Block House
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- This article is about a historic building in Delaware. For type of building, see blockhouse.
The Block House is a house in Claymont, Delaware that was originally designed for defense against local Indians. It was constructed in 1654 by John Risingh, Governor of the Colony of New Sweden and was taken by the Dutch in 1655 under Peter Stuyvesant. In 1671, it was attacked by Indians. Captured by the British in 1777 during the Revolutionary War. The Block House is the only house remaining of original settlement on Naaman’s Creek.
(The smaller building in front is a Spring House)
The house consists of one room with a lower and upper level. Inside is a relatively large fireplace and the former living quarters for the Robinson House cook.
Several feet south of the Block House, on Naamans Road, is the Robinson House.
It should be noted that the correct date of construction has recently been disputed. Some say the Block House was not built until later, possibly around the time the Robinson House was built.
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