Brandywine Spings Map - Wilmington, DE - 'You Are Here' Maps on Waymarking.com

A you are here sign in a park.

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Local Indian legends claim the mineral springs, in what is now Brandywine Springs Park, had healing powers. In the early 1800's, people were drawn from up and down the East Coast to partake of the medicinal waters.

In 1826, a luxury hotel was built to accomodate the crowds. The hotel thrived until the mid-1800's, and in 1853, the first hotel burned down and another was built two years later. Over the next 30 years, the hotel and land changed ownership a few times.

Richard Crook leased the land and hotel in 1886, and within the next two years added tennis and croquet courts, boating, swimming, picnic grounds, and a merry-go-round.

Thus was the beginning of Brandywine Springs Amusement Park.

Location Name: Brandywine Spings

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Date Logged Log   08/26/2012 TheExMuggles visited it