Wright House (Newark, Delaware)

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Wright House
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Wright House, December 2010
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Location47 Kent Way, Newark, Delaware
Coordinates 39°40′44″N75°45′21″W / 39.678910°N 75.755935°W / 39.678910; -75.755935
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1922 (1922)
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPS Newark MRA
NRHP reference No. 82002352 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 7, 1982

Wright House is a historic home located at Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1922 and is a 2+1⁄2-story E-shaped brick dwelling with a five-bay front facade. It is in the Colonial Revival style. It features a three-bay main portico with fluted Corinthian order columns and a frame porte cochere. The house was purchased by the University of Delaware after 1950 and serves as the home of the University President. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Valerie Cesna and Betsy Bahr (December 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wright House". National Park Service . Retrieved April 20, 2010.
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