old dutch house

This can also be combined with the Amstel House (recommended). This is very Dutch worker's house nicely restored with a small garden also for visiting. Seen by tour of about one hour with a very knowledgable guide. The upstairs is not open (difficult stairs to climb). Appropriate furniture give it a good feel for the times and how crowded it must have been.

Its amazing that at one point 9 people could have lived in a place this small. There's a nice tidy yard and a garden in the colonial style that's maintained by a local group. A worthwhile half hour of your time!

This little home is the second oldest in Delaware, built in the late 1600's. It is an interesting look at colonial life, but on the day we visited the air conditioning wasn't working well and it was a bit stuffy, causing 2 visitors to need to leave early.

Historical building around one of the oldest churches in the state and on the East Coast. Nice walk and history buffs would love the inside.

A charming house luckily still standing thru the generosity of a DuPont. Gives insight into the surroundings and life of working families in a port town. The architecture is unique Worth a visit.

Buy the combo ticket at the Amstel House and tour that first. Be aware that there are only set times for these tours. You are not permitted to take photos indoors. There is no restroom nor gift shop at the Old Dutch House. There is a gift shop inside the Amstel House where you can buy a postcard of the exterior of the Old Dutch House. Our guide at the Old Dutch House was informative and the tour took a half hour. Cute side and rear garden. Note how the front entryway dips down from the street when you walk in - due to house being built when roads were dirt. Later when the roads had bricks added to them, it made the road higher than the house's entry way. You will tour 3 rooms and see antique furnishings while learning what life was like living here in the 1600's. Coal heat was big and wooden shoes were used to traverse the streets due to the mud. After this tour be sure to visit the Old Library just a few doors down. Enjoy!

Currently, no longer the old Dutch House! This was possibly an early English house based on the Dutch style. Some outstanding historical work has been done during the past three years. Great preservation and good furniture choices. Watch your head, these folks were small of stature!

One of Delaware's oldest buildings, and unusual because it is a surviving middle class home, not a prominent individual's home. You'll get a real taste of what life was like around 1700.

3 rooms in a 300 year old house. Original period furniture and better than average tour guides. Interesting to see how people lived in such a small place, wish the upstairs loft was open.

We were fortunate to stumble across New Castle which researching Dutch settlements in the US during the 17th Century. The Dutch House is beautify apportioned and laid out and the docents/guides were very knowledgeable for the most part and incredibly friendly/helpful. Be warned though that the Old Dutch House is really a conglomeration of periods and styles but is not truly a dutch house. They do have a beautiful Dutch Kas from the Hudson Valley Region that is authenticate and true to the period as well as many other artifacts. Definitely check out the 300 year old Dutch bible. My only complaint is that photography is not allowed inside the houses and of course, no photo and historical guides exist currently that document these two sites. Nevertheless we had a blast visiting this site as well as the Amstel House and we walked away with some nice trinkets and reading material from the museum gift shoppe. This place is very highly recommended and affordable @ $9 per person for two house tours (need at least two hours for the tours and some time in the gift shoppe).We will definitely return to finish checking out the Courthouse, The Old Library Museum as well as other historical houses available to tour.

It was facinating to see the past, old buildings and way of life in those days. It was really an eye opener and recommended for all to see.

The Old Dutch House is a very unique historic structure in Old New Castle. It is the oldest building in the town and has many interesting features and furnishings. Our guide was extremely informative and helpful in answering question about the house and town of New Castle.

We (family with grandparents and teenage son) visited the Old Dutch House as part of an entire day's touring of Old New Castle during its Spirit of Christmas weekend. Because of the heavy volume of visitors to the entire area and because of the space limitations inside the house, we waited outside in the garden area for a few moments before entering. There was a dressed docent outside who cheerfully provided information about the house and its Dutch colonial history while we waited. It was quite cold, but the garden area was sheltered from the wind. After a few minutes, we entered the house. There was a docent in the main room waiting for us. The house is quite small, four rooms, but warm and inviting. The house was decorated for Christmas in period detail. The docent explained the history of the house and its probable occupants and how they would have lived (and celebrated the holiday). As the docent was wrapping up his explanation the door opened and we were surprised with a visit from a very regally dressed Sinterklaas. Between the docent and Sinterklaas we were provided with some very rich details concerning the Dutch celebration of Christmas. VERY interesting. Sinterklaas accompanied our small group to the adjacent living room and we were told more about Dutch customs there. Our group exited through the final room--the kitchen/dining area. We very much enjoyed our visit and experience. The staff was quite knowledgeable and the surprise visit by Sinterklaas made the trip remarkable. Note that there are usually small fees for visiting the house during regular visitation, but we paid none as it was part of the open houses tours for the day of our visit.