Dover is a small city in the heart of Delaware, with about 35,000 people. As a state capital, it is one of the smallest in the country, but still has one of my favorite capitol buildings. There aren’t many states that don’t follow the traditional American Neoclassic design. Instead Delaware’s capitol building is a colonial revival style. I’ve visited Dover twice, and am pretty upset that I lost my original photos from my first trip. The best I could provide is a lower res picture that I took during one early spring when beautiful flowers lined the sides of the building. The second photo on the right was one I took about ten years later when I revisited in the late spring.
Dover is one of America’s oldest cities, so despite its small size it is still full of history. It was actually founded in 1683 while the country was still part of the British empire. Most buildings from that time period are no longer around. The Old Statehouse however, has been around since the late 1700’s, and is another favorite building of mine in the state.
I can’t claim that I did much during both of my Dover trips. It seems the nearby air force base and museum are the most popular activity for visitors, so that will have to be trip number three for me! Otherwise while I was in Dover I just enjoyed walking around the city center, which on a Sunday didn’t have too much going on. The photos above and below are from Dover’s central square, locally known as “the Green”. The buildings in the photo below look like homes, but they are actually businesses. Most of them seemed to be service related, such as lawyer and doctor’s offices.
The city square is a place of rallies, festivals and memorials. Here is the firefighter’s memorial above and the police memorial below.
Clearly Dover is a place that I’ll have to visit properly one day, as my only two other photos show one of the quiet commercial streets during the weekend and some more spring flowers below.
