Indian Hannah earns new high-visibility venue

Monument re-dedicated at location outside Longwood Gardens By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Paul B. Redman, director of Longwood Gardens, explains what led to the relocation and rededication of the Indian Hannah monument. With a reverence for the past and an eye to the future, state and local officials gathered at the entrance to Longwood Gardens on Thursday, May 15, to re-dedicate...

Two Kennett supervisors let ax fall unconditionally

By rushing Longwood demolition permit, they undermined planners, public By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times An ax  fell Tuesday night on preservationists’ hopes that three Longwood Gardens bungalows along U.S. 1 could be saved. Two of the three Kennett Township supervisors not only granted Longwood a demolition permit with no conditions attached, but they also solicited approval...

Trio of Longwood cottages spared – for now

Kennett Township supervisors agree to table demolition decision By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times The Kennett Township supervisors tabled a vote on a demolition permit from Longwood Gardens for three bungalows it owns on Rt. 1 near the entrance to the gardens. Three 1920s bungalows commissioned by Pierre S. du Pont to house some of his Longwood Gardens’ staff got at least a temporary...

Historic Kennett bungalows up for grabs

Longwood Gardens want to raze them; township planners seeking another option By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Three historic bungalows on Rt. 1 owned by Longwood Gardens are free to anyone who can move them off the Kennett Township site before the wrecking ball arrives. KENNETT — Yours for the taking: three 1920s bungalows commissioned by Pierre S. du Pont to house some of his...