Garrett Snuff Mills Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at Yorklyn,

New Castle County New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the ...

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. The district encompasses 31 contributing buildings, including the 14 buildings previously listed in the

Garrett Snuff Mill Garrett Snuff Mill, also known as the George W. Helme Company, is a historic snuff tobacco mill complex located at Yorklyn, New Castle County, Delaware. The complex includes 14 contributing buildings built between 1846 and 1901. The buildings ar ...

. The 17 additional buildings are 19th century domestic buildings associated with the mills. They include the mill owner's and supervisor's houses, a late Victorian frame house, and four rows of workers' housing. and It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1980.

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* Historic American Engineering Record in Delaware Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Houses in New Castle County, Delaware Historic districts in New Castle County, Delaware National Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware Tobacco buildings in the United States {{Delaware-NRHP-stub