East Brandywine Historic District
- Vicinity: Roughly Bounded by Sixteenth St, Brandywine Creek, Twelfth St, and US 13
- Neighborhood of Mid-town Brandywine, Wilmington in Wilmington, DE
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1854/00/00 | Edward Tatnall | Work | Edward Tatnall opens a match making factory with H B Courtney as foreman in a one-story, 1650 sq ft building on the NW corner of 14th and Walnut Streets. | |||
| 1861/00/00 | H B Courtney and William H Swift produced Diamond State Parlor Matches. These are called Parlor matches because they are safe to use indoors. | |||||
| 1870/05/00 | Anson Beecher | Work | "Swift and Courtney" merges with the "A Beecher and Sons" match company of Westville, Connecticut to become "Swift and Courtney and Beecher". | |||
| 1870/05/00 | Ebenezer B Beecher | Work | "Swift and Courtney" merges with the "A Beecher and Sons" match company of Westville, Connecticut to become "Swift and Courtney and Beecher". | |||
| 1870/05/00 | A Beecher and Sons | End | "Swift and Courtney" merges with the "A Beecher and Sons" match company of Westville, Connecticut to become "Swift and Courtney and Beecher". | |||
| 1881/00/00 | Diamond Match Company | Genesis | O C Barber incorporates the Barber Company and 11 other match-producing companies into the "Diamond Match Company". The company will continue making matches at the Wilmington site until 1896. | Invention of the Safety Match |
| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
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| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
| Mid-town Brandywine, Wilmington |
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| Starr House |
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| Particulars for East Brandywine Historic District: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Architectural Style | Georgian Architecture |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Area of Significance | Industry |
| Architectural Style | Late Victorian |
| Historic Use | Manufacturing facility |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Religious Property |
| Historic Use | School |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Historic Use | Specialty Store |
| Owner | State |
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