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The Collins-Sharp House c.1700, one of Delaware’s oldest structures, is a center for educational programming. Hearth-cooking demonstrations feature documented recipes from the late 18th- and early 19th- centuries.

Local patron H. Rodney Sharp restored this and other buildings in Odessa in the middle of the last century, helping to preserve the community's unique legacy.

From the Collection

3-slat rocking side chair

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.
1825-1900
In 1845, a fugitive slave from Maryland named Sam approached the Corbit home begging for refuge. Sam was hidden by Mary Corbit behind a tiny door in the attic of what is now referenced as the Corbit-Sharp house. There, the runaway was given food and a warm quilt.