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Delaware Construction Company

Existence: 1909 - 1914
 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1909 - 1914

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Delaware Construction Co. blueprints

 Collection
Accession: 1088
Abstract:

The Delaware Construction Company was a building company, constructing residential houses in downtown Wilmington, Delaware. It was founded in 1909 as a subsidiary of the National Real Estate Trust Company, which provided loans and financing for the properties. This small collection consists of five blueprints of houses by E. Olney Sherman, dated 1910 for Delaware Construction Co.

Dates: 1910

Delaware Construction Company houses in Wilmington, Delaware

 Collection
Accession: 1968-023
Abstract:

Horace Holden Thayer, Jr. (1878-1959) was a naval architect, mechinical engineer, and businessman. Between 1909 and 1914 Thayer worked for the Delaware Construction Company which was a building company, constructing residential homes in downtown Wilmington, Delaware. This collection contains photographs of fifteen homes taken between 1910 and 1914. The images are of exterior views only.

Dates: circa 1910-1914

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  • Subject: Wilmington, Del. X

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Subject
Dwellings 1
Dwellings -- Design and construction 1
Housing development 1
Segregation 1
Technical drawings 1