Biddles Corner, Delaware
Biddles Corner is a location in St. George's Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacen ..., United States. Biddles Corner is at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Port Penn Road just east of the Biddles Corner toll plaza on the Delaware Route 1 toll road south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. History 1700s to 1850 The Biddle House (St. Georges, Delaware), Vandergrift-Biddle House was built at Biddles Corner starting in the 18th century. The original property, consisting of 179 acres, was granted to Leonard Vandegrift by Thomas Penn, Thomas and William Penn in 1708 and became the Biddles Corner farm. The Vandergrift-Biddle House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The Retirement Farm, Retirement Barn, ...
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