Entrance Door Corbit-Sharp House
Georgian houses displayed a strict symmetry with a paneled door as a centerpiece capped by an elaborate crown or pediment.
Fieldstone Stable
The Stone Stable c. 1812. Stables constructed of stone are unusual in lower New Castle County, where brick or wooden buildings are the rule.
Collins-Sharp House
The Collins-Sharp House c.1700, one of Delaware’s oldest structures, is a center for educational programming. Hearth-cooking demonstrations feature documented recipes from the late 18th- and early 19th- centuries.
Cantwell's Tavern
The Brick Hotel c. 1822 welcomed merchants and ships captains to the busy port of Cantwell's Bridge into the early 20th century. It was restored for adaptive reuse as a changing exhibitions gallery in 1981. In 2012, the Foundation restored and opened the property as a restaurant. Today visitors enjoy regional fare in this beautiful Federal building. For reservations, please call (302) 376-0600.
Dover Rent All - Tent & Events
Dover Rent-All Tents & Events is the most diverse and experienced tent and party rental company on the Delmarva Peninsula. We have been providing party and wedding rentals to Delaware and Maryland for weddings, parties and commercial events since our founding, in 1966.
For more information, please visit their website.
Middletown Historical Society
Since its founding in 1985, the Society has hosted house tours in Middletown, as well as lectures on the history of Middletown. The Middletown Historical Society is responsible for hosting the annual Olde-Tyme Peach festival, a tradition started in 1993. The goal of the festival is to increase awareness of the important role peaches played in the formation of present day Middletown while providing an inexpensive, enjoyable family outing right here in Middletown.
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway
This Scenic Byway features true stories and real sites associated with Harriet Tubman and other freedom loving people who participated in the region's vast Underground Railroad networks.
Appoquinimink Meeting, Odessa, Delaware
In 1972 the Meeting House, said to be the smallest brick house of worship in the United States, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Appoquinimink Preparative Meeting has held regular
Meeting for Worship regularly for a number of years.
Middletown-Odessa Rotary
Rotary International is the world's first service club organization, with more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide. Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto Service Above Self.
P.O. Box 201
Middletown, DE 19709
Phone: 302-378-1181
Fax: 302-378-5672
Ellen Walsh
Ellen joined the Historic Odessa Foundation’s volunteer family in our very first year as a new organization. Beginning in 2005, Ellen worked in the third floor offices of the historic Odessa Bank with Rita Ryor, HOF Librarian, to create a community library and resource center database.