Roughly bounded by Tatnall, Jefferson, 2nd and 7th Sts. (original); roughly bounded by Eighth, Catawba and Washington, Sixth and Seventh, and Wollaston Sts. (increase); in Wilmington, Delaware
September 6, 1979 (original) December 19, 1985 (increase)
The Quaker Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 151 contributing buildings in a residential neighborhood west of the central business district of Wilmington. The district includes 19th-century residential structures of all classes, along with several 19th-and 20th-century commercial structures. The predominant structures are three-story rowhouse dwellings in a variety of popular styles including Second Empire, Italianate, and Gothic Revival. Notable non-residential buildings include the Quaker Meetinghouse and Cemetery, St. Peter's Cathedral and Rectory (1816), Union Methodist Church, and New Mount Bethel Baptist Church [2][3]