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Committee advances Newark Union Church and Cemetery historic overlay request

5129018 · July 1, 2025
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The New Castle County Land Use Department presented ordinance 22-006 to create a historic overlay zoning district for the Newark Union Church and Cemetery on the west side of Newark Union Public Road.

The New Castle County Land Use Department presented ordinance 22-006 to create a historic overlay zoning district for the Newark Union Church and Cemetery on the west side of Newark Union Public Road.

Kevin Barna, the county’s preservation planner, summarized the site’s history and the Historic Review Board’s recommendation. He said the meeting house and cemetery trace to the late seventeenth century, with the surviving church constructed in 1845 and renovated in 1906. “When this came before the historic review board, it was reviewed…

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