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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1802/07/00 E I DuPont de Nemours and Co Established Eleuthere Irenee du Pont establishes a gunpowder mill on Brandywine Creek.
1802/07/00 Eleuthere Irenee du Pont Work Eleuthere Irenee du Pont establishes a gunpowder mill on Brandywine Creek.
1812/08/08 Henry du Pont Born Henry Du Pont is born at Eleutherian Mills, Wilmington, Delaware, the second son of E I du Pont and his wife, Sophie Madeleine Dalmas.
1816/02/14 Alexis Irenee DuPont Born Sophie Madeline Dalmas DuPont, wife of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont, gives birth to a son, Alexis Irenee DuPont, in Delaware.
1838/07/30 Henry A du Pont Born Henry Algernon du Pont is born at Eleutherian Mills, Greenville, Delaware, to Henry and Louisa Gerhard du Pont. He was the grandson of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont.
1856/10/04 Alfred Victor Philadelphe du Pont Died Alfred Victor Philadelphe du Pont de Nemours dies at Eleutherian Mills, near Greenville, Delaware. He is buried in the du Pont de Nemours Cemetery near Greenville.
1857/08/22 Alexis Irenee DuPont Health As Alexis I DuPont battles a fire at the lower yard of the DuPont Powder Mills, a terrible explosion shatters the building to atoms, mortally wounding DuPont and Louis Vacheand. Antony Dougherty and Edward Hurst are killed and two others are injured.
1857/08/23 Alexis Irenee DuPont Died Severely injured, Alexis I DuPont makes out his will and passes away. He leaves money to finish and maintain St Johns church.
1925/00/00 Louise du Pont Crowninshield Work One of Louise du Pont Crowninshield's earliest historic restoration projects was the original du Pont family estate, Eleutherian Mills, where she lived during the spring and fall months.

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Particulars for Eleutherian Mills:
Area of Significance Commerce
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Industry
Historic Use Manufacturing facility
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 66000259
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Industry, Commerce
Applicable Criteria: Event, Person
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1800-1824, 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1803, 1921
Associated People: DuPont,E.I.
Historic Function: Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Manufacturing facility
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum

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