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Meeteer House

Coordinates: 39°41′45″N 75°43′07″W / 39.69570°N 75.71848°W / 39.69570; -75.71848
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Meeteer House
Meeteer House is located in Delaware
Meeteer House
Meeteer House is located in the United States
Meeteer House
Location801 Kirkwood Highway in Mill Creek Hundred, Newark, Delaware
Coordinates39°41′45″N 75°43′07″W / 39.69570°N 75.71848°W / 39.69570; -75.71848
Area3.4 acres (1.4 ha)
Built1822 (1822)–1828
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.93000888[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 2, 1993

Meeteer House is a historic home located at Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was built between 1822 and 1828 and is a 2+12-story, five-bay, double-pile frame dwelling in a vernacular Federal style. It sits on a raised basement and has a gable roof with dormers. Also on the property is a contributing 19th-century frame carriage house. The house was built by a prominent paper-milling family, the Meeteers.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Wanda Czerwinski (July 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Meeteer House". National Park Service and accompanying seven photos. Retrieved April 20, 2010. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)