Hagley Archives Pictures:
Wawaset Park photographs (from construction in ~1919):
Wawaset Park photographs | Hagley Digital Archives

General Plan:
Wawaset, Wilmington, Delaware, general plan | Hagley Digital Archives

 

1101, 1103, 1105, 1107 Nottingham Road Construction:
Wawaset Park construction | Hagley Digital Archives

1919 Panoramic View of MacDonough Road homes on North Side of street.  Many homes can be seen in the background including Ridgeway and 11th Street homes.  Crowford Circle is off to the right
MacDonough Road houses under construction | Hagley Digital Archives

 

Hagley Archives, showing records that are available in the Hagley Library:

https://findingaids.hagley.org/repositories/3/resources/1250

 

 

1984 National Register of Historic Places Form:
Pages 5-15 show the list of homeowners from 1984 when the application was submitted.
Pages 16-89 provide descriptions of ~211 homes with original owner names.
https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/fced7f61-c521-446f-8044-adb0c3d5cf64

NPGallery.NPS.gov:
NPGallery Asset Detail (nps.gov)
e639d8f6-0a00-4472-a7ab-c146c2c726c7 (nps.gov)
Asset Detail (nps.gov)
https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/e639d8f6-0a00-4472-a7ab-c146c2c726c7/

 

 

Palmer Lamdin Architects Website article on Wawaset Park:
Palmer and Lamdin Architects: Wawaset, Wilmington, DE

 

 

Delaware Online:

2014 Article on 1 Crawford Circle

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/life/home-garden/2014/04/16/dupont-original-wawaset-park/7792529/

 

 

Other Pictures & Sites:

Wawaset Historic District | 1105 W. 11th Street Wilmington, … | Flickr
Wawaset Historic District | Wilmington, New Castle County, D… | Flickr
Wawaset Historic District | Bedford Court Wilmington, New Ca… | Flickr
Wawaset Historic District | 721 & 723 Blackshire Rd. Wilming… | Flickr
NOTTINGHAM COMMUNITY HOUSING ASSOCIATION « NOTTINGHAM COMMUNITY HOUSING ASSOCIATION (wordpress.com) << mostly unrelated

 

 

State Fair Picture?
 (281) Pinterest


Oral History from  ELLA FITZHARRIS VISITS LOCAL AMUSEMENT PARKS talks about circus at Wawaset Park
Brandywine Valley Oral History Project: Childhood & Mischief (hagley.org)

 

 

Facebook:


Facebook Group for Centennial Committee:
https://m.facebook.com/WPCentennial/

 

Wikipedia:

Wikipedia Page on the Neighborhood:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wawaset_Park,_Wilmington,_Delaware

 

Possibly Outdated Information on the corporation:
http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Wawaset_Park_Maintenance_Corp/info

 

Reddit Post with some pictures:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Delaware/comments/85fmb2/wawaset_park_my_favorite_neighborhood/

 

Information on the name Blackshire, and perhaps the origin of the street name:
S45995 Ebenezer Blackshire (mkngarage.com)

 

Apparently Wawaset Park was not only used for horse races, but for auto racing in 1915-1917 also:
The history of motorsports in Delaware (delmarvanow.com)
BobWeiner.com - Friends of Bob Weiner



 

For Residents:

 

Deed:
WawasetDeed.pdf

Bylaws:
04.1_exhibit_3a_bylaws

Architectural Change Application Form:
WawasetParkAchitecturalChangeApplication.pdf