Old Ford Dairy
Old Ford Dairy | |
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| Location | 1871 DuPont Parkway in St. Georges Hundred, near Odessa, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°32′25″N 75°39′07″W / 39.540290°N 75.651829°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | c. 1850 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Federal |
| MPS | Rebuilding St. Georges Hundred 1850--1880 TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 85002112, 86003486 (Boundary Increase)[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 13, 1985, December 11, 1986 (Boundary Increase) |
Old Ford Dairy is a historic home located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1850, and was a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay by two-bay frame, double cross-gable, vernacular Victorian farmhouse. It had a rear wing, three-bay front porch, and two brick gable end chimneys. Also on the property were a drive through, 2+1⁄2-story granary, a rectangular grain storage bin, and a three-story gambrel-roofed dairy barn.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ B. Herman and Trish Bensinger (May 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Ford Dairy". National Park Service. and accompanying eight photos
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- Houses completed in 1850
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