Windsor (Port Penn, Delaware)

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Location1060 Dutch Neck Rd. in St. Georges Hundred, near Port Penn, Delaware
Coordinates 39°32′48″N75°36′53″W / 39.54667°N 75.61472°W / 39.54667; -75.61472 Coordinates: 39°32′48″N75°36′53″W / 39.54667°N 75.61472°W / 39.54667; -75.61472
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Architectural styleFederal
MPS Dwellings of the Rural Elite in Central Delaware MPS
NRHP reference No. 92001131 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 11, 1992

Windsor, also known as Annondale, is a historic home located near Port Penn in New Castle County, Delaware, USA. It was built about 1760, and is a two-story, five-bay, gable-roof, brick building with interior brick chimneys at each gable end. It has a center-passage plan with overall dimensions of 45 feet wide by 19 feet deep. A two-story, wood-frame kitchen wing abuts the rear of the main house. The front facade features a hipped-roof frame porch added in the late-19th century. It is in the Federal style. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [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. Bernard L. Herman, Rebecca J. Siders and Max Van Balgooy (1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Windsor". National Park Service. and accompanying photo