Auburn Mills Historic District

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Auburn Mills Historic District
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Auburn Mill, used to make paper
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LocationWest of Yorklyn on Delaware Route 82 and Benge Road, Yorklyn, Delaware
Coordinates 39°48′28″N75°40′49″W / 39.80778°N 75.68028°W / 39.80778; -75.68028
Area17 acres (6.9 ha)
Built1813 (1813)
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Romanesque
NRHP reference No. 80000939 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 22, 1980

Auburn Mills Historic District is a national historic district located near Yorklyn, New Castle County, Delaware in Auburn Valley State Park. It encompasses 9 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure that were mostly between 1890 and 1910 and related to the Auburn Mill. The district contains industrial, commercial, and domestic structures. They include the Horatio Gates Garrett House, Israel Marshall House (1897), The "Bank" worker's row house, Auburn Store/NVP Office, Frame Workers' Housing Site, Insulite Mill (1900), Blacksmith's Shop Site, Auburn Mill, Utility Shed, and Trolley Line Trestle Piers. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Bernard Herman and Lorraine Drossin (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Auburn Mills Historic District". National Park Service . Retrieved March 16, 2013. Accompanying 26 photos.