Public School No. 29

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“Public School No. 29, also known as Lamborn Library, is a historic school building located at Hockessin, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1870 as a one-room school; a second floor and classroom was added about 1890. is a two-story, brick building on a stone foundation with basement.”
Wikipedia article Public School No. 29, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 411 National Register listings published here for New Castle County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. Valley Rd. and Old Lancaster Pike, Hockessin, 19707
When was it listed? May 1978
Category. building
Census division. Piedmont
National Register reference number. 78000894 - 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

17 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Public School No. 29 between 2003 and 2018, burning about 9 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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	12
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Natural	1
Arson/incendiarism	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	Smoking	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
17 July 2011	Smoking	5.0 acres	Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection	WOODWARD FIRE
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
29 April 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection	not named
26 April 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
22 April 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
19 April 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Every fire recorded in New Castle County

Storms near this property

43 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hockessin, the town this property stands in, in 43 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 32 thunderstorm wind, 7 lightning, 2 hail, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	1 hurt	Video sent in of trees down on tents at a festival, causing the tents to collapse. Time estimated from radar.
June 2004	Lightning	Hockessin	$500,000	no account filed
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	$250,000	A severe thunderstorm knocked down numerous trees in the Hockessin, Coffee Run, Westminster, Canterbury Hills and Bella Vista areas of Mill Creek Hundred. A couple of homes and vehicles were damaged by the fallen trees. In the Westmister Development, old, massive trees were knocked down. Three homes on Ambleside Drive were so badly damaged by fallen trees that they were condemned. One garage with three Cadillacs within it was crushed on the same street. In Canterbury Hills, about fifty trees alone were knocked down and caused minor damage to homes.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	$25,000	A severe thunderstorm tore down several trees and wires across the northern tier of New Castle County. One tree fell onto a home in Talleysville.
June 2014	Lightning	Hockessin	$10,000	A lightning strike started a house fire in Hockessin (Mill Creek Hundred). No injuries were reported.
April 2009	Lightning	Hockessin	$10,000	A lightning strike and the ensuing fire damaged a first floor back room of a house on Gates Circle in Hockessin (Mill Creek Hundred). The fire was under control at 930 p.m. EDT that evening and no injuries were reported.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	$5,000	A line of severe thunderstorms knocked down numerous trees and wires with scattered power outages in New Castle County. One downed tree damaged a home in New Castle.
August 2001	Lightning	Hockessin	$3,000	no account filed
July 2016	Lightning	Hockessin	$10	A house was struck by lightning.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	Numerous reports of tree damage and powerlines down across much of northern New Castle County. Time estimated.
August 2024	Flash Flood	Hockessin	-	Multiple reports of flooded roads to the point of being impassable were reported around Hockessin.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	Report of trees and wires down around Hockessin, DE. Time estimated from radar.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	Trees and wires down around Hockessin. Time estimated from radar.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts downed multiple trees in Hockessin.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	A structure collapsed. Time estimated from radar.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	Report of multiple trees down across Meetinghouse and Benge Roads in Hockessin. Time estimated via radar.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	Path of significant tree damage reported between Yorktowne and Highland Meadows neighborhoods. Some minor siding damage to houses. Photos via social media.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	Delayed report. Photos received show three very large trees uprooted and some other nearby trees had branches sheared off on Brackenville Road in Hockessin. The damage was localized. Time estimated from radar.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	Some tree limbs down. Time estimated from radar.
August 2020	Flash Flood	Hockessin	-	Significant flooding occurred along Lancaster Pike in Hockessin with at least one vehicle trapped in the flood waters.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	Trees down in Hockessin. Time estimated from radar.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	A severe thunderstorm knocked down trees and wires in Hockessin (Mill Creek Hundred).
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	A severe thunderstorm knocked down a few trees across the northern tier of New Castle County.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	A severe thunderstorm knocked down trees along Brackenville Road in Mill Creek Hundred.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	A severe thunderstorm knocked down numerous trees in Hockessin (Mill Creek Hundred).
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	A severe thunderstorm knocked down a few trees across northern New Castle County. About 500 Delmarva Power homes and businesses lost power.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	A severe thunderstorm produced damaging wind gusts in western New Castle County along with some small hail (around half an inch in diameter). In Hockessin, large tree limbs were knocked down along Brackenville Road. In Lindell, several large trees were knocked down along the Mill Creek from Limestone Road south to Kirkwood Highway. While the thunderstorm weakened as it moved into eastern New Castle County, it still produced some pea size hail and a wind gust to 45 mph at the New Castle County Airport.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	A severe thunderstorm tore down large tree limbs in Hockessin (Mill Creek Hundred).
May 2010	Hail	Hockessin	-	A thunderstorm dropped nickel size hail in Hockessin.
July 2009	Hail	Hockessin	-	Quarter size hail fell from a severe thunderstorm in Hockessin (Mill Creek Hundred).
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	A severe thunderstorm knocked down trees and wires in northwestern New Castle County and hit the Hockessin area of Mill Creek Hundred the hardest. Millcreek Road and Evanson Road were closed because of downed trees. About 10,000 homes and businesses lost power in the county, about 125 were still without power the night of the 25th.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	A severe thunderstorm tore down several trees and wires across the northern tier of Delaware. About 16,000 homes and businesses lost power in New Castle County. Half of them were still without power at 9 p.m. EDT that evening.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	A severe thunderstorm tore down trees across the northern tier of New Castle from Hockessin to Greenville.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	A severe thunderstorm tore down large tree limbs and wires across the northern tier of New Castle County.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	A severe thunderstorm tore down several trees, tree limbs and wires in New Castle County, affecting the western part of the county the hardest. About 4,500 homes and businesses lost power in New Castle County. All power was restored by the morning of the 28th.
June 2006	Lightning	Hockessin	-	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	no account filed
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	no account filed
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	no account filed
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	no account filed
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	no account filed
August 2001	Lightning	Hockessin	-	no account filed
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hockessin	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in New Castle County

Map coverage status

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Cox-Phillips-Mitchell Agricultural Complex	0.5 miles	2017
T. Pierson Farm	0.8 miles	1986
Hockessin Friends Meetinghouse	0.9 miles	1973
Springer Farm	1.2 miles	1986
J. McIntyre Farm	1.3 miles	1986
A. Armstrong Farm	1.4 miles	1986

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 78000894 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.

Provenance

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.
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.