This can also be combined with the Amstel House (recommended). This is very Dutch worker's house nicely restored with a small garden also for visiting. Seen by tour of about one hour with a very knowledgable guide. The upstairs is not open (difficult stairs to climb). Appropriate furniture give it a good feel for the times and how crowded it must have been.
Its amazing that at one point 9 people could have lived in a place this small. There's a nice tidy yard and a garden in the colonial style that's maintained by a local group. A worthwhile half hour of your time!
This little home is the second oldest in Delaware, built in the late 1600's. It is an interesting look at colonial life, but on the day we visited the air conditioning wasn't working well and it was a bit stuffy, causing 2 visitors to need to leave early.
We were fortunate to stumble across New Castle which researching Dutch settlements in the US during the 17th Century. The Dutch House is beautify apportioned and laid out and the docents/guides were very knowledgeable for the most part and incredibly friendly/helpful. Be warned though that the Old Dutch House is really a conglomeration of periods and styles but is not truly a dutch house. They do have a beautiful Dutch Kas from the Hudson Valley Region that is authenticate and true to the period as well as many other artifacts. Definitely check out the 300 year old Dutch bible. My only complaint is that photography is not allowed inside the houses and of course, no photo and historical guides exist currently that document these two sites. Nevertheless we had a blast visiting this site as well as the Amstel House and we walked away with some nice trinkets and reading material from the museum gift shoppe. This place is very highly recommended and affordable @ $9 per person for two house tours (need at least two hours for the tours and some time in the gift shoppe).We will definitely return to finish checking out the Courthouse, The Old Library Museum as well as other historical houses available to tour.
3 rooms in a 300 year old house. Original period furniture and better than average tour guides. Interesting to see how people lived in such a small place, wish the upstairs loft was open.
One of Delaware's oldest buildings, and unusual because it is a surviving middle class home, not a prominent individual's home. You'll get a real taste of what life was like around 1700.
Buy the combo ticket at the Amstel House and tour that first. Be aware that there are only set times for these tours. You are not permitted to take photos indoors. There is no restroom nor gift shop at the Old Dutch House. There is a gift shop inside the Amstel House where you can buy a postcard of the exterior of the Old Dutch House. Our guide at the Old Dutch House was informative and the tour took a half hour. Cute side and rear garden. Note how the front entryway dips down from the street when you walk in - due to house being built when roads were dirt. Later when the roads had bricks added to them, it made the road higher than the house's entry way. You will tour 3 rooms and see antique furnishings while learning what life was like living here in the 1600's. Coal heat was big and wooden shoes were used to traverse the streets due to the mud. After this tour be sure to visit the Old Library just a few doors down. Enjoy!
Currently, no longer the old Dutch House! This was possibly an early English house based on the Dutch style. Some outstanding historical work has been done during the past three years. Great preservation and good furniture choices. Watch your head, these folks were small of stature!
Historical building around one of the oldest churches in the state and on the East Coast. Nice walk and history buffs would love the inside.
A charming house luckily still standing thru the generosity of a DuPont. Gives insight into the surroundings and life of working families in a port town. The architecture is unique Worth a visit.