Norwood House is a historic home located near Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built about 1850, and is two-story, three-bay, single-pile, frame house. It has a rectangular plan and sits on a brick foundation. The house is sheathed in weatherboard with cornerboards and has a shingled gable roof. A single story section extends down the entire length of the rear of the house and there is an earlier one-story section located on the north rear. Also on the property is a contributing privy. It is a virtually unaltered survivor of Belltown, a 19th-century "free colored" community.[2]
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| Location | Southwest of Lewes on U.S. Route 9, near Lewes, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 38°44′47″N 75°10′48″W / 38.74639°N 75.18000°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | c. 1850 |
| Built by | Johnson |
| NRHP reference No. | 82001030[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 25, 1982 |
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.
- ^ Richard B. Carter, Phyllis A. Hastings (December 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Norwood House". and Accompanying five photos