Future Events

December 6: Hale-Byrnes House Holiday Open House

11:00 AM - 9:00 PM  | The public is welcome to our annual Holliday Open House, featuring 18th Century music by Libby and Michael McDowell.

Events and Programs Location

Unless otherwise indicated, our programs are held at the Hale-Byrnes House, 606 Old Stanton Christiana Road, Newark DE 19713 near the intersection of Routes 7 North and 4 East immediately left and downhill from White Clay Medical Center.
The Hale-Byrnes House is a historic home listed on the National Register of Historic Places located at 606 Stanton-Christiana Road, Stanton, New Castle County, Delaware. The house was built by Samuel Hale in 1750 , who sold it to Daniel Byrnes in 1754. The house gained historic significance after the Battle of Cooch's Bridge fought on September 3, 1777,  the only Revolutionary War battle fought in Delaware. After that battle General George Washington held a council of war with his generals at the house on September 6, 1777 to determine how best to defend Philadelphia, then the Colonial capital, from the British.

The house is also the location of the almost 300-year-old George Washington Witness Tree of Delaware. Planted in 1732, the American sycamore that once shaded George Washington and his generals as they met to plan the defense of Philadelphia, still stands today.

The house is open to the public on the first Wednesday of each month  from April though December from 12 to 3 PM, and at other times by appointment. The house is also available for rental.