Dover Green Historic District
Dover Green Historic District is a national historic district located at Dover, Kent County, Delaware.
Dover Green Historic District is a national historic district located at Dover, Kent County, Delaware. It encompasses 79 contributing buildings centered on The Green and including most of the inhabited part of 18th century Dover. Notable buildings include the Eagle Tavern, Kent County Court House (1875), Baptist Church-Dover Century Club (1852), King Dougall House and Store House, Parke-Ridgely House (1728), and a number of 19th century Italianate-style commercial buildings. Also located in the district are the separately listed Bradford-Loockerman House, Christ Church, and Old Statehouse.
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Worth seeing in and around Dover Green Historic District
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Delaware State University
Delaware State University is a privately governed, state-assisted historically black land-grant research university in Dover, Delaware. DSU also has two satellite campuses: one in Wilmington and one in Georgetown.
3.9 km · university · Wikipedia - 02Delaware Legislative Hall
The Delaware Legislative Hall is the state capitol building of Delaware. Located in the state capital city of Dover on Legislative Avenue, it houses the chambers and offices of the Delaware General Assembly.
1.6 km · state capitol building of the U.S. state of Delaware · Wikipedia - 03Old Statehouse
Old Statehouse is a historic state capitol building located on The Green at Dover, Kent County, Delaware. It was built between 1787 and 1792, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick structure in a Middle Georgian style.
1.3 km · building in Delaware, United States · Wikipedia - 04Silver Lake
Silver Lake is a lake and park located in the city of Dover, Delaware. The lake is the source of the St.
2.8 km · lake and park located in the city of Dover, Delaware · Wikipedia - 05Blue Hen Mall
The Blue Hen Mall is a defunct shopping mall on Bay Road in Dover, Delaware. The mall opened in August 1968, and was developed and owned by the Jardel Company.
3 km · shopping mall in Delaware, United States · Wikipedia - 06Christ Church
Christ Church is a historic Episcopal church and cemetery located at S. State and Water Streets at Dover, Kent County, Delaware. It is located on one of two public squares set aside for houses of worship in the Dover town plan of 1717.
1.3 km · church building in Delaware, United States of America · Wikipedia - 07Delaware State University shooting
On September 21, 2007, two 17-year-old Delaware State University freshmen were shot on campus. One died 32 days later on October 23, from critical injuries sustained in the attack.
3.8 km · shooting case in Delaware State University · Wikipedia
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Getting to Dover Green Historic District
- Airports
- Philadelphia (PHL), 84 km · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI), 98 km · Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), 134 km
- Stations
- Dover Transit Center, 700 m
- Philadelphia → Dover Green Historic District17 km · quickest by road, 37 min · $2–2.5
- Baltimore → Dover Green Historic District117 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · $12–16
- Washington → Dover Green Historic District101 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · $10–14
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