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Gibraltar (previously known as the Hugh Rodney Sharp Mansion), located at 2505 Pennsylvania Avenue in Wilmington, Delaware, is a country estate home dating from c. 1844 that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It takes its name from the Rock of Gibraltar, alluding to the high rocky outcrop on which the house was built. It is ...
- 6.1 acres (2.5 ha)
- 2505 Pennsylvania Ave., Wilmington, Delaware
- c. 1844, 1916
Jul 1, 2006 · Designed between 1916 and 1923 by Marian Coffin for H. Rodney Sharp and Isabella du Pont Sharp, Gibraltar is an Italianate Beaux Arts landscape consisting of a series of garden rooms parallel to the mansion, each with a specific character.
Jan 30, 2024 · Published January 30, 2024 at 4:55 PM EST. Listen • 1:10. Quinn Kirkpatrick. / Delaware Public Media. The City of Wilmington now owns the historic Gibraltar property. The six-acre property, featuring a historic mansion and gardens, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been free for the public to visit since 1999.
Jun 3, 2022 · / Preservation DE. Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki announces the city's plan to save the Gibraltar mansion and Marian Coffin gardens. Gibraltar is a historic site in Wilmington’s Highlands neighborhood. It houses the Marian Coffin gardens, named for the famous landscape architect who designed them.
Gibraltar, located at 2505 Pennsylvania Avenue in Wilmington, Delaware, is a country estate home dating from c. 1844 that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It takes its name from the Rock of Gibraltar, alluding to the high rocky outcrop on which the house was built.
May 31, 2022 · Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki is proposing the city take ownership of the historic Gibraltar mansion and Marian Coffin gardens, nixing a plan to turn the mansion into a boutique hotel and...
Jan 26, 2022 · Owners of the historic Gibraltar mansion property have another plan for redevelopment, but neighborhood opposition is already mounting. David Bromberg and his wife are leaving Wilmington. But...
