Centreville Historic District (Centreville, Delaware)

Centerville (also known as Centreville) is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Centerville is now known primarily for being the location of Du Pont family estates, as well as several other wealthy business families from nearby Wilmington, and the home of Governor Jack Markell.

Carpenter-Lippincott House is a historic home located at Centreville, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1840, and is a three-story, stuccoed stone dwelling in the Italianate-style. It consists of two, well-defined rectangular blocks. The main block is surmounted by a square cupola on its low-hipped roof with projecting eaves and it features an enclosed porch with cast iron lattice work.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

The Joseph Chandler House, built c. 1800, is the oldest house in Centreville, New Castle County, Delaware. Centreville developed along the Kennett Pike (Delaware Route 52) starting about 1811, with its houses facing toward the pike. Nevertheless, the Chandler house faces south, away from the pike. Dr. Joseph P. Chandler, who built the house, used it as a residence and an office. The house was later acquired by the Gregg, Carpenter and du Pont families. William S. Potter bought the house in 1935 and added brick and stone wings to the original stone house.The house was listed by the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, at the same time the nearby Centreville Historic District, Mt. Airy School No. 27, and Carpenter-Lippincott House were also listed.

Mt. Airy No. 27 School is a historic one-room school built in 1863 in Centreville, New Castle County, Delaware. It was designed and built as a one-room, one-teacher school, and operated as such from 1863 to 1932. It is now used as a private residence. A gable-roofed portico stands in front of the entrance, with a small bell tower or cupola on the main roof just above it. Three large six-over-six windows are on each side of the building. In 1983, at the same time the school was listed the Centreville Historic District, the Joseph Chandler House, and Carpenter-Lippincott House, all located nearby, were also listed.

The Greenville Country Club, formerly known as the Owl's Nest Country Place, is a country club at 201 Owl's Nest Road in Greenville, Delaware. The 18-acre (7.3 ha) property was developed in 1915 by Eugene du Pont, Jr., son of Eugene du Pont, as a country estate. It was one of the first major estates to be built by members of the Du Pont family in northern Delaware. The main house and three outbuildings were designed by Harrie T. Lindeberg in the Tudor Revival style, and were built in 1915. The estate's grounds were landscaped by Franklin Meehan and William Warner Parker. In 1928 an Ellen Shipman-designed boxwood garden was added to the grounds. The estate has been home to the Greenville Country Club since 1961.The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

Centreville Layton School is a private Delaware school for children with diverse learning styles. Centreville Layton School offers a robust educational and cultural experience for students who learn differently. The program identifies academic and social needs of the individual and provides a curriculum that focuses on problem solving and critical thinking. Through intervention and strengthening learning strategies, the school empowers each student to reach his or her potential. The faculty rooster includes highly qualified teachers as well as a full-time Occupational Therapist, Language and Speech Pathologist, and a Clinical Psychologist. Centreville Layton School is small by design with low teacher to student ratios and intimate class sizes. Students are placed in their academic courses by ability while maintaining age appropriate social groups. CLS follows a traditional school year calendar with an optional Summer Program that includes an academic focused morning program and recreational optional afternoon program. In addition to the traditional PreK-12th Grade programs, Centreville Layton School is the first of its kind in the Tri-State area to offer a Post High School Graduate program focusing on personal development while taking college courses at a local university. Centreville Layton School's Post Graduate & Personal Growth Program (PG2) is designed to instill high school graduates with the direction, confidence, and independence needed to navigate their next steps in life. College courses, vocational experiences, instruction in interpersonal skills, and cooperative cultural and social activities will provide PG2 students with opportunities to explore interests, discern personal value systems, and deepen professional, personal, and practical awareness. This experience will encourage students to develop real-world preparedness, so they can claim their place in an ever-changing world. Centreville Layton School is the result of the merger between Centreville School (est. 1974) and Layton Preparatory School. Centreville Layton School students may face challenges in one or more of the following areas: Language processing difficulties Dyslexia Difficulties with spelling, reading, writing, and math Fine and gross motor skill delays Executive functioning disorder Social skills Anxiety Receptive and expressive language disorders Peer relationships School-related apprehension Attention issues such as ADHD

Layton Preparatory School is a private preparatory school opened in 2005 in Centreville, Delaware, United States. Layton Preparatory School is a member of the Student Union, an organization also including Tower Hill School, Tatnall School, Archmere Academy, Sanford School, and Wilmington Friends School. It is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in New Castle County, Delaware.

Centre Meeting and Schoolhouse, also known as Centre Meeting of Religious Society of Friends, is a historic Quaker meeting house and school located on Center Meeting Road in Centerville, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1796 and is rectangular brick building with pitched roof and brick chimney at either end. Sheds are attached to the east and west sides. The school house was built by the Friends for their children and those of the community. It is square with a pitched roof and a lunette in the gable toward the west.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library is an American estate and museum in Winterthur, Delaware. As of 2011, it houses one of the most important collections of Americana in the United States of America. It was the former home of Henry Francis du Pont (1880–1969), a renowned antiques collector and horticulturist. Until recently, it was known as the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.

The Harlan Log House, also known as "The Log House," was built about 1715 by Joshua Harlan, is a well-preserved example of an English-style log cabin near Kennett Square, in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is about a half mile west of the hamlet of Fairville. Joshua Harlan was the son of George Harlan, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1687. Joshua was born in 1696 and was the cousin of the George Harlan, who built the Harlan House, about 12 miles north about 1724. Both houses are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The core of the house was built about 1715 as a two-story square (26 feet by 26 feet) cabin. Although English settlers modelled their log cabins on the examples of Swedish settlers, the English versions were square rather than rectangular. An 1815 stone addition measures 19 feet by 15 feet, with a modern addition attached to the stone addition.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Walnut Green School, also known as District School Number 25, is a historic one-room school building located at Greenville, New Castle County, Delaware. It was founded in 1808 and in 1924 was said to be the oldest schoolhouse in the state. It is a one-story, five-bay, rectangular, gambrel-roofed, white-stuccoed stone building in the Colonial Revival style. The school building dates to the late-18th century, but was expanded and remodeled in 1918–1924. The school closed in 1947, because parents wanted their children to go to the AI duPont school district.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.