William Morgan Farm is a historic farm located near Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. The property includes two contributing buildings. They are a stone bank barn (1809) and a stone dwelling (1813). The barn is constructed of uncoursed, rubble fieldstone and is cornered with large fieldstone quoins. The house is a two-story, three-bay, gable-roofed fieldstone building with an original two-story, gable-roofed rear ell.[2]
William Morgan Farm | |
 William Morgan Farmhouse, December 2010 | |
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| Location | 821–824 Doe Run Rd., near Newark, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°45′7″N 75°44′25″W / 39.75194°N 75.74028°W |
| Area | 8.5 acres (3.4 ha) |
| Built | 1809, 1813 |
| MPS | Agricultural Buildings and Complexes in Mill Creek Hundred, 1800-1840 TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003099[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 13, 1986 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Hubert F. Jicha, III and Valerie Cesna (May 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: William Morgan Farm". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos
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- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-293, "Mitchell Bank Barn, Doe Run Road, Corner Ketch, New Castle County, DE", 4 photos, 3 data pages