Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
“Louviers, also known as Upper Louviers and Black Gates, was a historic home located at Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware.”
Wikipedia article Louviers (Wilmington, Delaware), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 411 National Register listings published here for New Castle County · listed in 1971 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Louviers in 2004, 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 | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 November 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 November 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Louviers: 3 plants, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Titanium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Titanium, Pigment. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Minerals/ Wilmington, De. | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Edgemoor Plant Ti | Titanium, Pigment | Plant | 1956 | |
| Fairville Mica Occurrence | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Wilmington Plant Dupont | Titanium | Plant | ||
| Wilmington Plantozark-Mahoning | Fluorine-Fluorite | Plant |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilmington, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 16 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flood, 3 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmington | $25,000 | A severe thunderstorm knocked down a couple of trees in Wilmington. |
| June 2025 | Lightning | Wilmington | $1,000 | Multiple structure fire reports near Wilmington due to lightning strikes. Time estimated. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmington | - | Downed tree in Wilmington blocking an exit off I-95 Northbound. Downed tree limbs also reported in neighborhoods nearby. Time estimated from radar. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmington | - | Numerous reports of tree damage and powerlines down across the city of Wilmington. Time estimated. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Wilmington | - | Governor Printz Boulevard was closed in Edgemoor between Lea Boulevard and Edgemoor Road due to flooding. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmington | - | A couple reports were received of downed wires near 10th St. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Wilmington | - | East 12th Street was closed at Interstate 495 in Wilmington due to flooding. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmington | - | A couple reports of tree limbs and wires down in the area. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmington | - | Trees down or snapped on North Madison Street between West 9th and West 10th streets in Wilmington. Time estimated from radar. |
| February 2016 | Flood | Wilmington | - | The Brandywine river flooded the afternoon of 2/25 due to heavy rain from the night before. The Brandywine State park had flooding in the parking lot starting around 11am. The local museum further upstream also was closed for the day. Some high water was also noted at the local zoo. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Wilmington | - | Thunderstorms with heavy rain caused flash flooding along 12th Street near the Brandywine Creek in Wilmington. Vehicles were stuck in flood waters on that roadway. No serious injuries were reported. Event precipitation totals since the morning of the 20th included 2.83 inches at the New Castle County Airport, 2.81 inches in Newport, 2.52 inches in Newark and 2.40 inches in Hockessin. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmington | - | A severe thunderstorm knocked down trees and wires in Wilmington. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Wilmington | - | A thunderstorm dropped nickel-size hail in Wilmington. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Wilmington | - | Quarter size hail fell from a severe thunderstorm in Wilmington. |
| September 2011 | Flood | Wilmington | - | The Brandywine Creek at Wilmington was above its 16.5 foot flood stage from 915 a.m. EDT through 1141 a.m. EDT on the 8th. It crested at 16.7 feet at 1015 a.m. EDT on the 8th. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Wilmington | - | Nickel to quarter size hail fell in Wilmington. In northern Wilmington, the hail briefly covered the ground. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Wilmington | - | Dime to nickel size hail fell in northeastern New Castle County in Wilmington and Brandywine Hundred. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Wilmington | - | The same severe thunderstorm dropped penny size hail in Wilmington. |
| August 2008 | Heavy Rain | Wilmington | - | Thunderstorms with heavy rain caused poor drainage flooding that entered a couple of basement apartments at the Dana Apartments on North Tatnall Street. About a dozen residents were evacuated from two basement apartments. Three apartments and families above the flooded apartments were also displaced because the electricity was turned off. The building sits lower than the street. Adjusted for hail Doppler Radar storm total estimates were between one inch and an inch and a quarter. |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmington | - | A severe thunderstorm caused wind damage to the Pike Creek Shopping Center in the Prices Corner area of New Castle County. Extensive roof damaged occurred in the strip mall with Eckerd Drug, Buster Brown and Carousel Cards hit the hardest. In surrounding areas the severe thunderstorm caused slight wind damage to two buildings in the Goldey-Beacom College. Snapped and downed trees took down wires and caused power outages to about 4,000 persons. |
| February 2008 | Flood | Wilmington | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmington | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmington | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmington | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmington | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Wilmington | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmington | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Wilmington | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmington | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmington | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmington | - | no account filed |
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.
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lower Louviers and Chicken Alley | 0.1 miles | 1972 |
 | Brandywine Powder Mills District | 0.4 miles | 1984 |
 | Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School | 0.5 miles | 1972 |
 | Jacob Broom House | 0.5 miles | 1974 |
 | Eleutherian Mills | 0.5 miles | 1966 |
 | William Young House | 0.7 miles | 1982 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 71000231 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| New Castle County | All 411 listed properties in this county. |
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