Charles Allen House (Christiana, Delaware)

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Charles Allen House
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Charles Allen House, November 2012
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Location855 Canoe Rd., Christiana, Delaware
Coordinates 39°38′46″N75°40′40″W / 39.64611°N 75.67778°W / 39.64611; -75.67778 Coordinates: 39°38′46″N75°40′40″W / 39.64611°N 75.67778°W / 39.64611; -75.67778
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
MPS White Clay Creek Hundred MRA
NRHP reference No. 83001348 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 19, 1983

Charles Allen House is a historic home located at Christiana, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in the first half of the 19th century, and is a two-story, three-bay, single pile, gable-roofed dwelling. The main block is constructed of brick, and it has a two-story, one-bay frame addition built in the late-19th / early-20th century and a one-story, flat-roofed, stuccoed rear addition. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

Following the construction of a modern development, the house's address is now on Lauren Place, off Blue Ridge Road.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Gretchen Fitting and Richard Jett (January 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Charles Allen House". National Park Service. and accompanying photo