
Chesapeake City Bridge, Chesapeake City
189 min walk • The Chesapeake City Bridge carries Maryland Route 213 across the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal in Chesapeake City, Maryland. There are two undivided traffic lanes and one sidewalk on the east side of the bridge. It was built in 1949 by the U.S.
2.9 miE
Church
Appoquinimink Friends Meetinghouse, Odessa
74 min walk • Appoquinimink Friends Meetinghouse, also known as the Odessa Friends Meetinghouse, is a very small but historic Quaker meetinghouse on Main Street in Odessa, Delaware. It was built in 1785 by David Wilson and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
3 miE
Church, Greek Revival architecture
Old St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, Odessa
78 min walk • Old St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located on High Street in Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was designed by noted Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan and built in 1851–1852. It is a two-story, brick building in the Greek Revival style.
~960 ftSW
Church
St. Joseph's Church, Middletown
5 min walk • St. Joseph's Church is a historic Roman Catholic church at 17 W. Cochran Street in Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1883–84, and is a small rectangular frame building in the vernacular Gothic Revival style.
6 miNW
Greek Revival architecture
Cornucopia, Middletown
154 min walk • Cornucopia, also known as the John and Mary Price Farm, is a historic home and farm located near Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.
3.2 miE
Neighbourhood
Odessa Historic District, Odessa
81 min walk • Odessa Historic District is a national historic district located at Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 82 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas in the shipping and trading center of Odessa.
0.5 miN
Georgian architecture
Greenlawn, Middletown
13 min walk • Greenlawn, also known as the Outten Davis House and William Brady House, was a historic home located at Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.