Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Breck's Mill Area, also known as Breck's Mill Area-Henry Clay Village Historic District, is a national historic district located along Brandywine Creek at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 56 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures. The district encompasses The Mill, The Workers' houses, and The Mill Owner's Home. Breck's Mill was built in 1813 and rebuilt in 1846 after a fire. It is a three-story, stone structure measuring 55 feet by 43 feet. It features a stone bell tower with a top floor of brick. The Henry Clay Village area includes small single or double workers' houses, the Charles I. duPont house (1823), Ernest du Pont house (1916), William Raskob house (c. 1920), Hagee's Tavern, Greenhill Presbyterian Church, Alexis I. du Pont School (1893). "Rokeby" was built in 1836, and is a two-story, rectangular dwelling in a late Federal style. It measures 55 feet wide and 26 feet, 4 inches, deep, and features a two-story portico overlooking the Brandywine. It was built by mill owner William Breck for his new wife Gabrielle du Pont and is thought to be modeled on Louviers. The mill closed in 1854. It has been a recreational center off and on since 1890 and now belongs to the Hagley Museum and Library. Breck's Mill houses the post office for Montchanin, Delaware, Somervile Manning Gallery, and Andre Harvey Studio. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and amended in 1988.. }
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- Breck's_Mill_Area abstract "Breck's Mill Area, also known as Breck's Mill Area-Henry Clay Village Historic District, is a national historic district located along Brandywine Creek at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 56 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures. The district encompasses The Mill, The Workers' houses, and The Mill Owner's Home. Breck's Mill was built in 1813 and rebuilt in 1846 after a fire. It is a three-story, stone structure measuring 55 feet by 43 feet. It features a stone bell tower with a top floor of brick. The Henry Clay Village area includes small single or double workers' houses, the Charles I. duPont house (1823), Ernest du Pont house (1916), William Raskob house (c. 1920), Hagee's Tavern, Greenhill Presbyterian Church, Alexis I. du Pont School (1893). "Rokeby" was built in 1836, and is a two-story, rectangular dwelling in a late Federal style. It measures 55 feet wide and 26 feet, 4 inches, deep, and features a two-story portico overlooking the Brandywine. It was built by mill owner William Breck for his new wife Gabrielle du Pont and is thought to be modeled on Louviers. The mill closed in 1854. It has been a recreational center off and on since 1890 and now belongs to the Hagley Museum and Library. Breck's Mill houses the post office for Montchanin, Delaware, Somervile Manning Gallery, and Andre Harvey Studio. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and amended in 1988.".