Worthland, Delaware
Unincorporated community in Delaware, United States
39°48′30″N 75°26′59″W / 39.80833°N 75.44972°W / 39.80833; -75.44972Worthland is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.[1] Worthland is located northwest of U.S. Route 13 and northeast of Interstate 495 to the northeast of Claymont. It was originally developed by Worth Steel Corporation as a community for its workforce.[2]
See also
- Hickman Row
- Union Park Gardens
- Overlook Colony
References
- ^ a b "Worthland". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Robin Bodo (February 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hickman Row". National Park Service.
The Worth Steel Company chose different housing strategies based on the race of the prospective employee, which may be in part what John Nolen referred to in this article as "custom."14 For white workers, they developed Worthland15, a typical industrial company town of residential, commercial, and other buildings to attract their labor force. The main Worth Steel office building was placed on the part of the property that addressed Philadelphia Pike.The Worthland housing development was placed away from the main traffic artery uphill and behind the office building. This development supplied 156 housing units for the company's white employees, both blue collar and white collar workers. The housing in this community was segregated by status in the company which was reflected in house size and single family versus multiple family dwellings. Amenities included automobile garages, either stalls for the duplex dwelling or individual buildings at the rear of the larger lots of the single family houses. Worth Steel provided an athletic club, a reservoir and pump house, an elementary school, volunteer fire department, and restaurant.
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County seat: Wilmington
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