McWhorter House

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McWhorter House
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The house in 1984
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Location606 Lorewood Grove Rd. in St. Georges Hundred, Odessa, Delaware
Coordinates 39°32′26″N75°39′43″W / 39.540463°N 75.661838°W / 39.540463; -75.661838
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate, Federal
MPS Rebuilding St. Georges Hundred 1850-1880 TR
NRHP reference No. 85002123 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 13, 1985

McWhorter House was a historic home located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built before 1810, and consisted of a two-story, three-bay, frame main block with Italianate detailing with a two-story, frame kitchen wing to the rear. Also on the property were an early 20th-century frame privy, a late 19th-century board-and-batten storage shed, hewn frame carriage barn with cross-gable over the entry, a 2+12-story timber framed crib barn and granary, and an early 19th-century dairy barn. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1] It was demolished in 2004.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Helen Ross (May 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: McWhorter House". National Park Service. and accompanying five photos