“Old Presbyterian Meeting House, now owned by Delaware Historical Society.”

Title: “Old Presbyterian Meeting House, now owned by Delaware Historical Society.”
Rights: Used by permission of the Delaware Public Archives. Further reproduction, redistribution, or commercial use requires their consent.
Creator: George Wolf
Date: 1906
Description: A 1906 picture postcard of the Historical Society of Delaware’s former location, the Old First Presbyterian Church in Wilmington. The postcard’s brief inscription reads “This is on Wilmington’s principle [sic] street. What have we done to be thus affected [?]” Constructed in 1740 for the congregants of the First Presbyterian Church, the building was threatened by the city’s rapid growth at the turn of the twentieth century and at risk of demolition. In 1918, the structure was disassembled and relocated by the Delaware chapters of the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America and the Society of Colonial Wars.
Format: Postcard; paper, ink; approximately 9 x 14 cm; digital scan (Jpeg, 43,056 bytes)
Language: English
Identifier: 9015-028-000 Caley Postcard Collection
Rights Holder: Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives, George and Irene Caley Postcard Collection
Subject: Old First Presbyterian Church; Wilmington (Delaware); The Society of the Colonial Dames of America (United States of America); souvenir; postcard; Historical Society of Delaware (United States of America)

Media: “Old Presbyterian Meeting House, now owned by Delaware Historical Society.”