Norwood House

Norwood House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Southwest of Lewes on U.S. Route 9, near Lewes, Delaware
Coordinates	38°44′47″N75°10′48″W / 38.74639°N 75.18000°W / 38.74639; -75.18000
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	c. 1850 (1850)
Built by	Johnson
NRHP reference No.	82001030 [1]
Added to NRHP	October 25, 1982

Norwood House is a historic home located near Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built about 1850, and is two-story, three-bay, single-pile, frame house. It has a rectangular plan and sits on a brick foundation. The house is sheathed in weatherboard with cornerboards and has a shingled gable roof. A single story section extends down the entire length of the rear of the house and there is an earlier one-story section located on the north rear. Also on the property is a contributing privy. It is a virtually unaltered survivor of Belltown, a 19th-century "free colored" community. ^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. ^[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Sussex County, Delaware

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Richard B. Carter, Phyllis A. Hastings (December 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Norwood House". and Accompanying five photos