Quaker Hill Historic District (Wilmington, Delaware)
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The Quaker Hill Historic District in Wilmington, Delaware
is a historic district
that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1979. The 1979 listing covered 110 contributing buildings over 20 acres (80,937.2 m²). The listing was increased in 1985 to include 41 more contributing buildings over an additional 5 acres (20,234.3 m²).
Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...
is a historic district
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1979. The 1979 listing covered 110 contributing buildings over 20 acres (80,937.2 m²). The listing was increased in 1985 to include 41 more contributing buildings over an additional 5 acres (20,234.3 m²).