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Naaman's Creek School

Built in 1805. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From the record

“The Claymont Stone School, also known as Naaman's Creek School #1, is a historic schoolhouse built in 1805, on land donated by Founding Father John Dickinson, in Claymont, Delaware, on the Philadelphia Pike just south of the Darley House. The school was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.”

Wikipedia article Claymont Stone School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 411 National Register listings published here for New Castle County · listed in 1990 · category: Building · built in 1805.

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. Jct. of Philadelphia Pike and Darley Rd., Brandywine Creek, Claymont, 19703
  • When was it listed? November 1990
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Brandywine
  • When was it built? 1805
  • National Register reference number. 90001715 - 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 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Naaman's Creek School between 2003 and 2006, burning about 471 acres 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/undetermined2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
2 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresPennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protectionnot named
19 December 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined470 acresNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in New Castle County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Naaman's Creek School: 2 plants. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Titanium, Pigment, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Edgemoor Plant TiTitanium, PigmentPlant1956
Phoenix Steel/ Claymont, De.IronPlant

Every working recorded in New Castle County

Storms near this property

9 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Claymont, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2019Thunderstorm WindClaymont1 hurtA tree fell onto a tent at a church festival. The tree struck and injured a musician playing inside the tent at the time. Time estimated from radar.
July 2025Flash FloodClaymont$20,000Flash flooding was reported causing several road closures with vehicles stranded.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindClaymont-Trees and wires down around Claymont. Time estimated from radar.
June 2023Flash FloodClaymont-At least 20 vehicles were stranded in flood waters in Claymont. Some water rescues were required.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindClaymont-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed multiple trees in Claymont.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindClaymont-Several reports of downed trees in the area. Time estimated from radar.
August 2011HailClaymont-Half dollar size hail fell from a severe thunderstorm in Brandywine Hundred.
August 2011HailClaymont-A severe thunderstorm dropped quarter size hail in Claymont (Brandywine Hundred).
August 2002Thunderstorm WindClaymont-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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Darley Houseunder 500 feet1973
Archmere0.2 miles1992
Robinson House0.8 miles1971
Hickman Row0.9 miles2006
Abner Cloud House1.5 miles1992
Ivyside Farm1.6 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 90001715 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
New Castle CountyAll 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.
  • 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.