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The Green Book: Acclaimed guide included Delaware locations for travelers of color

During the Jim Crow era, an annual travel guide for the African American community helped readers find places to eat and sleep. In Delaware, 17 properties are listed statewide. Read on to learn more about the importance of the Delaware Green Book.




The Life and Love of Ethel Canby Peets

Written by Amanda Svehla When I began my internship with the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, I was not quite sure what to expect. Certainly, I knew that I would be handling objects, but I was not prepared for the intimate journey I was about to embark on through personal research. I walked […]




The Old State House to host special Delaware Friends of Folk concert event July 28

Delaware Friends of Folk, in cooperation with the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, will present a special concert event at The Old State House on The Green in Dover featuring The Knotty G’s and bassist Felix Pastorius at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 28.




The value of volunteering in historic preservation

Articles demonstrate the value that volunteers have brought to historic preservation efforts across the nation.




Theme of 2016 Dover Days Festival is historic preservation

Division will be offering several programs including those celebrating the 1976 restoration of The Old State House.




Then & Now: Black History Highlights features Rodney Hotel and Aunt Mary’s

“Then & Now: Black History Highlights of Delaware” explores the historical significance of The Rodney and present-day impact of Aunt Mary’s.




Then & Now: Hockessin Colored School #107

“Then & Now: Black History Highlights of Delaware” explores the historical significance of a one-room school for African American children.




Then & Now: Black History Highlights of Delaware explores the impact of Redding and Stevenson

“Then & Now: Black History Highlights of Delaware” explores the impact of two iconic Black figures in Delaware history and today: Louis L. Redding and Bryan Stevenson.




Thirteenth annual Delaware Day competition winners announced

Program encourages students to study the U.S. Constitution.




Traditional building conference to take place at Winterthur Museum on April 10 and 11, 2019

Two-day interactive symposium will feature best-in-class experts and practitioners.




Two additional Delaware properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places

St. Stephen’s Protestant Episcopal Church in Harrington and the Union Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church Complex in Clarksville are the most recent listings.




Two additional Delaware properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places

Adams Home Farm in Greenwood and the Evans-West House in Ocean View are the most recent listings.




Two additional Delaware properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places

The Florence and Isaac Budovitch House, and the Newark Union Church and Cemetery, are both located in New Castle County north of Wilmington.




Victor’s ‘Indian Melodies’ recordings

Company played a major role in recording Native-American-inspired music.




Video commissioned by the division celebrates archaeology in Delaware

Video created in celebration of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.




Vincelette Futuro House listed in the National Register of Historic Places

The Vincelette Futuro House was officially listed in the National Register of Historic Places in late 2023.