Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
From the record
“Centre Meeting and Schoolhouse, also known as Centre Meeting of Religious Society of Friends, is a historic Quaker meeting house and school located on Center Meeting Road in Centerville, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1796 and is rectangular brick building with pitched roof and brick chimney at either end.”
Wikipedia article Centre Meeting and Schoolhouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 411 National Register listings published here for New Castle County · listed in 1971 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.71000224- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
2 since 2018
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Center Meeting and Schoolhouse
between 2018 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson.
Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted
here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Reported cause
Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1
Debris and open burning
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
1 working within 5 miles of Center Meeting and Schoolhouse: 1 occurrence.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Centerville, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 heavy rain.
No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office
filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date
opens the federal record of that event.
Bands of heavy rain caused poor drainage flooding in northern New Castle County during the evening of the 12th. The heavy rain also saturated the soil and knocked over a few shallow rooted trees. About 1,000 homes and businesses lost power in the county. Vehicles became stuck in flood waters at the Christiana Mall. Twaddell Mill Road was flooded and closed between Montchanin Road and Kennett Pike. Event precipitation totals included 4.10 inches in Odessa, 3.48 inches in Glasgow, 3.23 inches in Middletown, 3.10 inches in Townsend, 3.08 inches in Blackbird, 2.65 inches in New Castle, 2.51 inches at the New Castle County Airport, 2.22 inches in Pike Creek, 2.17 inches in Newport and 2.02 inches in Claymont.
Heavy rain caused considerable poor drainage and major river and creek flooding in New Castle County. Some of the crests were the highest since Tropical Storm Irene on August 28, 2011. Within Wilmington alone, five roadways were flooded and closed. The Christina River at Coochs Bridge had major flooding and was above its 10.5 foot flood stage from 124 p.m. EDT on the 30th through 332 a.m. EDT on May 1st. It crested at 12.67 feet at 1015 p.m. EDT on the 30th. This was historically the 6th highest crest on record for the river. The White Clay Creek at Newark had minor flooding and was above its 11.5 foot flood stage from 744 p.m. EDT on the 30th through 334 a.m. EDT on May 1st. It crested at 13.71 feet at 1100 p.m. EDT on the 30th. Farther downstream, the White Clay Creek at Delaware Park had major flooding and was above its 13 foot flood stage from 413 p.m. EDT on the 30th through 802 a.m. EDT on May 1st. It crested at 16.90 feet at 100 a.m. EDT on May 1st. This was historically the 6th highest crest on record for the creek and the highest crest since August 28, 2011 associated with Tropical Storm Irene. The Red Clay Creek at Wooddale had major flooding and was above its 7 foot flood stage from 417 p.m. EDT on the 30th through 403 a.m. EDT on the 1st. It crested at 11.41 feet at 1015 p.m. EDT on the 30th. It was the 5th highest crest on record and the highest crest since Tropical Storm Irene on August 28, 2011. Farther downstream, the Red Clay Creek at Stanton crested just below major flooding criteria. It was above its 15 foot flood stage from 407 p.m. EDT on the 30th through 627 a.m. EDT on the 1st. It crested at 19.97 feet at 1145 p.m. EDT on the 30th. It was the 5th highest crest on record and also the highest crest since Tropical Storm Irene on August 28, 2011. The Brandywine Creek at Wilmington had major flooding and was above its 16.5 foot flood stage from 1033 p.m. EDT on the 30th through 738 p.m. EDT on May 1st. It crested at 20.70 feet at 6 a.m. EDT on the 1st, a new record. This new gage has been at this location since 2007. Higher relative crests could have occurred prior to that year. Event precipitation totals included 5.15 inches in Prices Corner, 5.10 inches in Newark, 4.76 inches in Newport, 4.60 inches at the Wilmington Airport and 4.50 inches in Odessa.
Heavy rain caused considerable poor drainage and major river and creek flooding in New Castle County. Some of the crests were the highest since Tropical Storm Irene on August 28, 2011. Within Wilmington alone, five roadways were flooded and closed. The Christina River at Coochs Bridge had major flooding and was above its 10.5 foot flood stage from 124 p.m. EDT on April 30th through 332 a.m. EDT on May 1st. It crested at 12.67 feet at 1015 p.m. EDT on April 30th. This was historically the 6th highest crest on record for the river. The White Clay Creek at Newark had minor flooding and was above its 11.5 foot flood stage from 744 p.m. EDT on April 30th through 334 a.m. EDT on May 1st. It crested at 13.71 feet at 1100 p.m. EDT on April 30th. Farther downstream, the White Clay Creek at Delaware Park had major flooding and was above its 13 foot flood stage from 413 p.m. EDT on April 30th through 802 a.m. EDT on May 1st. It crested at 16.90 feet at 100 a.m. EDT on May 1st. This was historically the 6th highest crest on record for the creek and the highest crest since August 28, 2011 associated with Tropical Storm Irene. The Red Clay Creek at Wooddale had major flooding and was above its 7 foot flood stage from 417 p.m. EDT on April 30th through 403 a.m. EDT on May 1st. It crested at 11.41 feet at 1015 p.m. EDT on April 30th. It was the 5th highest crest on record and the highest crest since Tropical Storm Irene on August 28, 2011. Farther downstream, the Red Clay Creek at Stanton crested just below major flooding criteria. It was above its 15 foot flood stage from 407 p.m. EDT on April 30th through 627 a.m. EDT on May 1st. It crested at 19.97 feet at 1145 p.m. EDT on April 30th. It was the 5th highest crest on record and also the highest crest since Tropical Storm Irene on August 28, 2011. The Brandywine Creek at Wilmington had major flooding and was above its 16.5 foot flood stage from 1033 p.m. EDT on April 30th through 738 p.m. EDT on May 1st. It crested at 20.70 feet at 6 a.m. EDT on May 1st, a new record. This new gage has been at this location since 2007. Higher relative crests could have occurred prior to that year. Event precipitation totals included 5.15 inches in Prices Corner, 5.10 inches in Newark, 4.76 inches in Newport, 4.60 inches at the Wilmington Airport and 4.50 inches in Odessa.
No historic map-sheet match is published
for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs
a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
Browse the county's mapped places while that work is
pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 miles
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
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