to his service in the Continental Congress (where he signed the United States Declaration of Independence), as President of Delaware, and as a delegate to the Philadelphia Convention which drafted the United States Constitution. See also George Read II House, the more elaborate home of his son, now a museum New Castle County Court House References External links National Historic Landmarks in Delaware Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Houses in New Castle, Delaware Houses completed in 1750 Historic American Buildings Survey in Delaware National Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware Plantation houses in Delaware Homes of United States Founding Fathers