Riverdale (Odessa, Delaware)

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Riverdale
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Location1211 Silver Run Rd. in St. Georges Hundred, near Odessa, Delaware
Coordinates 39°29′09″N75°36′17″W / 39.48591°N 75.60485°W / 39.48591; -75.60485 Coordinates: 39°29′09″N75°36′17″W / 39.48591°N 75.60485°W / 39.48591; -75.60485
Area9.5 acres (3.8 ha)
Builtc. 1840 (1840)
MPS Rebuilding St. Georges Hundred 1850--1880 TR
NRHP reference No. 85003525 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 19, 1985

Riverdale is a historic home located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1840, and consists of the four-bay-wide, single-room-deep rectangular core of the house with a 22-foot, two-story "L"-shaped extension. Both sections have gable roofs. Also on the property is the site of a number of demolished outbuildings. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [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. Henry Ward (May 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Riverdale". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos