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William Morgan Farm

Coordinates: 39°45′7″N 75°44′25″W / 39.75194°N 75.74028°W / 39.75194; -75.74028
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William Morgan Farm
William Morgan Farmhouse, December 2010
William Morgan Farm is located in Delaware
William Morgan Farm
William Morgan Farm is located in the United States
William Morgan Farm
Location821–824 Doe Run Rd., near Newark, Delaware
Coordinates39°45′7″N 75°44′25″W / 39.75194°N 75.74028°W / 39.75194; -75.74028
Area8.5 acres (3.4 ha)
Built1809 (1809), 1813
MPSAgricultural Buildings and Complexes in Mill Creek Hundred, 1800-1840 TR
NRHP reference No.86003099[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1986

William Morgan Farm is a historic farm located near Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. The property includes two contributing buildings. They are a stone bank barn (1809) and a stone dwelling (1813). The barn is constructed of uncoursed, rubble fieldstone and is cornered with large fieldstone quoins. The house is a two-story, three-bay, gable-roofed fieldstone building with an original two-story, gable-roofed rear ell.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[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. ^ Hubert F. Jicha, III and Valerie Cesna (May 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: William Morgan Farm". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos
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