Houses and mansions in Newark
This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk. More of the Newark register is houses than any other kind of building, 27 listings of it in all.
10 stops, 1.6 miles end to end.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.
Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1John Evans HouseW. Main St. and N. College Ave.Building · listed 1983start
- 2George Evans House5 W. Main St.Building · listed 1982203 ft from stop 1
- 3Curtis MansionW. Main St.Building · listed 19820.1 mi from stop 2
- 4Green Mansion94-96 E. Main St.Building · listed 1983387 ft from stop 3
- 5Newark Opera House95 E. Main St.Building · listed 1982same block from stop 4
- 6Meteer Store House325 Paper Mill Rd.Building · listed 1983213 ft from stop 5
- 7Chambers HouseS. College Ave.Building · listed 19830.4 mi from stop 6
- 8Wright House47 Kent WayBuilding · listed 19820.1 mi from stop 7
- 9Anderson House50 W. Park Pl.Building · built 1806 · listed 19830.2 mi from stop 8
- 10Edward R. Wilson House521 S. College AveBuilding · listed 19830.5 mi from stop 9
1.6 straight-line miles over 9 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 10 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Local history books for Newark and New Castle County
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- New Castle County Police DepartmentNew Castle Country Police Department and Thomas P. Gordon, 2013Find at Bookshop.org
Guidebooks to historic places and travel in Delaware
- Rockhounding Delaware, Maryland and the Washington, DC Metro AreaRobert Beard, 2015Find at Bookshop.org
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