Hockessin’s History

Continued from Page 60 house. A second floor was added around 1890. The property was previously owned by Levis H. Lamborn (1808-1896) before it was donated to Hockessin and later used as the Hockessin Library. The Society gained ownership of the building in 2014 and allows use of its meeting room for educational purposes and non-profit groups.

The Hockessin Friends Meetinghouse was constructed in 1738 and enlarged seven years later with a side addition. The stone building is one of the few colonial-era houses of worship in Hockessin and is believed to have operated the only school in the area during the late 1700s and early 1800s. A blue and gold historical marker at 1501 Old Wilmington Road tells its story. The first African American Schoolhouse in Hockessin is not far away. It is believed that a schoolhouse may have stood at the location on

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