Hopkins Covered Bridge Farm

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Hopkins Covered Bridge Farm
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LocationSouthwest of Lewes on U.S. Route 9, near Lewes, Delaware
Coordinates 38°43′10″N75°13′14″W / 38.71944°N 75.22056°W / 38.71944; -75.22056
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtc. 1868 (1868)
ArchitectRodney O'Neil
Architectural styleVernacular Gothic
NRHP reference No. 91000912 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 2, 1991

Hopkins Covered Bridge Farm is a historic home and farm located near Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware. The house was built about 1868, and is a rectangular, two-story, five-bay, single-pile, center-hall passage, frame dwelling with vernacular Gothic style details. It has a rectangular, two-story, three-bay, single pile, center passage, frame ell or wing. Both sections have gable roofs. The front facade has a three-bay, hipped roof porch. Also on the property are a contributing dairy barn designed by Rodney O'Neil (1925, 1936), milk house (1925), and silo (c. 1938–1939). [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [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. Susan Brizzolara (August 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hopkins Covered Bridge Farm". and Accompanying 15 photos