Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
“Smyrna Historic District is a national historic district located at Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware. It encompasses 850 contributing buildings in the town of Smyrna.”
Wikipedia article Smyrna Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 136 National Register listings published here for Kent County · listed in 1980 · 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 mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of The Smyrna Opera House: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoskinson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smyrna, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 19 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 3 lightning, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2002 | Hail | Smyrna | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | $25,000 | A severe thunderstorm tore siding from homes, knocked down trees and mail boxes in Smyrna. |
| July 2004 | Lightning | Smyrna | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | $1,000 | A severe thunderstorm knocked down a couple of trees and wires in Smyrna. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | - | Multiple large trees and power lines were blown down in Smyrna. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | - | Wires down in Smyrna. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | - | Report of a tree blown down into a structure in Smryna. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | - | Large tree limb down along Smyrna-Leipsic Road near Sunnyside Road. Report via social media. Time estimated from radar. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | - | Multiple large trees were reported down, some causing property damage. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Smyrna | - | Several inches of rain fell in a quick time-span. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Smyrna | - | Around three and a half inches of rain fell at this DEOS. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Smyrna | - | Around three inches of rain fell. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | - | Trees downed due to thunderstorm winds in Smyrna and Clayton. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | - | A severe thunderstorm generated a wind gust of 59 mph in Smyrna. Widely scattered power outages also occurred. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | - | A severe thunderstorm knocked down a few trees in Smyrna. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Smyrna | - | Penny size hail fell in Smyrna. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Smyrna | - | Repeat thunderstorms with heavy rain dropped around six inches of rain across most of the northern third of Kent County. This caused small stream, field and poor drainage flash flooding. Several roads were flooded and closed from near Dover northward. Delaware State Route 6 was closed near Clayton as was Main Street within Clayton itself. Just south of Smyrna, the northbound exit off of Delaware State Route 1 was closed. Event precipitation totals included 5.11 inches in Smyrna and 3.98 inches in Kenton. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | - | A severe thunderstorm knocked down a few trees in Smyrna. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Smyrna | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Smyrna | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Smyrna | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Lightning | Smyrna | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Lightning | Smyrna | - | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smyrna | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Moore House | 0.6 miles | 1982 |
 | Belmont Hall | 0.6 miles | 1971 |
 | Woodlawn | 0.9 miles | 1982 |
 | Duck Creek Village | 1.0 miles | 1972 |
 | Bannister Hall and Baynard House | 1.1 miles | 1973 |
 | Byrd's AME Church | 1.3 miles | 1982 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80000930 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Kent County | All 136 listed properties in this county. |
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