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$1 Million in Grants Now Available for Delaware Historic Properties Damaged by Hurricane Sandy

Application deadline: March 21, 2014




Alice Guerrant receives award from the Archaeological Society of Delaware

Division archaeologist honored for outstanding contributions to the society.




Archaeological symposium at the New Castle Court House Museum on April 29, 2017

Program seeks to identify the uniqueness of the Colonial cultures in the Delaware Valley in the 17th and 18th centuries.




Archaeological symposium at the New Castle Court House Museum on May 7, 2016

Program seeks to identify the uniqueness of the early colonial cultures in the region.




Archaeologist John W. Martin joins State Historic Preservation Office staff

New employee has 39 years of experience in archaeology and historic preservation.




Archaeology on The Dover Green

By Alice Guerrant, Historic Archaeologist Have you been on The Green in Dover lately? The east side has mounds of dirt, equipment running around, and a lot of construction going on. It looks like a mess now, but the Division’s project will soon improve the sidewalks and landscaping in front of the Old State House […]




Bethany Beach’s Dinker-Irvin Cottage added to the National Register of Historic Places

Property is one of six remaining cottages constructed in the resort community between 1902 and 1905.




Brick foundation uncovered next to Dover’s Old State House

Discovery may be the remains of an 1829 armory.




Call for papers: ‘Archaeological and Historical Symposium of the Colonial Delaware Valley’

Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 31, 2017




Call for papers: ‘The Early Colonial Delaware Valley—An Archaeological and Historical Symposium’

Deadline for submission of abstracts: April 22, 2016.




Call for proposals: Historic Preservation Education Foundation’s Partners in Training initiative

Initiative provides training opportunities on topics associated with preservation technology. Deadline: Oct. 3, 2017




Celebration brings Preservation50 to a close

Event to take place on Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 in Smyrna, Del.




Certificates presented for Delaware properties listed in the National Register in 2017

Five properties and one historic district were listed in 2017.




City of New Castle receives Certified Local Government status

Designation encourages successful preservation programs and practices.




Craig Lukezic to leave division employment

Archaeologist headed to new job at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland.




Delaware General Assembly passes resolution commending the National Historic Preservation Act

2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the act’s passage.