Editing New Castle, Delaware (section)

== Historic sites==
[[File:Habs clouds row delaware.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Cloud's Row in 1936]]
New Castle Historic District is an area approximately four blocks square in the center of town with about 500 historic buildings, built between 1700 and 1940. This area contains one of the highest concentrations of well-preserved buildings dating from the 17th to early 19th centuries. It was declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1967.<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=733&ResourceType=District|title=New Castle Historic District|access-date=2007-09-27|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206074627/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=733&ResourceType=District|archive-date=2007-12-06}}</ref><ref name="nrhpinv">{{citation|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: New Castle|url={{NHLS url|id=67000003}} |format=pdf|author=Patricia Heintzelman and Charles Snell|date=August 30, 1974|publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NHLS url|id=67000003|title=''Accompanying 20 photos, from 1967 and 1974''|photos=y}}&nbsp;{{small|(7.82&nbsp;MB)}}</ref>

The New Castle Historic District was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1967 and it was relisted, with enlarged boundaries and expanded period of significance as a [[National Historic Landmark District]] in 1984.<ref name=NRHP2>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|84000312}}|title=NRHP nomination for New Castle Historic District (1984 increase)|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> The historic district then covered {{convert|135|acre|ha}} of area and includes [[Amstel House]] and Old Courthouse which are separately listed on the NRHP. The area includes 461 [[contributing buildings]], one other [[contributing structure]], and one [[contributing object]].<ref name="nris1">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref>

The [[New Castle Court House Museum|New Castle Court House]], the Green, and the Sheriff's House are parts of [[First State National Historical Park]], a unit of the National Park System. The national park interprets Delaware's settlement and role in the founding of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/frst|title=First State National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)|website=www.nps.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-07-10}}</ref>

Notable sites the historic district include:
* [[Amstel House]], home of New Castle Historical Society
* [[Stonum]], home of [[George Read (American politician, born 1733)|George Read]], an 18th-century Delaware politician
* [[Read House and Garden]], former home of Read's son [[George Read Jr.]], built between 1801 and 1804
* [[Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green]]
* [[New Castle Court House Museum]], the original colonial capitol and first State House of Delaware, served as Court House until 1882 when the county seat was moved to [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]]. Its cupola served as the center of the [[Twelve-Mile Circle]], which defined Delaware's state border with [[Pennsylvania]]
* [[Dutch House (New Castle, Delaware)|Old Dutch House]], a small early dwelling built circa 1700
* Thomas McKean House, the former home of [[Thomas McKean]], a [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]]
* [[New Castle Presbyterian Church]], built in 1707
* [[Lesley-Travers Mansion]], built in 1855

[[Bellanca Airfield]], located outside of the historic district, is the site of the former [[AviaBellanca Aircraft|Bellanca Aircraft Corporation]] factory, which operated in New Castle from 1928 to 1960 and built over 3,000 airplanes. Delaware Aviation Hall of Fame Museum is located in its hangar. Also nearby are [[Buena Vista (St. Georges, Delaware)|Buena Vista]], [[Glebe House (New Castle, Delaware)|Glebe House]], [[The Hermitage (New Castle, Delaware)|The Hermitage]], [[New Castle Ice Piers]], [[Penn Farm of the Trustees of the New Castle Common]], and [[Swanwyck]], all listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris2">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>