Open: 10:00 – 3:30 p.m. Tue. – Sat., 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Closed Mondays and State Holidays. Free Admission. Reservations needed for groups of ten or more.Built in 1732, the Court House served as the meeting place for Delaware’s colonial assembly from 1732 to 1777 when New Castle was Delaware’s capital. Tour topics include Delaware boundaries, colonial history, slavery and abolition.

Hours:Wednesday – Friday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
PLEASE NOTE: CLOSED January-March except by appointment (302-322-8411) and school tours.
Closed major holidays – click here for the Society’s calendar. Admission is charged.Built in 1801 in Federal style by the son of George Read I, a signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. formal garden designed in 1847. Twelve rooms open to the public, three in the Colonial Revival style.

The railroad was pulled by steam locomotive Delaware , and operated in the pre-Civil War period. The ticket office was constructed in 1832 and occupied several locations before being placed here in the 1950s.