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Delaware Chamber notes DCHS

Delaware Chamber notes DCHS

by Richard Fisher | May 27, 2023 | Barn, DCHS Program, Del. Co. Hist. Society, This Place Matters

On May 4th was a ribbon cutting of a totally different nature. Del-Co Water Company cut the ribbon for their new Wolf Water Center. This new complex is 18,450 SF with the ground floor featuring office space for their engineering and distribution departments, a food...
Delaware Railroad Depot Project Awarded Tax Credit

Delaware Railroad Depot Project Awarded Tax Credit

by Richard Fisher | Jun 26, 2022 | History, In the Media, This Place Matters

Delaware Railroad Depot, 37 Other Ohio Buildings Awarded Preservation Tax Credits 23 Jun , 2022 By 1808Delaware The state of Ohio has awarded nearly $40 million in tax credits for rehabilitation projects at 38 historic buildings throughout the state in Round 28 of...
Historical Society now owns Former Jail

Historical Society now owns Former Jail

by Richard Fisher | Oct 11, 2021 | Del. Co. Hist. Society, History, In the Media, Restoration/Improvement, This Place Matters

Historical Society Now Owns Former Jail and Sheriff’s Residence 10 Oct, 2021 Special to 1808Delaware A significant landmark of Delaware county and city history has a more certain future. The sale of Delaware County’s historic Old Jail and Sheriff’s Residence has...
Nominate a Delaware County Landmark

Nominate a Delaware County Landmark

by Richard Fisher | Aug 26, 2021 | History, In the Media, This Place Matters

Nominate A Favorite Local Landmark 26 Aug, 2021  by 1808Delaware   We here at 1808Delaware are reaching out to our readers with a request. Over the last year, we have presented information on 14 buildings and other iconic pieces of local history in our “Landmarks...
Historic train station to be revitalized

Historic train station to be revitalized

by admin | May 14, 2021 | History, In the Media, This Place Matters

Chugga Chugga Choo Choo By Dillon Davison May 13, 2021 New life is set to be breathed back into Delaware’s historic CSX rail depot. Columbus-based investment and development firm RiverWest Partners, which purchased the building in 2019 from CSX Transportation, plans...
Landmarks Of Delaware County: OWU Student Observatory

Landmarks Of Delaware County: OWU Student Observatory

by admin | May 11, 2021 | History, In the Media, This Place Matters

The Delaware landmark on West William Street, the OWU Student Observatory was Hiram Perkins’s own observatory at the Ohio Wesleyan University. OWU Student Observatory on William Street Delaware Ohio May 9, 2021By: 1808Delaware In 1896, the campus of Ohio...
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