New Century Club (Milford, Delaware)

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Milford New Century Club
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Location6 S. Church Ave.
Milford, Delaware
Coordinates 38°54′44″N75°25′53″W / 38.91222°N 75.43139°W / 38.91222; -75.43139
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1885 (1885)
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
MPS Milford MRA
NRHP reference No. 82002322 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 22, 1982

Milford New Century Club is a historic women's club house in Milford, Kent County, Delaware, USA. It was built in 1885 as a schoolhouse for the Classical Academy. It is a one-story, T-shaped building with a gable roof in the Late Gothic Revival style. The New Century Club was organized in 1898, and purchased the building in 1905, after meeting at the building starting in 1898 and leasing it since 1900. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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. Stephen G. Del Sordo (September 1982) [May 1980]. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Milford New Century Club". National Park Service. Retrieved January 26, 2013. and accompanying photo