HOF featured in "Delaware History"

HOF hosted the Furniture HIstoricy Society of London for an 18th Century Hearth Cooked Luncheon on May 18th, 2011.

Buy George! Collecting Washington Memorabilia

Americans have been purchasing the likeness of the father of their country for centuries. George Washington’s image has been positioned on everything from portrait engravings to miniature porcelain boots, with everything in between. Visitors to the Historic Odessa Foundation’s Bank Building will

Buy George! Lecture

The curator of the Buy George exhibit will present a lecture about the recently installed small exhibit at the Historic Odessa Foundation’s Bank Building on June 23rd at 7:00pm. Brian Miller will discuss how the image of George Washington has been marketed to Americans for centuries. Depictions of

Conservation of a Rare Book: The Alberti Models for Georgian Architecture

Historic Odessa Foundation owns a very special rare book, a third edition of a copiously illustrated book on Leon Batista Alberti’s Renaissance architecture and designs published in London in 1755, a book that was the major reference for 18th century Georgian architecture in England and America

Take that to the Bank Exhibit

For towns like Odessa in New Castle County in the 18th and 19th centuries, the local bank was central to the business and industrial growth of its community. In an exhibit at the Historic Odessa Foundation’s Bank Building through May 15, the public is welcome to discover bank notes and related

Free Admission Every Wednesday through April 27th

Now open Wednesday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Sunday from 1 to 4:30 p.m. (previously open Thursday through Sunday), the Historic Odessa Foundation offers tours to the public, families, groups and schools of its landmark Delaware properties that house the foundation’s collection

Take that to the Bank Lecture

For towns like Odessa in New Castle County in the 18th and 19th centuries, the local bank was central to the business and industrial growth of its community. In an exhibit at the Historic Odessa Foundation’s Bank Building through May 15, the public is welcome to discover bank notes and related

Free Community Open House

Zipping along Delaware Route 1 to points north or south, travelers can easily miss one of Delaware’s and the East Coast’s most well-preserved historic districts - the town of Odessa. Nestled between U.S. Route 13 and the Appoquinimink River, the town of Odessa today belies its vibrant past as an

Celebration of American Craftsmanship - CANCELLED

The Historic Odessa Foundation has cancelled its Celebration of American Craftsmanship scheduled for the weekend of May 21, 2011. The Foundation intends to resume planning in 2012.

Sweet Treats Hearth Cooking Workshop

The crackle of a blazing fire, the bubbles ascending in a flute of fine champagne, the delicious flavor of sumptuous sweet treats…..Join us in the Collins-Sharp House for a hearth cooking workshop featuring mouth watering 18th century sweets and desserts. With the assistance of our costumed hearth