J. McCormack Farm

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J. McCormack Farm
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Location Newport Gap Turnpike north of Mill Creek Rd., near Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates 39°45′17″N75°39′24″W / 39.75472°N 75.65667°W / 39.75472; -75.65667 Coordinates: 39°45′17″N75°39′24″W / 39.75472°N 75.65667°W / 39.75472; -75.65667
Area25 acres (10 ha)
Builtc. 1830 (1830)
Architectural styleBi-level barn
MPS Agricultural Buildings and Complexes in Mill Creek Hundred, 1800-1840 TR
NRHP reference No. 86003093 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1986

J. McCormack Farm was a historic farm located near Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. The property included four contributing buildings. They were a stone house (c. 1830), a stone and frame bank barn (c. 1830), storage building, and corn crib. The house was a two-story, gable-roofed, stuccoed stone structure with a two-story rear wing. The barn walls were of semi-coursed fieldstone finished with a pebbled stucco. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 [1] and demolished between 1992 and 2002. J. McCormack Farm has since been demolished. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Hubert F. Jicha, III and Valerie Cesna (May 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: J. McCormack Farm". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos
  3. "J. McCormack Farm". LandmarkHunter.com. Retrieved 2020-07-17.