Grier House
Appearance
Grier House | |
Location | 301 Lakeview Ave., Milford, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 38°54′32″N 75°26′7″W / 38.90889°N 75.43528°W |
Area | 2.8 acres (1.1 ha) |
Built | 1890 |
Architect | Morris & Whiteside |
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Queen Anne |
MPS | Milford MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 83001410[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 7, 1983 |
Grier House, also known as Rogers Funeral Home, is a historic home located at Milford, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in 1890, and is a two-story, five bay, center hall, frame dwelling in the Queen Anne style. It has hipped roof is pierced with dormers that have rounded window cornice heads. It features a projecting center bay that includes the entrance block, a Palladian window, and a two-story portico with slender, paired, fluted Ionic order columns. A porch extends a round the side and on the other side is a porte cochere. Between 1921 and 1923 the owner, Dr. Frank L. Grier, remodelled the house. The house was used as a funeral home.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
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