Odessa: US 13 SB @ DE 299
Odessa combines a modest roadside business district with a remarkably intact eighteenth- and nineteenth-century townscape in a way that reflects its historic position on Appoquinimink Creek in northern Delaware. Known as Cantwell’s Bridge until 1855, the settlement grew around a crossing and a creek port that moved grain from surrounding farms. Its National Register historic district preserves Georgian, Federal and Victorian buildings, while the Corbit-Sharp House, completed in 1774, is among Delaware’s best-known Georgian houses. Today, US 13 and Delaware Route 299 place this small community on a major north–south and east–west corridor between Wilmington and Dover, while the older street pattern still gives Odessa a distinctive scale.
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Among Delaware's towns, Odessa stands out for an unusually cohesive collection of 18th- and 19th-century brick buildings. Set near the tidal Appoquinimink River, a tributary of the Delaware River, it developed as a small trading community on the route between Philadelphia and the Chesapeake Bay. Its former name, Cantwell's Bridge, recalls the crossing that helped establish the settlement; the town adopted the name Odessa in 1855. The Odessa Historic District preserves streetscapes and residences from that era, including the Georgian Corbit-Sharp House, built in 1774. Find related webcams across the Appoquinimink area to gain a fuller picture of Odessa and northern Delaware.
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