{"id":8584,"date":"2018-10-05T08:46:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T15:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=8584"},"modified":"2018-10-06T08:58:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T15:58:48","slug":"olde-new-castle-delaware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/olde-new-castle-delaware\/","title":{"rendered":"Olde New Castle, Delaware: Where America\u2019s History Still Lives on Every Street Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone has heard of Colonial Williamsburg with its dozens of buildings from the late-17<sup>th<\/sup> to mid-19th centuries. But it&#8217;s not real, folks! Although few people have heard of New Castle, Delaware, it has almost as many buildings from that same era and real people live there. Okay, they&#8217;re not dressed up like Revolutionaries, but the history there is even more&#8230;well, historic. It\u2019s a genuine Colonial town but without the colonists. The town is replete with houses that used to be taverns, blacksmith shops, stables, ship repair shops during the war. The industries of this working class Colonial town may have shuttered but the structures remain.<\/p>\n<p>No, wait, I\u2019m being told by Brian Cannon, the Historic Site Lead Interpreter: Do not compare New Castle with Colonial Williamsburg, though that was the hook that originally got me there. CW, as Cannon not-so-affectionately refers to the tourist town, is frozen in July 1776 and its many buildings built over many centuries have been \u201crestored\u201d to that hallowed place in history. They\u2019re what are not real.<\/p>\n<p>New Castle, on the other hand, Cannon explains, \u201cis a continuously occupied community containing over 500 buildings spanning four centuries of Colonial, Federal and Victorian architecture.\u201d He adds: \u201cWe celebrate our historic diversity. CW has no historic diversity.\u201d Admonished, I move on.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8585\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8585\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/William-Penn-Foundation-Plaque.jpg\" alt=\"the sign at Penn's Place\" width=\"540\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/William-Penn-Foundation-Plaque.jpg 540w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/William-Penn-Foundation-Plaque-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Victor Block<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fortunately, New Castle is replete with history unrelated to the Revolutionary War, as well. William Penn, of nearby Pennsylvania fame, first set foot on American soil here is October 1682. At an alleyway called Penn\u2019s Place \u2013 no surprise there \u2013 is found the oldest building foundation in town which dates its original construction back to Penn\u2019s arrival. Take that, Williamsburg! You can\u2019t get more authentic than that.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward a half-century to 1732 when the Old Courthouse was built. Of course, it was later updated. The modern renovations? The new steps put in in 1845, right about the time Thomas Garrett and his pal, Harriet Tubman, were hustling runaway slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad, whose many stations ran right through neighboring Wilmington.\u00a0 Garrett, Tubman\u2019s right-hand man and \u201chead stationmaster,\u201d was tried for just such activities in the New Castle Courthouse in 1848. The presiding judge? Conservative Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney of the Dred Scott decision fame denigrating the Constitutional rights of African-Americans. Not surprisingly, he ruled against the abolitionist, bankrupting him.\u00a0 Garrett\u2019s reply: \u201cJudge, thou has left me not a dollar, but I wish to say to thee and to all in this courtroom that if anyone knows a fugitive who wants a shelter and a friend, send him to Thomas Garrett and he will befriend him.\u201d Pretty impressive courthouse to this day!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8587\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8587\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8587\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/New-Castle-Courthouse.jpg\" alt=\"New Castle Courthouse interior\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/New-Castle-Courthouse.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/New-Castle-Courthouse-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/New-Castle-Courthouse-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/New-Castle-Courthouse-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Victor Block<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And yes, there is also a Revolutionary War connection. On June 15, 1776, the Delaware Assembly meeting in the same courthouse declared independence from Great Britain, predating the rest of the country. Williamsburg didn\u2019t catch up for another month! Somehow these comparisons are hard to avoid.<\/p>\n<p>Further American history abounds everywhere, with several houses of famous people over several centuries dotting the streets. And the cemetery at the Immanual Episcopal Church, founded in 1689, is home to its own well-known clientele, many of whom lived in those houses.\u00a0 Gravesites from the early 1700\u2019s to the present-day, of Founding Fathers to state governors, generals from the War of 1812 and Civil War to WWI and WWII veterans. The past brought into the present in a beautiful peaceful setting that does justice to both.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8586\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8586\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Cemetery.jpg\" alt=\"the cemetery at the Immanual Episcopal Church\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Cemetery.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Cemetery-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Cemetery-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Cemetery-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: New Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8593\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8593\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8593\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/The-Dutch-House.jpg\" alt=\"the Dutch House on East Third Street\" width=\"540\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/The-Dutch-House.jpg 540w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/The-Dutch-House-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Victor Block<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two of the oldest houses in New Castle include the original framing structure of the Dutch House on East Third\u00a0Street, which dates from 1690-1700 and is the best example of an intact original period dwelling, and No. 8 The Strand which was built as a much smaller brick house around 1690.<\/p>\n<p>Williamsburg can\u2019t boast such early architectural edifices. And another several hundred homes cover multiple centuries and architectural styles, with close to a hundred spanning the 17<sup>th<\/sup>-19<sup>th<\/sup> century time frame. Did I mention the cobblestone streets upon which I was sure the sounds of stagecoaches still reverberate?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8597\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8597\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8597\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/No.-8-The-Strand.jpg\" alt=\"No. 8 The Strand house, New Castle\" width=\"850\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/No.-8-The-Strand.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/No.-8-The-Strand-600x490.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/No.-8-The-Strand-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/No.-8-The-Strand-768x627.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: New Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8598\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8598\" style=\"width: 388px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8598\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jessops-Tavern-Sign.jpg\" alt=\"Jessop's Tavern and Colonial Restaurant sign\" width=\"388\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jessops-Tavern-Sign.jpg 388w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jessops-Tavern-Sign-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jessops-Tavern-Sign-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jessops-Tavern-Sign-300x298.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Victor Block<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A visit to Jessup\u2019s Tavern and Colonial Restaurant: more confusion, more confirmation. The sign stating that it is now home to the largest selection of Belgian beers in Delaware, despite the Dutch, Swedish and British flags flying overhead, was jarring.\u00a0 I\u2019m pretty sure that\u2019s not one of the more famous legacies of the Revolutionary \u2013 or any other American \u2013 War.\u00a0 But once inside, impressions change. Beer of any country served in a crock mug somehow tastes better that way. Several flavors of \u201cColonial\u201d ice cream are a sweet testimonial to the Colonists if not in reality a favored dessert. And although there are indeed dishes on the Bill of Fare representative of all the flags \u2013 and therefore history of New Castle \u2013 it is the English pub fare and candle-lit ambience that pre-dominate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8601\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8601\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8601\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jessops-Tavern-Menu.jpg\" alt=\"menu in Old English script at Jessop's Tavern and Colonial Restaurant\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jessops-Tavern-Menu.jpg 540w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jessops-Tavern-Menu-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Victor Block<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The server was dressed like\u2026well\u2026what can I say? The word wench comes to mind. Not that I know what one would actually look like, but the menu written is Olde English script is exactly what I assume a wench would write.<\/p>\n<p>So yes, very much the feel of an 18<sup>th<\/sup>-century tavern. And how would I know? Well, okay \u2013 I experienced one in Williamsburg. Admittedly, the USB charger in the center of the napkin holder was somewhat disorienting.\u00a0 But as we were leaving, I spotted a Revolutionary War musket on the wall \u2013 somehow that made me feel better. But shhhh \u2013 don\u2019t tell Mr. Cannon. <a href=\"https:\/\/newcastlecity.delaware.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get more information about New Castle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone has heard of Colonial Williamsburg with its dozens of buildings from the late-17th to mid-19th centuries. But it&#8217;s not real, folks! 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