Fell Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses eight contributing buildings in a steeply sloped area along Red Clay Creek. The area developed in the 19th century as a wealthy gentleman's country manufacturing/farming estate. It includes the stuccoed fieldstone, Greek Revival style Fell Mansion (c. 1835); a Romanesque Revival stone carriage house (1893); a Carpenter Gothic frame gatehouse (c. 1860); two frame tenant houses (c. 1860), one of which was built in a "Swiss Chalet" style; a stone barn and a stuccoed stone miller's residence (c. 1800); and a stone Georgian Revival dwelling dating from 1925.[2]
Fell Historic District | |
 Swiss chalet style tenant house, Fell Historic District, October 2011 | |
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| Location | Faulkland Rd. and New Fell's Lane, Wilmington, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°44′56″N 75°38′16″W / 39.74889°N 75.63778°W |
| Area | 16 acres (6.5 ha) |
| Built | c. 1803-1925 |
| Architectural style | Mixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods) |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001335[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 16, 1983 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Gretchen Fitting and Valerie Cesna (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fell Historic District". and Accompanying eight photos