Exhibit: Historic Odessa: A Past Preserved

Discover highlights of the rich history awaiting visitors to this charming Delaware River community that flourished as a marketing hub from the mid-18th through early 19th centuries. William Corbit and David Wilson, patriarchs of two of the town’s most prosperous families, built magnificent houses and filled them with the outward trappings of their success. Successive generations took particular interest in the preservation of the family history and that of the town itself. The legacy of their endeavors, along with the considerable efforts of 20th-century preservationist H. Rodney Sharp, can be seen in the six remarkable properties now owned and administered by the Historic Odessa Foundation.  For those who missed this special loan exhibit at the 51st Annual Delaware Antiques Show it has been reinstalled in the parlor of the Wilson-Warner House.