Quaker Hill Historic District | |
Nrhp Type: | hd |
Nocat: | yes |
Location: | Roughly bounded by Tatnall, Jefferson, 2nd and 7th Sts. (original); roughly bounded by Eighth, Catawba and Washington, Sixth and Seventh, and Wollaston Sts. (increase); in Wilmington, Delaware |
Coordinates: | 39.7419°N -75.555°W |
Built: | 1870 |
Architect: | Multiple |
Architecture: | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Gothic, Italianate (original); Second Empire, Italianate, Gothic Revival (increase) |
Added: | September 6, 1979 (original) December 19, 1985 (increase) |
Area: | (original) (increase) |
Refnum: | 79000635 and 85003221 |
The Quaker Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 151 contributing buildings in a residential neighborhood west of the central business district of Wilmington. The district includes 19th-century residential structures of all classes, along with several 19th-and 20th-century commercial structures. The predominant structures are three-story rowhouse dwellings in a variety of popular styles including Second Empire, Italianate, and Gothic Revival. Notable non-residential buildings include the Quaker Meetinghouse and Cemetery, St. Peter's Cathedral and Rectory (1816), Union Methodist Church, and New Mount Bethel Baptist Church [1] [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, with a boundary increase in 1985.