William Morgan Farm

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William Morgan Farm
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William Morgan Farmhouse, December 2010
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Location821–824 Doe Run Rd., near Newark, Delaware
Coordinates 39°45′7″N75°44′25″W / 39.75194°N 75.74028°W / 39.75194; -75.74028
Area8.5 acres (3.4 ha)
Built1809 (1809), 1813
MPS Agricultural Buildings and Complexes in Mill Creek Hundred, 1800-1840 TR
NRHP reference No. 86003099 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1986

William Morgan Farm is a historic farm located near Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. The property includes two contributing buildings. They are a stone bank barn (1809) and a stone dwelling (1813). The barn is constructed of uncoursed, rubble fieldstone and is cornered with large fieldstone quoins. The house is a two-story, three-bay, gable-roofed fieldstone building with an original two-story, gable-roofed rear ell. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [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 and Valerie Cesna (May 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: William Morgan Farm". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos