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Victorian Dover 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
Dover Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone ...
,
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 482 contributing buildings representative of the community's commercial, domestic and industrial development between the first quarter of the 19th century and the first quarter of the 20th century. Notable buildings include the Wesley United Methodist Church (c. 1850), Whatcoat United Methodist Church (1871-1872), Dover's Railroad Station (1860s, 1911), Capitol Theatre (1903-1904), and Priscilla Block (1896). Located in the district is the separately listed
John Bullen House John Bullen House is a historic home located at Dover, Kent County, Delaware. It was built between 1775 and 1781, and is a -story, five bay center hall plan, brick dwelling. The interior retains original woodwork in the central hall, the former d ...
. and ' It was added to 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 1979.


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Dover, Delaware Queen Anne architecture in Delaware Colonial Revival architecture in Delaware Gothic Revival architecture in Delaware Historic districts in Kent County, Delaware Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Dover, Delaware {{Delaware-NRHP-stub