The Johnson-Morris House is a historic house at 41 Upper Pike Creek Road in northern New Castle County, Delaware. The core of the main house is a fieldstone farmhouse built c. 1803; it has four bays across and is two stories tall. A two-story ell, extending west from this main block, was added not long afterward. The house remained the central point of a farm until 1937, when it was purchased by Hugh M. Morris, a judge on the bench of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Between 1937 and 1939, the house underwent a major expansion, adding large ells, and restyling the original with Colonial Revival features.[2] An earlier Colonial Revival transformation funded by Morris is now part of White Clay Creek State Park, part of which abuts this property.
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| Location | 41 Upper Pike Creek Road, near Newark, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°42′19″N 75°41′47″W / 39.70528°N 75.69639°W |
| Area | 7 acres (2.8 ha) |
| Built | c. 1803 |
| Architectural style | Federal, Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 11000036[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 22, 2011 |
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ National Register nomination form for Johnson-Morris House; available by request from the National Park Service