J. H. Wilkerson & Son Brickworks

J. H. Wilkerson & Son Brickworks
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, HAER Photo, 1975
Location	Off SR 409, Milford, Delaware
Coordinates	38°55′08″N 75°24′50″W / 38.91889°N 75.41389°WCoordinates: 38°55′08″N 75°24′50″W / 38.91889°N 75.41389°W
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1912
NRHP Reference #	78000892[1]
Added to NRHP	July 12, 1978

J. H. Wilkerson & Son Brickworks is a historic abandoned brickworks and national historic district located at Milford, Kent County, Delaware. The district includes three contributing buildings and one contributing site at the brickworks that operated from 1912 to 1957. Some of the sheds, machinery, kiln, and other structures which housed the machinery remain standing, others have deteriorated or collapsed. Still standing are the storage shed, the shed over the brick-making machine, and one of the drying sheds. All of the machinery is in place as are other pieces of equipment used in the brick-making process. The walls of the kiln remain standing, just as they would have been left after the fired bricks are removed.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Joan M. Norton and Dean E. Nelson, (October 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: J. H. Wilkerson & Son Brickworks" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying nine photos

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. DE-5, "J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, Front Street (Road 409), Milford, Sussex County, DE", 35 photos, 3 measured drawings, 13 data pages