Eratt House

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Eratt House
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LocationWest of Bridgeville on Road 572 500 ft. East of Road 569 Intersection, near Bridgeville, Delaware
Coordinates 38°45′21″N75°42′40″W / 38.75583°N 75.71111°W / 38.75583; -75.71111
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Builtc. 1750 (1750)
NRHP reference No. 83001409 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 29, 1983

Eratt House is a historic home located near Bridgeville, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built about 1750, and is a two-story, three-bay, single-pile brick structure with a gable roof. The house is in the hall-and-parlor plan. The house was converted for use as a garage. It is one of only about a dozen surviving 18th-century brick houses in Sussex County. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

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Chimney overgrown with vines

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Richard B. Carter, Phyllis A. Hastings (December 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Eratt House". and Accompanying seven photos