Meeteer House

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Meeteer House
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Location801 Kirkwood Highway in Mill Creek Hundred, Newark, Delaware
Coordinates 39°41′45″N75°43′07″W / 39.69570°N 75.71848°W / 39.69570; -75.71848
Area3.4 acres (1.4 ha)
Built1822 (1822)–1828
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 93000888 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 2, 1993

Meeteer House is a historic home located at Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was built between 1822 and 1828 and is a 2+12-story, five-bay, double-pile frame dwelling in a vernacular Federal style. It sits on a raised basement and has a gable roof with dormers. Also on the property is a contributing 19th-century frame carriage house. The house was built by a prominent paper-milling family, the Meeteers. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [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. Wanda Czerwinski (July 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Meeteer House". National Park Service and accompanying seven photos . Retrieved April 20, 2010.{{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)