Fields Heirs

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Fields Heirs
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The house in 1984
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LocationOff Middletown Warwick Road, Middletown, Delaware
Coordinates 39°27′25″N75°43′31″W / 39.457021°N 75.725314°W / 39.457021; -75.725314 Coordinates: 39°27′25″N75°43′31″W / 39.457021°N 75.725314°W / 39.457021; -75.725314
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Builtc. 1820
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Greek Revival, Federal
MPS Rebuilding St. Georges Hundred 1850-1880 TR
NRHP reference No. 85002109 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 13, 1985

Fields Heirs, also known as Fields House, was a historic home located at Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1820, and was a 2 12-story, five-bay by two-bay center-hall plan residence with a 1 12-story rear wing forming an L-shaped house. It sat on a stone foundation and had a gable roof. Also on the property was a contributing drive-through granary. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 [1] and demolished between 1992 and 2002.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Bert Jicha; Irish Bensinger; William Macintire (May 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fields Heirs". National Park Service. and accompanying seven photos