With the establishment of the new Public School on South Broad Street, the Academy Trustees cast about to find uses to keep the building going. An issue that would eventually create real trouble the Board was the fact that its charter stated that it was to be used for academic purposes. Those days were essentially […]
The Middletown Academy is one of our City’s oldest and most venerable buildings. We are incredibly fortunate: it has not only avoided time’s ravages, and near-destruction to become a Post Office; the City has preserved its exterior integrity to qualify it as Middletown’s crown jewel National Register of Historic Place site. A long history, now, […]
In the April 27, 1944 Transcript, Middletown Rotary Club President John Spicer announced that the club would erect an “Honor Roll” of all Middletown men and women who died or were then serving in the U.S. Armed Forces in World War II. He appointed a committee of Darrell Long, Mayor Warren Buckingham, and Rev. John […]
Border-state Delaware was much divided during the American Civil War. Sussex County and the towns along the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, if not for outright secession, deeply sympathized with the South. While over 14,000 Delawareans ultimately joined the Federal Army; hundreds, perhaps as many as a thousand, went south, along with tons of smuggled supplies […]
The Revolution is returning to Middletown! This June 21, the 1st Delaware Regiment, “the Sons of the Blue Hen,” will occupy the front grounds of the Middletown Historical Society Museum, 216 North Broad Street, from 10 AM to 4 PM. The public is cordially invited to come and see what life was like for one […]
Middletown Historical Society P.O. Box 567 216 North Broad St. Middletown, DE 19904 Contact: George W. Contant, (302) 674-0727 geocontant@gmail.com Middletown Historical Society Announces Ground-breaking Exhibit for spring 2014 MIDDLETOWN GOES TO WAR When the topic of America’s wars comes up, Middletown, Delaware, is generally not the first place that comes to mind as a […]
For 45 years, the Middletown hardware store of Jerry and Jim Buckworth served the community with things hard to find and great service. When I was the Historic Site Manager at Fort Delaw are State Park we used their excellent frameworks to frame several prints for our restored roomsets at the fort. Before the Buckworth family owned […]
In March of 1675, a Swede named Adam Peterson purchased 200 acres of land. Middletown is situated on a portion of this land. Peterson could not know that someday his land would be filled with farms and businesses, suffer decline, and then come back as one of the fastest-growing towns in Delaware history. It was […]
This blog will feature Middletown’s amazing history from 200 years before its incorporation as a town in 1861 right up to today. Some of you might be thinking, “amazing?” “This is Middletown, Delaware, you’re talking about, right?” Let me show you what I mean as you read this blog over the next months. “History” is […]
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