Fairview (Odessa, Delaware, 1850)

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Fairview
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Location781 Lorewood Grove Rd. in St. Georges Hundred, near Odessa, Delaware
Coordinates 39°32′08″N75°40′22″W / 39.535630°N 75.672800°W / 39.535630; -75.672800 Coordinates: 39°32′08″N75°40′22″W / 39.535630°N 75.672800°W / 39.535630; -75.672800
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Builtc. 1850 (1850)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Vernacular Greek Revival
MPS Rebuilding St. Georges Hundred 1850-1880 TR
NRHP reference No. 85003523 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 19, 1985

Fairview is a historic home located in St. George's Hundred north of Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1850, and is a 2+12-story, five-bay, frame house with a three bay front porch. It has a gable roof with dormers. The house is sheathed in asbestos siding over weatherboard. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [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. Karrie Diethorn (May 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fairview". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos