Bloomfield (St. Georges, Delaware)

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Bloomfield
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Location4663 Kirkwood St. Georges Road, Saint Georges, Delaware
Coordinates 39°33′20″N75°39′23″W / 39.55567°N 75.65626°W / 39.55567; -75.65626
Area5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
Built1828 (1828)
Architectural styleGothic Revival
MPS Red Lion Hundred MRA
NRHP reference No. 82002354 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 8, 1982

Bloomfield is a historic home located at St. Georges, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1828, and is a 2+12-story, five bay frame dwelling. It has an asymmetrical floor plan, steeply pitched cross-gable roof, deep one-story verandah, and is in the Gothic Revival style. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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. Richard T. Jett and Gretchen Fitting (July 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bloomfield". National Park Service. and accompanying five photos