Old Post Office (Kirkwood, Delaware)

Old Post Office
Location 3616 Kirkwood St. Georges Rd., Kirkwood, Delaware
Coordinates 39°34′16″N 75°41′47″W / 39.57100°N 75.69644°W / 39.57100; -75.69644Coordinates: 39°34′16″N 75°41′47″W / 39.57100°N 75.69644°W / 39.57100; -75.69644
Area 1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Built c. 1870 (1870)
Architectural style Second Empire, Other, Mansard
MPS Red Lion Hundred MRA
NRHP reference # 82002330[1]
Added to NRHP April 8, 1982

Old Post Office is a historic home and post office building located at Kirkwood, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1870, and is a two-story, five bay, frame double house with a mansard roof in the Second Empire style. The roof has decorative slate and the front facade features a full-width porch supported by five chamfered, wooden posts. Part of the house was once occupied by a post office and store.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Richard T. Jett and Gretchen Fitting (July 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Post Office". National Park Service. and accompanying photo


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.