June 12, 2011 - Dover (YRE)

We flew to DC from Florida and drove to Dover, Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula.  Crossing the Chesapeake Bay via the Bay Bridge was splendid. 

House in the Victorian District

Our walk began at a restaurant, but we soon entered the Victorian Dover Historic District and saw  the "Rose Cottage," an example of the Cottage Gothic style (but we did not take any photos of it). 

The Old State House

After a while, we came to the site of the Golden Fleece tavern.  Although the tavern is no longer there, it is memorialized with a park, a statue, and plaques, as the place where Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

We proceeded to The Green, designed by William Penn in 1683.  The Georgian style Old State House (built between 1787 and 1791) stands on one side of The Green.  The Delaware Supreme Court is on the opposite side.

Legislative Hall (the New State House)

Today, the Legislative Hall functions as the state capitol.  It was designed in the Colonial Revival style and completed in 1933.  Though elegant and dignified, the Delaware Legislative Hall is one of the more modest state capitol buildings of the 25 I have visited so far.

Rating:

Walk Route:  B-

Walk Documentation:  B- ( a map would have been nice)