Fell Historic District

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Fell Historic District
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Swiss chalet style tenant house, Fell Historic District, October 2011
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LocationFaulkland Rd. and New Fell's Lane, Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates 39°44′56″N75°38′16″W / 39.74889°N 75.63778°W / 39.74889; -75.63778 Coordinates: 39°44′56″N75°38′16″W / 39.74889°N 75.63778°W / 39.74889; -75.63778
Area16 acres (6.5 ha)
Builtc. 1803 (1803)-1925
Architectural styleMixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
NRHP reference No. 83001335 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 16, 1983

Fell Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses eight contributing buildings in a steeply sloped area along Red Clay Creek. The area developed in the 19th century as a wealthy gentleman's country manufacturing/farming estate. It includes the stuccoed fieldstone, Greek Revival style Fell Mansion (c. 1835); a Romanesque Revival stone carriage house (1893); a Carpenter Gothic frame gatehouse (c. 1860); two frame tenant houses (c. 1860), one of which was built in a "Swiss Chalet" style; a stone barn and a stuccoed stone miller's residence (c. 1800); and a stone Georgian Revival dwelling dating from 1925. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [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. Gretchen Fitting and Valerie Cesna (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fell Historic District". and Accompanying eight photos