Hockessin’s History

Continued from Page 57 the Hockessin Historical Society which maintains it today for all to enjoy. A parlor with period furnishings gives visitors a chance to see what colonial taverns were like back in the 1790s.

The Hockessin Historical Society added a museum next door in 2016 to give guests a better sense of Hockessin’s history. Former Society President Joseph R. Lake constructed a series of exhibits highlighting the Wilmington & Western Railroad which ran through Hockessin and on to Landenberg in Pennsylvania. There’s a re-creation of the Hockessin Train Station inside, along with several railroad signs and memorabilia which were some of Lake’s favorite pastimes. Lake wrote two books on Hockessin titled Hockessin: A Pictorial History.

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