Deer Park Farm

Deer Park Farm
Deer Park Farm property, December 2010
Location 48 W. Park Pl., Newark, Delaware
Coordinates 39°40′30″N 75°45′21″W / 39.67500°N 75.75583°W / 39.67500; -75.75583Coordinates: 39°40′30″N 75°45′21″W / 39.67500°N 75.75583°W / 39.67500; -75.75583
Area 0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built 1841 (1841)
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Newark MRA
NRHP reference # 83001347[1]
Added to NRHP February 24, 1983

Deer Park Farm was a historic home located at Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1841, and was a three-story, five-bay, center-hall-plan with a shallowly-pitched roof in the Greek Revival style. It had a two-story kitchen wing and one-story library wing. It was the home of James S. Martin, a major developer in Newark in the 1840s and 1850s. In 1909, the property was sold to the Improved Order of Red Men, a fraternal organization, who used it to provide a home for retired Red Men and their wives. From 1953 to 1971, it housed fraternities.[2] The house has been demolished and the property occupied by a Christian Science Church.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Valerie Cesna and Betsy Bahr (December 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Deer Park Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved 2010-04-20. Accompanying two photos.


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