Smyrna Historic District
Whitehall Plantation
Whitehall Plantation in Smyrna, Kent County, was the largest farm in Delaware run by enslaved labor. It is also the best-documented site of enslaved resistance to forced labor. Owned by […]
Delaware Public Archives – FSHP
Old State House and FSHP
The Old State House was the first permanent capitol building in Dover, Delaware. Begun in 1787 and completed by May 1791, this Georgian-style structure was originally home to both State […]
Dover Green
Evocative, historic landscapes such as the Dover Green help to tell the Underground Railroad story. Three buildings on its eastern edge were directly associated with important legal actions related to […]
Mordington Mills
Historical Significance Built in 1790 by James Douglass, the house called Mordington Mills was a place of enslavement and escape in central Kent County near the town of Frederica, Delaware. This mill […]
Peter Lowber House, Frederica
Star Hill AME Church & Cemetery
One important theme on the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway is the growth of free Black communities. These enclaves were important to the security, prosperity, and cultural preservation of African […]
Happy Valley Postlethwaite
From 1853 to 1862, Happy Valley was the home and farm of Quaker John Hunn, a key operative of the Underground Railroad from 1845 until the Civil War. Located at […]
Great Geneva (School)
Great Geneva was the finer of the two homes built by the Hunn family of Kent County at the large tract called Forest Landing. This home relates to the Underground […]
