A. M. Vail House | |
Location | 521 Middletown-Odessa Road, Middletown, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 39°27′07″N75°41′45″W / 39.451819°N 75.695872°W |
Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
Architectural style | Late Victorian, Greek Revival, Federal |
MPS | Rebuilding St. Georges Hundred 1850-1880 TR |
NRHP reference No. | 85002117 [1] |
Added to NRHP | September 13, 1985 |
A. M. Vail House was a historic home located at Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It is a two-story, five-bay timber frame dwelling in the late-Federal style. It was built on a center-hall passage plan. Also on the property were a smoke house, a drive-through crib barn and granary, and a large frame cow barn. [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1] It was demolished between 2007 and 2009.
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