Dover Green Historic District is a national
historic district
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located at
Dover
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,
Kent County, Delaware
Kent County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of the 2020 census, the population was 181,851, making it the least populous county in Delaware. The county seat is Dover, the state capital of Delaware. It i ...
. It encompasses 79 contributing buildings centered on
The Green and including most of the inhabited part of 18th century Dover. Notable buildings include the Eagle Tavern (bef. 1791), Kent County Court House (1875), Baptist Church-Dover Century Club (1852), King Dougall House and Store House, Parke-Ridgely House (1728), and a number of 19th century
Italianate
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-style commercial buildings. Also located in the district are the separately listed
Bradford-Loockerman House,
Christ Church, and
Old Statehouse.
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It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1977.
The Green also became part of
First State National Historical Park
First State National Historical Park is a National Park Service unit which lies primarily in the state of Delaware but which extends partly into Pennsylvania in Chadds Ford. Initially created as First State National Monument by President Barack O ...
on March 25, 2013, and is administered in cooperation with the
National Park Service
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.
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Buildings and structures in Dover, Delaware
Historic American Buildings Survey in Delaware
Georgian architecture in Delaware
Colonial Revival architecture in Delaware
Italianate architecture in Delaware
Historic districts in Kent County, Delaware
Tourist attractions in Dover, Delaware
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
National Register of Historic Places in Dover, Delaware
First State National Historical Park
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