Woman's Club of Newport

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Woman's Club of Newport
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Newport Town Hall, October 2011
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Location15 N. Augustine St., Newport, Delaware
Coordinates 39°42′53″N75°36′22″W / 39.714821°N 75.606056°W / 39.714821; -75.606056
Arealess than one acre
Built1934 (1934)
Architectural styleTudor Revival
MPS Newport Delaware MPS
NRHP reference No. 93000629 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 14, 1993

Woman's Club of Newport, also known as Newport Town Hall, is a historic clubhouse located at Newport, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1934, and is a one-story, T-plan building in the Tudor Revival style. It has a three-bay-wide, two-bay-deep, gable roofed main block with a broad wing extend to the rear, resulting in a T configuration. The roof of the wing is slightly higher than that of the front section, and terminates in a clipped "jerkinhead" gable. Originally built for the Woman's Club of Newport, in 1976, the clubhouse was sold to the Town of Newport for use as a town hall. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [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. Peter E. Kurtze (April 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Woman's Club of Newport". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos