Chambers House Nature Center
- Also Known As: N-6770
- Also Known As: White Clay Creek State Park Nature Center
- Address: 1475 Creek Rd
- Vicinity: Hopkins and Creek Rds
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1820/00/00 | Joseph Chambers | Home | A stone residence is built by Joseph Chambers in White Clay Creek Hundred. Although the year is unknown, deeds, tax records and the fabric of the house indicate that this single family residence was built between 1816 and 1852. | |||
| 1849/03/28 | Daniel Thompson and his wife Beulah sell 20 acres of the land to Lamborn Pyle of New Castle County. In 1850 Lamborn Pyle is a 37 year old farmer who lives here with his wife, Hannah, and their children, Edward and Phoebe. | |||||
| 1909/00/00 | Jesse P Hannum | Home | Jesse P Hannum died without leaving a will and in 1909 the sheriff sells his the property to Harry and Susan Joclyn who will sell it to Margaret L Yeatman and William Sharpless in the same year. | |||
| 1910/00/00 | John J Chambers buys the Chambers homestead for $1,000. | |||||
| 1927/00/00 | John Chambers sells the lot to Mary Chambers Folwell, a direct descendant of John Chambers of Yorkshire. Folwell and her husband acquire other Chambers landholdings and work with the Soil and Conservation Service to establish a model dairy farm. | |||||
| 1938/00/00 | By 1938, Mary Chambers Folwell owns 508 acres and is running a dairy of purebred Jersey cows from Hilltop Farm on Chambers Rock Road. Although the Folwell didn't live in the stone house, they probable had the modern addition built. |
| Particulars for Chambers House Nature Center: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Other Description | Bank House |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Owner | State |
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