Welcome to the 97th
Annual
A Day in Old New Castle
Saturday, May 20, 2023
This insert contains the schedule of events and list of opened houses and gardens.
Thank you for joining us and Enjoy your day in Historic New Castle!
Day In Old New Castle Committee
Co-Chairs – Judie Baldini and Cindy Snyder
Treasurers – Laura Fontana and Connie Reese
Houses – Judie Baldini and Susan Hagar
Gardens – Tom Maddux
Entertainments and Vendors – Cindy Snyder and Antoinette Maccari-Klingsberg
Website – Terry Buchanan
Marketing – Lissa Hilsee
Town Printed & Online Booklet – Terry Buchanan and Kim Burgmuller
Tickets/Information – Friends of New Castle Library, Judy Panzarella
Group and Presales – Irene Biggs and Judy Panzarella
Volunteer Coordinator – New Castle Historical Society, Mike Connelly
Tents, Tables, and Chairs – New Castle Hundred Lions Club
Signage – Julie Kirk
Sponsorship – Laura Fontana and Kelli Krueger
Plein Air Competition – Dennis Young
Delaware Street Business Coordinators – Rodney Pratt and Jan Henion
Volunteer Hospitality – Valarie Leary
HOUSES and GARDENS - wristband required
East 2nd Street 47 E. 2nd Street Behind 47 E. 2ndStreet Native Garden Path 151 E. 2nd Street Garden 153 E. 2nd Street Garden East 3rd Street 2 E. 3rd Street Garden 18 E. 3rd Street House & Garden (c.1798) 24 E. 3rd Street Garden 32 E. 3rd Street Dutch House Garden (c.1690) 106 E. 3rd Street House and Garden (1800) 128 E. 3rd Street House East 4th Street 2 E. 4th Street Amstel House Museum and Garden (c.1738) 16 E. 4th Street Garden 28 E. 4th Street Garden Harmony Street 105 Harmony Street Garden 117 Harmony Street Garden 126 Harmony Street - Hugh Mercer House (1801) 221 Harmony Street Garden 409 Harmony Street Garden
HOUSES and GARDENS - wristband required
The Strand
1 The Strand Garden
15 The Strand Garden and House
23 The Strand Garden
33 The Strand Garden
42 The Strand Read House and Gardens
Community Garden
57 The Strand Samuel Truss House – (c.1850)
Delaware Street
300 Delaware Street Kensey Johns Van Dyke House (1820)
313 Delaware Street House & Garden (1823)
424 Delaware Street NC Public Library Display & Garden
“A Look at Past Days in Old New Castle”
West 4th Street
15 W. 4th Street Garden
38 W. 4th Street Garden
40 W. 4th Street Garden
Day In Old New Castle Schedule
Time
9:30am – 5:45pm Shuttle Bus from 1st Baptist Church to New Castle. Continual run.
Bus Stop - 2nd & Delaware Streets
9:30am-4:00pm Ticket and Information Booth Open - Court House Plaza
10am-4:00pm Houses, Gardens, Museums Open See Insert
10am-4:00pm Kalmar Nyckel Tours Dock
Schedule of Musical Performances
11:00am Music School of De Suzuki Violins Court House
11:30am Dr. J and Dan Town Hall Tent
12:00pm
Dover English Country Dancers Court House
1:00pm Dr. J and Dan Town Hall Tent
1:30pm Dutch and Swedish Walking Tour Ft. Casimir Site
From Ft. Casimir to the Kalmar Nyckel by Brian Cannon
2:00pm Plein Air Competition Awards Front of Court
2:30pm
Dover English Country Dancers Court House
3:00pm Dr. Jay and Dan Town Hall Tent
4:00pm Houses, Museum, Kalmar Nyckel Close
5:00pm Day in Old New Castle Closes
5:45pm Last bus from New Castle to Baptist Church Parking
Restrooms: Read House, Arsenal, Battery Park, Portables Town Hall
10am-5pm Encampments, Reenactments, Demonstrations
Cheese Making – Heart to Hearth Cooking Green
Historic Caricatures by Kevin O’Malley Green
Garrison of New Amstel 1651-1664 Green
New Sweden Center Green
Greenbank Mill and Philips Farm Heritage Sheep Green
Thistledown Fiber Guild Green
Native American Food Ways Green
18th Century Children’s Toys and Games Green
1st State Historical National Park Activities Green
Michael Carver Colonial Brewmeister Green
Penn Farm Green
1st State Historical Park Green
For Woodness Sake Green
Thank You to the following:
All of the residents who opened their houses and gardens, for without your hospitality this event would not be possible.
Board of Directors of the New Castle Community Partnership
City of New Castle, Mayor and Council
Trustees of the New Castle Common
New Castle Public Works
Municipal Services Commission
New Castle Police Department
Good Will Fire Company
New Castle Hundred Lions Club
Arasapha Garden Club
Friends of the New Castle Library
New Castle Public Library
New Castle Historical Society
Read House and Gardens
New Castle Weekly
New Castle Court House Museum
First Baptist Church
First State Historical National Park
Lehanes Bus Service
All our volunteers who served in houses and gardens, museums, ticket sales, monitoring, set up and break down, signage, marketing, social media, and more ways.