Augustine Beach Hotel is a historic hotel located at Augustine Beach near Port Penn, New Castle County, Delaware. It was erected about 1814, and is a two-story, six bay by three bay, brick building with a gable roof. It has a hipped roof porch and a five bay, shed-roofed brick dependency. Its peak period of use was between about 1870 and 1920. The Hotel derives its name from one of the most colorful of Delaware's early inhabitants, Augustine Herrmann.[2]
Augustine Beach Hotel | |
 Augustine Beach Hotel, December 2011 | |
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| Location | South of Port Penn on Delaware Route 9, near Port Penn, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°30′27″N 75°34′47″W / 39.50750°N 75.57972°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000537[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 3, 1973 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Vincent Rogers and Rosemary Troy (July 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Augustine Beach Hotel". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos
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