The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog

 Fell Spice Mill, 1873 So far on this site, we've looked at a number of different types of mills -- grist mills, saw mills, woolen...

 Stanton Friends Meeting House, 1936 To anyone at all familiar with the history of New Castle County, it should come as no surprise tha...

Thomas Justis House As I do these posts, the thing that continues to amaze me is how each site, no matter how routine it seems like it w...

Mendenhall House (center) and Mills, c1895  With all the swiftly-flowing streams within (and on) its boundaries, it's no wonder that...

 Log House common in 18th Century MCH  It's possible that if you've read a few of the posts on this site , specifically ...

Delaware Regiment at the Battle of Long Island As far as the topics of these posts go, most times I'll plan them out beforehand and...

In the last post , we followed the history of what is now known as the Judge Morris Estate up through the ownership of Thomas Montgomery. I ...

There are, as you can see on this site, many beautiful, old homes in Mill Creek Hundred, but there are very few that are open to the public....