Galloway-Walker House

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Galloway-Walker House
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Galloway-Walker House, October 2011
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Location107 John St.,
Christiana Hundred, Newport, Delaware
Coordinates 39°42′44″N75°36′38″W / 39.712316°N 75.610569°W / 39.712316; -75.610569
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleVernacular
MPS Newport Delaware MPS
NRHP reference No. 93000633 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 14, 1993

Galloway-Walker House is a historic home located at Newport, New Castle County, Delaware. The original section was built 18th century, and is a 1+12-story, three-bay, brick dwelling with a gambrel roof. The house was expanded with a frame addition to add a fourth bay in the late-19th century. It is a hall-parlor plan dwelling. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [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. Peter E. Kurtze (April 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Galloway-Walker House". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos