Springer Farm (Newark, Delaware)

Springer Farm
Frame straw shed addition to the barn at the Springer Farm.
Location 6621 Limestone Rd., Hockessin, Delaware
Coordinates 39°47′09″N 75°43′28″W / 39.785733°N 75.724313°W / 39.785733; -75.724313Coordinates: 39°47′09″N 75°43′28″W / 39.785733°N 75.724313°W / 39.785733; -75.724313
Area 19.3 acres (7.8 ha)
Built c. 1798
Architectural style Bi-level barn
MPS Agricultural Buildings and Complexes in Mill Creek Hundred, 1800--1840 TR
NRHP reference # 86003103[1]
Added to NRHP November 13, 1986

The Springer Farm is a historic farm located at Hockessin, New Castle County, Delaware. The property includes four contributing buildings. They are a stone house (c. 1798), a stone and frame bank barn (c. 1820), a stone spring house, and a braced frame corn crib, both dated to the 19th century. The house is a two-story, gable-roofed, fieldstone structure on a coursed fieldstone foundation.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Hubert F. Jicha, III and Valerie Cesna (May 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Springer Farm". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos


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