Milford Shipyard Area Historic District
Milford Shipyard Area Historic District is located in Delaware
Milford Shipyard Area Historic District
Milford Shipyard Area Historic District is located in the United States
Milford Shipyard Area Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Mispillion River, Franklin, Front and Marshall Sts., Milford, Delaware
Coordinates38°54′46″N 75°25′24″W / 38.91278°N 75.42333°W / 38.91278; -75.42333
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
MPSMilford MRA
NRHP reference No.83001411[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 7, 1983

Milford Shipyard Area Historic District is a national historic district located at Milford, Sussex County, Delaware. The district includes 18 contributing buildings, including the original Vinyard Shipyard (now Delaware Marine & Manufacturing) and surrounding workers' houses. The shipyard buildings are the combination office and warehouse (c. 1920), mold/sail loft (c. 1900), boat house (1929), and machine shop (c. 1930). The remaining buildings are primarily one and two-story, frame, center hall plan dwellings built around 1870.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Steven G. Del Sordo (September 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Milford Multiple Resource Area".


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