The Thompson's Loss and Gain Site is a colonial-era historic site near Rehoboth Beach in Sussex County, Delaware. It is an archaeological site encompassing a tenant farm that was in active use from about 1720 to 1780. The site includes the site of a house, root cellar, and well.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
Thompson's Loss and Gain Site | |
| Nearest city | Rehoboth Beach, Delaware |
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| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000925[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 13, 1978 |
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Marginal Farms on the Edge of Town: Final Archaeological Investigations at the Moore-Taylor, Benjamin Wynn (Lewis-E), and Wilson-Lewis Farmsteads, State Route 1 Corridor, Kent County, Delaware: Intersite Analysis" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 13, 2014.