Chambers House (Hopkins Bridge Road, Newark, Delaware)

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Chambers House
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The main entrance of the Chambers House, now a park nature center
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LocationCreek and Hopkins Bridge Rds., near Newark, Delaware
Coordinates 39°43′38″N75°46′05″W / 39.727233°N 75.768026°W / 39.727233; -75.768026 Coordinates: 39°43′38″N75°46′05″W / 39.727233°N 75.768026°W / 39.727233; -75.768026
Area0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Architectural styleBank house
NRHP reference No. 88003132 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 29, 1988

Chambers House, also known as "Stairways", is a historic home located near Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built between 1816 and 1852, and is a two- to three-story, Penn Plan bank house built of uncoursed fieldstone. It has a one and two story frame addition at the east of the house dated to the late 19th century. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [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. unknown (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Chambers House". National Park Service. and accompanying 14 photos