R. Walker Barn

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R. Walker Barn
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The barn in 2016
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LocationRustic Ln., near Newark, Delaware
Coordinates 39°44′16″N75°41′47″W / 39.73778°N 75.69639°W / 39.73778; -75.69639
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Builtc. 1835 (1835)
Architectural styleTri-level barn
MPS Agricultural Buildings and Complexes in Mill Creek Hundred, 1800-1840 TR
NRHP reference No. 86003082 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1986

R. Walker Barn is a historic barn located near Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1835, and is a tri-level or double decker, frame structure on a stuccoed stone foundation with an original straw shed and bridge house. It has a two level shed-roofed addition and a gable-roofed, two level wing. It features a gable roof with a late-19th century louvered cupola. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Hubert F. Jicha, III and Valerie Cesna (March 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: R. Walker Barn". National Park Service. and accompanying photo