Collison House (Newport, Delaware)

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Collison House
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Collison House, October 2011
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Location21 N. Walnut St., Newport, Delaware
Coordinates 39°42′53″N75°36′27″W / 39.714734°N 75.607437°W / 39.714734; -75.607437 Coordinates: 39°42′53″N75°36′27″W / 39.714734°N 75.607437°W / 39.714734; -75.607437
Arealess than one acre
Built1885 (1885)
Architectural styleSecond Empire
MPS Newport Delaware MPS
NRHP reference No. 93000635 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 14, 1993

Collison House is a historic home located at Newport, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1885, and is a 2+12-story, three bay by three bay, square frame dwelling with a mansard roof in the Second Empire style. The mansard roof has broad gable dormers and the house features a two-story, projecting bay. It has a full width, hipped roof porch on the front facade. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [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. Peter E. Kurtze (April 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Collison House". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos