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Claymont in old photos and postcards

Postcards, papers and photographs of Claymont from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.

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7historic places
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From Claymont’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Claymont’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A historic districtHickman Row protects 24 historic buildings.Landmarks on the Register7 places on the National Register.Old housesHalf of Claymont’s homes were built before 1964.
★ What stands out · On the National Register

7 listings protect 35 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
7
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
35
each building in a district counts
first listed
1971
Robinson House
in Delaware
#18
by listings
Robinson HouseDarley HouseIvyside FarmNaaman's Creek School, built 1805Archmere, built 1918Hickman Row
BuildingsDistricts

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
Early Republic1
One-Room School1
Italian Renaissance1
20th Century Masonry Vernacular1
Robinson HouseBuilding
Darley HouseBuilding
Ivyside FarmGreek Revival
Naaman's Creek SchoolEarly Republic · Built 1805
ArchmereItalian Renaissance · Built 1918
Hickman Row20th Century Masonry Vernacular
Holly OakBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story

How Claymont came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Claymont.

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The community now known as Claymont started on the banks of Naamans Creek where it empties into the Delaware River. This once rich ecosystem has been occupied steadily since before 1200 A.D. and has undergone numerous cultural and economic changes, most of which are still evident in the architecture and living patterns of the community today. The first residents were aboriginal Indians of the Middle Woodland period (1100–1600 B.C.). Evidence of these early dwellers has been found along both sides of Naamans Creek.

ChaptersRenaissance

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Claymont, 1805 to 1933

Woven from the archive, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1805BuiltNaaman's Creek School is built
  3. 20th century
  4. 1918BuiltArchmere is built
  5. 1922In the archiveOverlook Colony Claymont DE 1922
  6. 1933In the archiveThomas Robinson Jr. Kitchen Dependency, Naaman's Road at Philadelphia Pike, Naaman, New C…
By decade

Claymont, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1920s to the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1920s–1930s10 items
Overlook Colony Claymont DE 19221922Overlook Colony Claymont DE 1922 Thomas Robinson Jr. Kitchen Dependency, Naaman's Road at Philadelphia Pike, Naaman, New Castle County, DE HABS DEL,2-NA…1933Thomas Robinson Jr. Kitchen Dependency, Naaman's Road… Thomas Robinson Jr. Kitchen Dependency, Naaman's Road at Philadelphia Pike, Naaman, New Castle County, DE HABS DEL,2-NA…1933Thomas Robinson Jr. Kitchen Dependency, Naaman's Road… Thomas Robinson Jr. Kitchen Dependency, Naaman's Road at Philadelphia Pike, Naaman, New Castle County, DE HABS DEL,2-NA…1933Thomas Robinson Jr. Kitchen Dependency, Naaman's Road… Thomas Robinson Jr. Kitchen Dependency, Naaman's Road at Philadelphia Pike, Naaman, New Castle County, DE HABS DEL,2-NA…1933Thomas Robinson Jr. Kitchen Dependency, Naaman's Road… Thomas Robinson Jr. Kitchen Dependency, Naaman's Road at Philadelphia Pike, Naaman, New Castle County, DE HABS DEL,2-NA…1933Thomas Robinson Jr. Kitchen Dependency, Naaman's Road… Thomas Robinson Jr. Kitchen Dependency, Naaman's Road at Philadelphia Pike, Naaman, New Castle County, DE HABS DEL,2-NA…1933Thomas Robinson Jr. Kitchen Dependency, Naaman's Road… Thomas Robinson Jr. Kitchen Dependency, Naaman's Road at Philadelphia Pike, Naaman, New Castle County, DE HABS DEL,2-NA…1933Thomas Robinson Jr. Kitchen Dependency, Naaman's Road… Thomas Robinson Jr. Kitchen Dependency, Naaman's Road at Philadelphia Pike, Naaman, New Castle County, DE HABS DEL,2-NA…1933Thomas Robinson Jr. Kitchen Dependency, Naaman's Road… Historic American Buildings Survey W. S. Stewart, Photographer Sept. 9, 1936 VIEW FROM NORTH EAST - Old Lodge House, Ro…1936Historic American Buildings Survey W. S. Stewart, Pho…
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today2 recent
Archmere Academy St. Norbert's Hall2006Archmere Academy St. Norbert's Hall Grubb Worth House2002Grubb Worth House
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Overlook Colony Claymont DE 1922
Retake this viewOverlook Colony Claymont DE 1922, 1922

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Finish Claymont’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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From Wikimedia Commons (12), the National Register of Historic Places (7) and Wikipedia. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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