George Read
George Read
Home
Home: Stonum, 900 Washington Avenue, New Castle, DE
Visited: 9/19/2014
Log Excerpt: "Back in the car we drove a short way to Stonum NHL. This is the home of George Read, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, his advocacy having enabled Delaware to become the first state ratifying the declaration. This private home is totally surrounded by thick shrubs, so I poked my camera through for poor pictures."
Home
Home: Read House, 42 The Strand (Gardens of George Read II House), New Castle, DE
Visited: 7/31/2021
Log Excerpt: "Around the corner we stopped at the George Read II House NHL. Built in 1793 for George Read, Jr., was the largest and most sophisticated residence in the state at the time and is a significant early example of high-style Federal period architecture. In the garden area adjacent was the home of father and Signer George Read, the structure long gone."
Gravesite
Gravesite: Immanuel Episcopal Churchyard, New Castle, DE
Visited: 7/31/2021
Log Excerpt: "In the Immanuel Episcopal Church graveyard, we found the smallish monument for Signer George Read."