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Biddles Corner is a location in St. George's Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, United States.
Biddles Corner, Delaware | |
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  Biddles Corner  Biddles Corner | |
| Coordinates: 39°31′30″N 75°38′57″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Elevation | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 302 |
| GNIS feature ID | 217031[1] |
Biddles Corner is at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Port Penn Road just east of the Biddles Corner toll plaza on the Delaware Route 1 toll road south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.[2]
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1700s to 1850
The Vandergrift-Biddle House was built at Biddles Corner starting in the 18th century.[3] The original property, consisting of 179 acres, was granted to Leonard Vandegrift by Thomas and William Penn in 1708 and became the Biddles Corner farm.[4] The Vandergrift-Biddle House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[3]
The Retirement Barn, a historically important barn, was built in the Biddles Corner area between 1790 and 1810.[5] The barn "is the last known surviving example in southern New Castle County of a tri-partite (three bay) traditional English style barn. Common in the 18th century this barn type was replaced with other modern agricultural building types in the mid 1800s."[6] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[7]
The Mondamon Farm Barrack, built in the early 1800s, is "the last known example of a mid 19th-century earthfast hay barrack to survive in New Castle County". Open-sided hay structures like the barrack were once common in the 1700s and early 1800s.[8] It was also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[7]
1850 to present
The Craven House, in the vicinity of Biddles Corner,[9] was built in the mid-19th century.
The 120 ft (37 m)-tall Liston Range Rear Lighthouse was built circa 1876 to 1877 east of its present site and was moved near Biddles Corner in 1906.[10][11] The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978[12] and is Delaware's tallest lighthouse.[13]
In 1884, the Fort Penn Grange was building a large hall at Biddles Corner with an exhibition room.[14] The grange hosted various events in the hall such as magicians and Punch and Judy acts.[15]
In 1979, the ChesDel Diner opened in St. Georges at Biddles Corner. Called a "Biddles Corner staple", the restaurant closed in 2018.[16][17]
The Biddles Corner toll plaza opened in 1999.[18] The busy toll plaza has exceeded 360,000 vehicles on holiday weekends.[19]
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