Hendrickson House Museum

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606 N Church St
Wilmington, DE 19801
Located near the landing site of the first Swedish settlers in the Delaware Valley, Old Swedes Historic Site offers tours of Old Swedes Church, the Burial Grounds, and the historic Hendrickson House museum. Opening hours in March are 11 am - 3 pm Wednesday through Saturday; last tour at 2:15 pm. Come visit us and see what life was like in the New Sweden Colony under the Swedish, Dutch, English, and American flags. Learn more about life in the Delaware colony in the years leading up to the American Revolution, and how it came to be known as The First State. We invite you to meander the labyrinth, and churchyard paths, where visitors can discover gravestones that relate four hundred years of American history. Visit us today and take a tour of the 1698-1699 church and the 1690s farmhouse where the story of the New Sweden Colony and its descendants comes alive! Tours: Adult $8, Two Adults $15, Student (age 6-14) $3.

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Mark A.
5/4/2019

Oldest active church in the US... You can also stop for a National Park cancellation stamp here. Very cool grounds to walk. 5 stars for that!

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Alexis B.
5/6/2025

We visited Old Swedes Historic Site last Saturday when we visited Wilmington and New Castle on a day trip to Delaware. We're visiting Sweden at the end of the month, and I was keen to learn some...

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