Ames Hitchens Chicken Farm was a historic home and farm located near Millsboro, Sussex County, Delaware. It included a two-story, wood frame, gable front dwelling and two long, one-story, flatroofed buildings, used as chicken houses. It was the last of these structures still standing within the Indian River Nanticoke community.[2]
Ames Hitchens Chicken Farm | |
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| Location | North of Delaware Route 24, near Millsboro, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 38°36′25″N 75°13′6″W / 38.60694°N 75.21833°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| MPS | Nanticoke Indian Community TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003311[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 26, 1979 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] It is listed on the Delaware Cultural and Historic Resources GIS system as destroyed or demolished.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Richard B. Carter (November 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ames Hitchens Chicken Farm".
- ^ "Hitchens, Ames, Chicken Farm". Delaware Cultural and Historic GIS system. State of Delaware. Retrieved May 18, 2018.