Overlook Colony, Delaware

Unincorporated community in Delaware, United States

39°48′15″N 75°28′09″W / 39.80417°N 75.46917°W / 39.80417; -75.46917CountryUnited StatesStateDelawareCounty New CastleElevation

102 ft (31 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code302GNIS feature ID216848^[1]

Overlook Colony is an unincorporated community in Claymont, New Castle County, Delaware, United States.^[1]

Geography

Overlook Colony is located west of the Philadelphia Pike between Harvey Road and Darley Road. It is east of Interstate 95 (separating it from Ashbourne Hills and Radnor Green) and CSX Transportation Philadelphia Subdivision rail. The south branch of Naamans Creek and run through the area.

History

The original layout for Overlook Colony was originally designed by city planner and landscape architect John Nolan while the buildings were designed by architect H. Errol Coffin^[2] It was developed in the early 1910s largely as workforce housing of the General Chemical Company.^[3]

Some the homes have been expanded and restored to historic specifications. ^[4] The community center was restored in 2000.

It has been designated a "Blueprint Community", an initiative by Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh and the University of Delaware to reinvigorate distressed neighborhoods.^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Overlook Colony". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 20, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Nolen, John (2004), New Towns for Old, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9780415160919
^ "Overlook Colony". Archalli. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
^ "UDMessenger - Blueprint Communities". www1.udel.edu.
^ "Examining four Blueprint Communities". www.delawarepublic.org. February 28, 2012.

External links

"Street in Overlook Colony, Claymont, Delaware - Cornell University Library Digital Collections". digital.library.cornell.edu.
"Overlook Colony Civic Assn. - Claymont, DE 19703". www.neighborhoodlink.com.
"General Plan, Overlook Colony, situated in Brandywine Hundred, Newcastle County, Delaware - Cornell University Library Digital *Collections". digital.library.cornell.edu.