Glynrich
Glynrich | |
Location | Mill Rd. and Race St., Wilmington, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 39°43′56″N 75°34′56″W / 39.7321°N 75.5823°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1723 | , 1765
NRHP reference No. | 79000633[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 1, 1979 |
Glynrich is the site for two historic homes: the Richard Richardson House and the Brick Mill House. They are located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. The Brick Mill House, also known as the John Richardson House, was built about 1723, and is a two-story, three-bay, gable roof brick structure with Flemish bond and glazed headers on the facade rising from a full raised basement. It has a one-bay, hipped roof, wooden entrance porch. The Richard Richardson House was built in 1765, and is a two-story five-bay, center-hall, double pile with a lower single pile two-story wing at the east end. It is in the Georgian style. It has a five-bay, hipped roof Georgian Revival porch added around 1900. The property was the site of extensive milling activities on the Mill Creek in the 18th and 19th centuries.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Richard T. Jett (June 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Glynrich". and Accompanying 25 photos
External links
[edit]- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-45, "John Richardson House, 15 Race Street, Richardson Park, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE", 15 photos, 3 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
- HABS No. DE-46, "Richard Richardson House, Maryland Avenue (Route 4), Wilmington, New Castle County, DE", 3 photos, 2 data pages, supplemental material
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Delaware
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
- Georgian architecture in Delaware
- Houses completed in 1723
- Houses completed in 1765
- Houses in Wilmington, Delaware
- National Register of Historic Places in Wilmington, Delaware
- 1723 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies
- Delaware Registered Historic Place stubs