Fairview (Middletown, Delaware)

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Location3 East Stonewall Drive in Pencader Hundred, Middletown, Delaware
Coordinates 39°31′26″N75°45′44″W / 39.523868°N 75.762229°W / 39.523868; -75.762229
Area45 acres (18 ha)
Builtc. 1840 (1840)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 87001494 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1987

Fairview, also known as the George Harbert Farm, is a historic home and farm located near Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1840 and is a two-story, five-bay, stuccoed brick dwelling in a subdued Greek Revival style. It has a hipped roof, a rear wing, and a center-passage plan. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [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. Hubert F. Jicha, III (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fairview". National Park Service. and accompanying six photos