Ivyside Farm

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Ivyside Farm
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Ivyside Farmhouse, November 2010
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Location1301 Naamans Rd., Claymont, Delaware
Coordinates 39°49′17″N75°28′37″W / 39.821253°N 75.476864°W / 39.821253; -75.476864
Area2.9 acres (1.2 ha)
Builtc. 1795 (1795), 1853, 1907
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 82002324 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 4, 1982

Ivyside Farm is a historic home and farm located at Claymont, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in three sections with the earliest dated to about 1795. The earliest section is a 2+12-story, two-bay, single pile structure built of Brandywine granite. The second section was constructed in 1853, and is a two-story, three-bay, side-hall, double pile structure of Brandywine granite. It is in the Greek Revival style. In 1907, a two-story, gabled, shingle-sided section was added to the 1795 original structure and a two-story frame addition was built on the second section. Also on the property are a contributing large frame barn, wagon or carriage house, a corncrib and a chicken house. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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. Richard T. Jett (August 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ivyside Farm". National Park Service. and accompanying 14 photos