Docent open house at Rehoboth Art League slated March 25

The Rehoboth Art League invites community members with an interest in history, the arts, or both to attend a docent open house from 1 to 3 p.m., Wednesday, March 25, in the Peter Marsh Homestead on the art league’s historic Henlopen Acres campus.

The Homestead, one of five buildings operated by the Rehoboth Art League, was built by Peter Marsh in 1743 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was maintained by the Marsh family until 1863 and later sold to the Dodd family before becoming host to the founding of the Rehoboth Art League in 1938. The Homestead endures as a unique example of the architecture of its era and remains one of the oldest buildings in Sussex County still standing on its original foundation.

The Homestead Docent Program, in concert with the mission of the Rehoboth Art League, is committed to telling the story of the house and gardens to visitors, and contributing to its maintenance and enhancement. The art league’s docent team staffs the Homestead on a volunteer basis from May through October. Docents are frequently the first face for new visitors to the Rehoboth Art League campus and are tasked with sharing the history of the building, and the people who lived and worked there. They promote the history of the Rehoboth Art League through sharing information about its founder, Louise Corkran, and her husband Col. Wilbur Sherman Corkran, who developed the Town of Henlopen Acres around the property.

Docents promote the art league’s artists and exhibitions, and encourage visitors to explore the Homestead’s formal garden, as well as the rest of the campus and its historic buildings.

The Rehoboth Art League is a membership-based nonprofit arts organization dedicated to teaching, preserving and inspiring the arts in the region.

For more information, go to www.rehobothartleague.org or call 302-227-8408.