Advertisement

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1766/00/00 Bancroft Woodcock, a prominent Quaker silversmith who had moved to Wilmington from Pennsylvania in the 1750s, constructs a small house, naming it Bellevue (lost).
1790/00/00 Dr James Tilton Life Citing its central location, Dr James Tilton proposes Woodcock's Bellevue as the permanent Capital of the United States.
1792/00/00 Dr James Tilton Home Woodcock sells Bellevue to James Tilton.
1802/00/00 Construction begins on a home for Tilton, the nucleus of the present building. The new stone structure is two stories high, 38 ft square, and has an attic with dormer windows and a basement with a kitchen. The name of the site is changed to Federal Hill.
1822/05/14 Dr James Tilton Died James Tilton dies at his home just outside Wilmington. He is buried in the Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery at 701 Delaware Avenue in Wilmington, Delaware.
1852/00/00 Charles W Howland, a Wilmington industrialist, buys the Tilton estate.
1856/00/00 Robert Morris Smith Architect Smith enlarges the Tilton house, or replaces it, with a new home built in the pure Italian style. The tower with an observatory, is built to house a spring water cistern with a power pump for running water in the house. Howland renames the mansion Hilton.
1900/00/00 In the early years of the 20C, J Danforth Bush, Delaware's lieutenant governor, and his wife buy the parcel from the Howland Estate. Changes are made to the house, giving it the air of an English manor house.
1935/08/19 Francis Victor duPont Owner To preserve the estate from development, Francis V du Pont Jr, acting as Elafrel Company, buys the home from the Bush Estate. He will subsequently lease it to the University Club of Wilmington.
1958/00/00 The University Club merges with the Wilmington Whist Club to form the University and Whist Club.

Data »

Particulars for James Tilton Mansion:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Art Movement Eastlake Style
Sight Category Historic District
Owner Private
Architectural Style Queen Anne
Historic Use Single dwelling
Architectural Style Stick Style



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 84000841
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architectural Style: Stick-eastlake, Queen anne
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1925-1949
Significant Year: c 1880, 1927
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling

Shopping on Amazon

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Google Ad

Google Ad
?