Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
“Greenbank Historic Area is a historic grist mill located at Marshallton, Delaware, United States. The property includes the Greenbank Mill, Robert Philips House, and the W.”
Wikipedia article Greenbank Historic Area, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 411 National Register listings published here for New Castle County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Greenbank Historic Area between 2003 and 2005, burning about 12 acres in total. 1 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 | 24 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 August 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 21 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 26 April 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Greenbank Historic Area: 2 plants, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Titanium, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 | ||
| Wilmington Plant Dupont | Titanium | Plant | ||
| Wilmington Plantozark-Mahoning | Fluorine-Fluorite | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Greenbank Historic Area (Boundary Increase) | under 500 feet | 1979 |
 | Justis-Jones House | 0.5 miles | 1998 |
 | Hersey-Duncan House | 0.5 miles | 1990 |
 | Fell Historic District | 0.7 miles | 1983 |
 | Johnson, William Julius "Judy" House | 0.7 miles | 1995 |
 | Marshallton United Methodist Church | 0.8 miles | 1987 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 73000513 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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