Old Ford Dairy

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Old Ford Dairy
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Location 1871 DuPont Parkway in St. Georges Hundred, near Odessa, Delaware
Coordinates 39°32′25″N75°39′07″W / 39.540290°N 75.651829°W / 39.540290; -75.651829 Coordinates: 39°32′25″N75°39′07″W / 39.540290°N 75.651829°W / 39.540290; -75.651829
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built c. 1850 (1850)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Federal
MPS Rebuilding St. Georges Hundred 1850--1880 TR
NRHP reference # 85002112, 86003486 (Boundary Increase) [1]
Added to NRHP September 13, 1985, December 11, 1986 (Boundary Increase)

Old Ford Dairy was a historic home located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1850, and was a ​2 1⁄2-story, five-bay by two-bay frame, double cross-gable, vernacular Victorian farmhouse. It had a rear wing, three-bay front porch, and two brick gable end chimneys. Also on the property were a drive through, ​2 1⁄2-story granary, a rectangular grain storage bin, and a three-story gambrel-roofed dairy barn. [2]

Odessa, Delaware Town in Delaware, United States

Odessa is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 364 at the 2010 census. Founded as Cantwell's Bridge in the 18th century, the name was changed in the 19th century, after the Ukrainian port city of the same name. Today a significant part of the town is a historic district list on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Victorian architecture series of architectural revival styles

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1] It was demolished between 2007 and 2009.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. ↑ B. Herman and Trish Bensinger (May 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Ford Dairy". National Park Service. and accompanying eight photos


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