Wooddale Historic District Explained

Wooddale Historic District
Nrhp Type:	hd
Nocat:	yes
Location:	Northwest of Newport on Wooddale Rd, Wooddale, near Newport, Delaware
Coordinates:	39.767°N -75.6382°W
Architect:	Multiple
Added:	August 24, 1979
Refnum:	79000630

Wooddale Historic District, also known as the Delaware Iron Works, is a national historic district located at Wooddale in New Castle County, Delaware.

Background

It encompasses six contributing buildings and one contributing site associated with the Delaware Iron Works. They are the Alan Wood House, four workers' dwellings, a banked outbuilding, and the mill site. The works remained in operation from 1826 into the 1870s.^{[1] [2]}

The site was later purchased by the Honorable John Biggs Jr, Chief Justice US Court of Appeals.^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=79000630}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wooddale Historic District]. December 1978. 2013-03-16 . Laura Jean Fickett . National Park Service.
2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=79000630|photos=y}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wooddale Historic District Accompanying Photos]. December 1978. 2013-03-16 . Laura Jean Fickett . .
3. Book: Wood, Harleston R. Alan Wood, a Century and a Half of Steelmaking. Newcomen Society of North America. 1957. New York.