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Misty Vale
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Location216 Manchester Way in St. Georges Hundred, near Odessa, Delaware
Coordinates 39°29′20″N75°38′22″W / 39.488894°N 75.639342°W / 39.488894; -75.639342
Area7 acres (2.8 ha)
Builtc. 1850 (1850)
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Greek Revival, Federal
MPS Rebuilding St. Georges Hundred 1850-1880 TR
NRHP reference No. 85002111 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 13, 1985

Misty Vale, also known as the G. W. Karsner House, is a historic home located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1850, and is a 2+12-story, five-bay frame, cross-gable roof house built in a vernacular Victorian style. It has a frame, three-bay, gable-roofed wing, a hipped-roof, frame addition to the east and an enclosed porch. Also on the property are a square, 1+12-story, hipped roof, drive-through granary with a cupola on top and two barns. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [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. Bert Jicha; Irish Bensinger; William Macintire (May 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Misty Vale". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos