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
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Possibly Outdated Information on the corporation: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