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 Architecture
Tour
A One-Day Tour in Central Delaware The architecture of Dover is full of the rural lines of the late 18th century to the gingerbread of the Victorian style. What follows are the streets that feature some of the best Dover has to offer and the museums and cultural sites that make it all worth the trip! |
 Drive
down State Street -
From just north of the corner at Rt. 8 and south through old Dover, State
Street is a feast of Victorian homes. Built in the late 19th and early
20th century, mainly from money made off the peach crop, many of the homes
are painted in the Victorian style and maintain their elegant splendor.
Downtown Dover and the Green - Start at the Delaware Made General Store, where proprietor Tom Smith will provide a guided walking tour of the historic Green and architecturally rich State Street. Old State House - built in 1792 and restored to its original appearance in 1976. This building includes a rare geometric staircase and a view of the historic Dover Green. Remaining as Dover’s symbolic capitol building, the State House has witnessed the panorama of Delaware’s political and social development since the era of the early republic. Biggs Museum of American Art - The Biggs Museums of Art holds a vast collection of decorative art. The details that appear in architecture through the different eras carry over into the furniture and other decorative items used to fill homes.
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