Wright House (Newark, Delaware)
Appearance
Wright House | |
Wright House, December 2010 | |
Location | 47 Kent Way, Newark, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 39°40′44″N 75°45′21″W / 39.678910°N 75.755935°W |
Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
Built | 1922 |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | Newark MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 82002352[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 7, 1982 |
Wright House is a historic home located at Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1922 and is a 2+1⁄2-story E-shaped brick dwelling with a five-bay front facade. It is in the Colonial Revival style. It features a three-bay main portico with fluted Corinthian order columns and a frame porte cochere. The house was purchased by the University of Delaware after 1950 and serves as the home of the University President.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Valerie Cesna and Betsy Bahr (December 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wright House". National Park Service. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
Categories:
- University of Delaware
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
- Colonial Revival architecture in Delaware
- Houses completed in 1922
- Houses in Newark, Delaware
- National Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware
- Delaware Registered Historic Place stubs
- Southern United States university stubs