Ivy Dale Farm

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Ivy Dale Farm
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Location1101 Smyrna-Lepsic Road, near Smyrna, Delaware
Coordinates 39°17′13″N75°34′46″W / 39.286834°N 75.579573°W / 39.286834; -75.579573 Coordinates: 39°17′13″N75°34′46″W / 39.286834°N 75.579573°W / 39.286834; -75.579573
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtc. 1786 (1786)
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No. 73000504 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 24, 1973

Ivy Dale Farm, also known as Ivy Green and the Hoffecker Farm, is a historic home located near Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware. It built about 1786, as a modest house, probably erected on the "Resurrection Manor" plan, with a rear kitchen outbuilding. It was remodeled and enlarged in 1845, in a Georgian plan. The brick veneer house is two-stories, five bays wide, with a gable roof and rear wing. The front facade features a three bay, centered, frame porch. It was the home of Congressman John H. Hoffecker and his son Congressman Walter O. Hoffecker. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [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. Vincent Rogers (September 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ivy Dale Farm". National Park Service. and accompanying three photos