Poplar Hall (Newark, Delaware)

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Poplar Hall
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Location3176 Denny Rd., near Newark, Delaware
Coordinates 39°33′22″N75°46′28″W / 39.556066°N 75.774453°W / 39.556066; -75.774453
Area21.9 acres (8.9 ha)
Architectural styleGeorgian, Vernacular Georgian, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No. 87002434 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 26, 1988

Poplar Hall is a historic home and farm located near Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. The property includes six contributing buildings. They are an 18th-century brick dwelling with its stone wing and five associated outbuildings. The house is a 2+12-story, gable-roofed, brick structure with a 2+12-story, cobblestone, gable-roofed wing. It was substantially remodeled in the mid-19th century in the Greek Revival style. Also on the property are a contributing 2+12-story crib barn (c. 1850), frame smokehouse, frame dairy, implement shed, and cow barn. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [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. Hubert F. Jicha, III (May 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Poplar Hall". National Park Service. and accompanying 11 photos