Norwood House | |
Location | Southwest of Lewes on U.S. Route 9, near Lewes, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 38°44′47″N75°10′48″W / 38.74639°N 75.18000°W Coordinates: 38°44′47″N75°10′48″W / 38.74639°N 75.18000°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | c. 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]
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